YouTube culture, whether creators dedicate their channels to memes, react videos or commentary, are reliant on fair use. People streaming the entire fight on Twitch were called out by streamers and creators within the community for circumventing DMCA rules. They can also agree, however, that not allowing people to make commentary videos about the fight is equally upsetting. When executed, not only do they hinder a creator’s AdSense, but collect enough and an entire YouTube channel can be deleted

Mineko’s Night Market, an adorable looking game chockfull of cats, will make its console debut on the Nintendo Switch next year. Mineko’s Night Market tells the story of Mineko, a “curious girl” who has recently arrived at her new home in Japan. Mineko’s Night Market was first announced in 2017, but Nintendo revealed the game would arrive on Nintendo Switch during its Indie World showcase in Japan earlier this year. Mineko’s Night Market was originally slated to be released this year, but today’

This July, an anxious haze hung in the air at BronyCon, the preeminent convention for fans of the television show My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. (Hasbro’s official comment to Polygon: “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic will be continuing for a ninth season, premiering in 2019. But despite its former status as a meme juggernaut, widespread interest in My Little Pony quickly waned. Oswald walked in a group with three other young men in their late teens, all of whom wore a mix of My Little

Available Aug. 30 on Nintendo Switch and Windows PC, the adventure progresses like a nostalgic walking tour of 8- and 16-bit video game design. In fact, the final boss battle isn’t remotely close to the final boss battle. Taken as two complementary pieces, the end result is an airy and charming but hardly extraordinary ode to retro games. But taken holistically, The Messenger works as a Video Games 101 master class. The final few hours of the game are so weird and chaotic and joyful, and they ha

Today’s content update for Fortnite is supposed to improve stability while making a few other, minor changes to the game. That being said, I think we have to talk about the Shockwave Grenade, Fortnite’s newest item. You can watch the grenade in action in the trailer at the top of this post. Here’s the official description from the patch notes:Shockwave Grenade added:Shockwave Grenade will knock players back and destroy objects in their path after being knocked back. Allies, enemies, and vehicles

Capcom is bringing the original Onimusha: Warlords to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One next year, the publisher announced today. The re-release of Onimusha: Warlords, due on on January 15, 2019, will include high-definition graphics, widescreen support, a new control scheme designed for analog sticks and a new soundtrack. Onimusha: Warlords will be available digitally for $19.99. Capcom will also release the game physically for PS4 and Xbox One. Check out some screenshots

“To our [Master Chief Collection] Insiders, who have played, tested and provided feedback over the past weeks and months, THANK YOU,” 343 wrote in a post on Halo Waypoint. Halo: The Master Chief Collection originally debuted nearly four years ago in November 2014, bringing Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3 and Halo 4 to the Xbox One. Customers who don’t already own the Master Chief Collection upgrade for Halo 3: ODST can buy it for $4.99. Monday’s update for The Master Chief Collection also a

Xbox Live Gold subscribers will get an interesting mix of games in Games with Gold’s September lineup. Microsoft announced today that September’s Games with Gold titles include Prison Architect and Livelock for Xbox One. Developed by Introversion Software, Prison Architect lets players design, build and manage a prison. Xbox 360 owners will get access to Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars and Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World for free as part of Games with Gold in September. Here’s when each

TowerFall, the cult-classic local multiplayer game, will arrive on Nintendo Switch on Sept. 27. While TowerFall has been on several platforms before — including PlayStation, Xbox, mobile platforms and even the Ouya — this will be the first version on a Nintendo console. This version will also include all of the content from the TowerFall Dark World and TowerFall Ascension expansions. While TowerFall’s standout mode is its competitive local multiplayer, which can be played by up to six players, t

Nintendo announced that Samurai Gunn 2 would be coming to the Nintendo Switch during today’s “Nindies” livestream. Also, Samurai Gunn 2 exists! If you haven’t played Samurai Gunn, imagine something that’s a bit similar to TowerFall but with every player getting a gun, a sword and three bullets per life. The Nintendo Switch version will also come with a digital Samurai Gunn graphic novel by French artist Valentin Seiche. Samurai Gunn 2 will be out in early 2019.

Into the Breach, the turn-based strategy game from the team behind FTL: Faster Than Light, is coming to the Nintendo Switch. In the lore of the game, players take on the role of mech pilots fighting against an alien onslaught on four distinct islands. Into the Breach has more unlockables overall, and is more generous with how it doles them out over time. Players earn coins by unlocking squad achievements, and those coins are routinely earned by subtle modifications in how you play. Into the Brea

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, the lavish and lyrical adventure game, is coming to the Nintendo Switch. Sword & Sworcery was a seminal work among indie games, blending 8-bit inspired graphics with a novel rhythm-based combat system backstopped by a stirring soundtrack from musician and composer Jim Guthrie. Craig Adams, founder of the Superbrothers team and co-creator of Sword & Sworcery, told Polygon the newest version of the now classic game will make use of many of the Switch’s unique fe

VRV, a fandom-dedicated streaming service, is partnering with Nickelodeon to launch a streaming channel. The service will be called NickSplat and is available today. The channel will stream some of Nickelodeon’s popular ‘90s shows, including the Saturday Night Live-inspired All That, Doug, Rocko’s Modern Life, CatDog, AAAHH!!! There are some noticeable absences from the press release, like Hey Arnold!, Rugrats and Invader Zim. Rugrats is slated to return to Nickelodeon — along with a new theatri

If you happen to have one of those devices, this is how you unlock the skin:Download Fortnite on your Galaxy Note9 or Tab S4 from the Samsung folder > Galaxy Apps and tap on the Fortnite Banner. Note: This will install and open the Fortnite Installer and Fortnite on your Galaxy Note 9 or Tab S4. Once logged in, play three matches of Fortnite on your Note 9 or Tab S4 device. After three matches are complete, allow 24-48 hours to receive a gift box in Fortnite with your Galaxy Skin. “Solution: rig

Dragon Quest 11 too often extols the virtues of the former at the expense of the latter. As with so much of Dragon Quest 11, the scope seems enormous and deep, but turns out to be limited and fairly shallow. And Dragon Quest 11 won’t progress until you finish walking through the town corridor and unlock the gate to the next area. Dragon Quest 11 is an old JRPG updated for today’s audience and modern hardware. Dragon Quest 11 is a beautiful example of what a JRPG can be after 30 years of lovingly

The Golf Club 2019 launches today with a new publisher — 2K Sports. 2K Sports and HB Games announced the partnership this morning. That’s in addition to the robust course-creation suite that has helped The Golf Club build a sizable following since its first edition launched in 2014. The Golf Club 2019 picked up the PGA Tour license shortly after EA Sports announced it wasn’t renewing a deal with the tour that had gone back to 1997. The Golf Club 2019 is available now ($49.99) on digital marketpl

EA has cancelled the three remaining Madden Classic qualifier events in wake of the recent Jacksonville mass shooting as the company reevaluates safety protocols around its live events. EA CEO Andrew Wilson made the announcement in a statement released earlier tonight on EA’s website. “We have made a decision to cancel our three remaining Madden Classic qualifier events while we run a comprehensive review of safety protocols for competitors and spectators. Pax West organizers offered this statem

PAX West, an annual gathering of video game fans and creators that’s known for its friendly atmosphere, takes place in Seattle later this week. Polygon contacted PAX West’s organizers to ask if they are implementing any new security measures for the event in light of the Jacksonville shooting. We have in place extensive proactive measures; some that are visible during PAX events and many that are not. Madden competitors Elijah “TruBoy” Clayton and Taylor “SpotMePlzz” Robertson were killed in a s

Steam is in an enviable situation“Steam can definitely afford to lose some of the big games,” David Cole, the founder and CEO of DFC Intelligence, a research firm, told Polygon. Steam isn’t just where players go to buy games, it’s where many players go to shop for games. And the number of big games launching away from Steam obscures the fact that they’re launching on services created by huge companies that have been around for years. With more than 100 million Prime subscribers, that’s a conside

Microsoft has created the Xbox All Access subscription because it has to; this isn’t the action of a company that’s winning the console race. But let’s set that aside for a moment, because this is actually a really good deal for anyone who wants to get into the Xbox ecosystem. The total cost of the Xbox One X hardware, along with two years of Xbox Live and Xbox Game Pass, is $859.93, assuming no other bundles or sales on the subscriptions. The Xbox One S deal is even better, costing $527.76 acro