All summer, Marvel has teased a very strange Infinity Wars tie-in: Infinity Warps, featuring strange mashups of Marvel superheroes: Stephen Rogers, the Soldier Supreme; Iron Hammer; Ghost Panther and more. Now, thanks to Infinity Wars #3, we know how they all got mashed up in the first place. [This post will contain spoilers for Infinity Wars #3.] But much more creatively, of course.”A big splash page in the issue shows us all of the heroes revealed in Marvel’s Infinity Warps tie-in books. Infin

Riot Games is bringing on a former Uber executive and Harvard Business School professor to advise its internal diversity efforts, just a few weeks after the League of Legends developer was the subject of a Kotaku investigation that alleged rampant sexual discrimination. This group and their work will impact every corner of this organization, and will also accelerate our existing cultural and inclusion work. Our goal isn’t just to be good; it’s to become a leader on diversity, inclusion, and cult

Underdeveloped villains was just one of the many reasons the first season of Iron Fist was a failure. note: This post contains major spoilers for Iron Fist season two]Iron Fist copied Daredevil’s lauded hallway fight scene in season one, but it wouldn’t do its own version of “Shadows in the Glass” until season two. But the first season of Iron Fist didn’t provide any such exposition. Using flashbacks to develop Davos also allowed Iron Fist’s second season to add desperately needed depth to Danny

This week on Polygon’s Quality Control podcast, Chelsea Stark joins Dave Tach to discuss Spider-Man on PS4. In this episode, you’ll learn about why Chelsea and Dave like the game so much, even if they come just short of loving it. Much of the discussion centers around what Chelsea wrote recently in her Spider-Man review:Marvel’s Spider-Man is the most polished entry to date in a dense catalog of games starring the web-slinger, and the first to be propped up as a first-party console exclusive sin

It took some time before I realized why the game feels like such an oasis in a country that seems increasingly insular. The power, and limitations, of being Spider-Man in New YorkBut Spider-Man on PlayStation 4 discusses, and wrestles with, what it means to help others. Spider-Man himself, like Superman before the most recent movies, is often portrayed as saving people as often as he’s fighting the bad guys. Peter Parker’s life is usually made worse by being Spider-Man, but taking a break is rar

Nintendo has rescheduled its latest Direct presentation for Thursday, Sept. 13, at 6 p.m. Expect the usual news on Nintendo 3DS and Switch games, specifically those due out later this year and beyond. The Nintendo Direct will stream on Twitch and YouTube through Nintendo’s official channels. To tide you over until then, check out our list of games and news to expect from the Nintendo Direct. The big one hanging over Nintendo’s head: information about Nintendo Switch Online, the company’s subscri

Nintendo announced the start date for its long-awaited online service: Sept. 18. More details about the Nintendo Switch Online program will come tomorrow, Sept. 13, during the company’s latest Direct presentation. A one-week trial will launch alongside the service on Sept. 18 and will be accessible through Nintendo Switch eShop. The Nintendo Switch Online service will be required for console owners to access any internet-enable features, including multiplayer and, most excitingly, cloud saves. W

The ability to nominate local landmarks as PokéStops has long been coveted by Pokémon Go players. Niantic announced that it plans to implement PokéStop nomination and that the first wave of beta testing would roll out soon. Trainers who meet these requirements will be able to submit photographs and descriptions of potential PokéStops, which will then be reviewed by experienced Ingress users. Niantic suggests locations such as public parks and libraries, interesting pieces of art or architecture,

Alan Wake is coming to television. “Alan Wake was basically a TV series that was put into a game,” said Contradiction’s Tomas Harlan. The Alan Wake franchise began in 2010 with the release of the original Alan Wake for Xbox 360 and Windows PC. The game shared some of the DNA from Remedy’s earlier Max Payne series, with a hefty dose of third-person shooting and melee sequences. As Polygon revealed in 2015, there was a much larger effort underway to create Alan Wake 2, but the project was eventual

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth doesn’t have the same metric for success as other games. Now that we’re a month into Battle for Azeroth, how is the expansion shaping up? World Quests: World Quests are still in the game from Legion, and they continue to work. A round of World Quests can be done in half an hour, and they’re usually fairly fun and give decent rewards. World Quests are a huge improvement over the former daily quest hubs.

Insomniac’s Spider-Man is a magnificent game, and one seemingly insignificant detail in it is actually a showstopper: Spider-Man’s fake Twitter feed. Good Fake Twitter is funny, sweet, charming and entertaining — and for a couple of minutes, being on Twitter is fun again. Our Twitter is basically Bad Place Twitter. “Spider-Man’s version of Twitter is uncannily close to the real thing”Now we’re trying to get back to a time where everything was smaller. It isn’t as congested as the real Twitter is

This week’s American Horror Story: Apocalypse premiere will be the series’ first official crossover season. note: Spoilers ahead for seasons one through seven of American Horror Story.] Pepper is the American Horror Story character that appears in the most episodes of the series. Eunice is portrayed by Lily Rabe, whose other American Horror Story characters include Nora Montgomery (Murder House), Misty Day (Coven, Apocalypse), Aileen Wournos (Hotel), and Shelby Miller (Roanoke). Dr. Charles Mont

Microsoft’s weekly digital games sale discounts a new roster of Xbox One titles each week on the Xbox Marketplace. This week, Microsoft is discounting a few major franchises, including Battlefield and Assassin’s Creed, which have new games set to drop later in the year. Microsoft’s Battlefield sale offers up to 85 percent off the most recent games in the first-person shooter franchise: Battlefield 1, Battlefield Hardline and Battlefield 4. Several Ubisoft-published Xbox games are discounted this

One of the more telling details of the new Spider-Man game on the PlayStation 4 is the fact that Spider-Man’s dialog during phone calls was recorded twice. Spider-Man is one of the best examples of what AAA development does well, when that term is sometimes used in critical circles as a pejorative. “And [Spider-Man uses] the same engine we used for that game, and then Ratchet afterwards on PS4, plus all our VR games too …. Spider-Man seems to know the sort of things you want in a Spider-Man ga

Local authorities in a Californian suburb are investigating reports of a shooting at a residence that belongs to someone matching Twitch streamer Dr. DisRespect’s description. DisRespect” Beahm first reported that someone fired a shot at his house during a livestream on Tuesday. “I’ve got to end the broadcast right now, someone shot at our house,” Beahm says in the clip below. They also confirmed this was the second report of a shot being fired at the residence, something Beahm spoke about on st

YouTube creators, internet freedom lobbyists, corporations and much of the general public say otherwise. Rights holders who defend the EU Copyright Directive cite fair compensation as the main reason for their decision to back the directive. The EU Copyright Directive doesn’t have any stipulations for holding companies accountable, an issue that critics are calling out. It’s just too extreme right now.”Time to voteThe European Parliament will come together on Wednesday, Sept. 12 to vote either i

Its latest effort, Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, might be the best introductory adventure they’ve ever printed. When Dragon Heist arrived, I was a little put off by the fact that it was among the most slender volumes I’d seen. Warning: What follows will include spoilers for Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Dragon Heist gives DMs an excellent, seemingly innocuous choice to share with their players: In what season should our adventure begin? Waterdeep: Dragon Heist retails for $49.99, but you’ll likely find it

PSG.LGD, the Chinese team sponsored by a French soccer organization, announced on Monday that they are keeping their roster intact for the new Dota 2 competitive season. This iteration of the squad, which has been together since the start of 2018, certainly earned their way into their reputation as of late. PSG.LGD had an end-of-season push into third place in the Dota Pro Circuit with two first-place wins and two in second, quickly becoming the top-performing squad from China. At The Internatio

Square Enix promised that The Last Remnant, a role-playing game that launched in 2008 on Xbox 360, followed by a 2009 Windows PC launch, would one day come to PlayStation 3. But the developer clearly didn’t forget, because a remastered version of the unique title is now heading to PlayStation 4. The Last Remnant Remastered, as seen in the teaser above, benefits from 10 years of graphical and engine upgrades. Despite coming straight from the Final Fantasy house, there’s not many similarities here

It’s only fitting that their creators, Kazutaka Kodaka and Kotaro Uchikoshi (of Danganronpa and Zero Escape, respectively) have joined up to form their own indie studio. Too Kyo Games was revealed as part of a Famitsu Magazine livestream earlier today, during which the seven-member team introduced what it currently has in production. There are four projects in the works at Too Kyo Games thus far, many of which resemble the dark anime style of Danganronpa and Zero Escape. Famitsu has all the imag