The Epic Games Store burst on to the scene in 2019, grabbing as many exclusive games as it could from Valve’s Steam platform. The company behind Fortnite also gave away free games to anyone who downloaded its client. “New decade means new games and we’re looking at a great start with tons of amazing titles coming exclusively to the Epic Games Store in 2020,” Epic wrote in a press release. “To kick things off, we’re extending our weekly free game program throughout 2020. According to Epic, the co

The Visions of N’Zoth patch is out now, and adds a ton of new content for both hardcore and casual World of Warcraft fans. To enter, bring a Vessel of Horrific Visions to the Chamber of Heart and enter the Horrific Vision of Stormwind or Orgrimmar. Faceless MasksPlayers seeking the next echelon of rewards and challenges can adventure into bonus areas of Horrific Visions to discover Faceless Masks. Wearing these masks raises the difficulty level of Horrific Visions and unlocks improved rewards. N

id Software and Bethesda Softworks gave Doom fans a new look at Doom Eternal today, showcasing new glory kills and new enemies coming to the hyper-violent first-person shooter. The new Doom Eternal trailer focuses on the single-player campaign side of things, showing off the new enemies like the Marauder and the Gladiator, and Doomguy’s sword skills with the Crucible. (There’s also a brand-new multiplayer mode, called Battlemode, being developed in house by id Software.) Doom Eternal is coming t

Earlier this week, Pokémon Sword and Shield producer Junichi Masuda logged on to Twitter to thank fans for their nice messages. Of course, expecting Masuda to explain this when Game Freak has been clear about what’s possible is ludicrous. By now the anger surrounding Pokémon Sword and Shield’s limited Pokédex is well-documented. I’ve said this before, but the anger is more about Game Freak itself, and the overarching fear that, perhaps, the mid-sized developer is no longer fit to be a steward of

Blizzard is releasing the final major content patch for World of Warcraft expansion Battle for Azeroth today. “People love the Old Gods, and it’s something that’s really cool,” Danuser told Polygon in a phone interview. If you were surrounded by Old Gods all the time, 24/7, playing month after month after month, maybe it isn’t scary anymore. But while Saurfang and Sylvanas both represented seemingly sustainable viewpoints, the Old Gods want to devour all of reality. While we won’t be getting an

The three games that make up 2K Games’ BioShock series could be on the way to Nintendo Switch, according to a ratings leak in Taiwan. A post on the Taiwanese rating board’s website includes basic information about The BioShock Collection for Switch, mainly describing its content as a shooter. The remastered collection was released in 2016 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and includes BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite, as well as DLC missions for all three games. Developed by Irrational Ga

Soon, you’ll be able to play Teamfight Tactics, the League of Legends-themed auto-battler game, where ever you go. On Monday morning, Riot announced that TFT will arrive on mobile devices in mid-March. The mobile version of TFT will include plenty of improvements designed specifically for mobile platforms. Teamfight Tactics producer Dax “Lunchboy” Andrus explained in the video that Riot wanted to bring the game to mobile in a way that felt intentional, rather than just a PC port. The developer a

Last week, Dicey Dungeons creator Terry Cavanagh celebrated the 10th anniversary of an earlier game, VVVVVV, by releasing its source code to the public. Some of the response to VVVVVV’s source code has been horror, as onlookers pick apart things that could have been written better. Open source code like this makes it clear that you can successfully ship without that level of perfection.” In this case, there’s a particular portion of the VVVVVV source code that is sparking discussion due to its s

They already uncovered the missing Vileblood Queen boss fight last year, and now the community has found another. And this newly uncovered boss variant was originally to be a rare boss at the end of the Loran Chalice Dungeon. The Loran Cleric boss is a fireball slinging baddy with several flame attacks. Foxy Hooligans used a jailbroken PS4 and DSTools modding tools by katalash to rebuild The Loran Cleric boss. It’s unclear if players will ever have an easy way to play the Loran Cleric boss fight

But, the same rules don’t apply to the Dungeon Masters Guild, a partnership between Wizards and OneBookshelf that began in 2016. “The Dungeon Masters Guild was an idea that I had back in 2010,” says Wizard’s Chris Lindsay, the creator of the DMs Guild. My first proper introduction to the DMs Guild came when I was looking for a quick one-shot adventure to run for my friend’s birthday. “These are folks that have become prominent contributors to the Dungeon Masters Guild,” Lindsay said. Searching f

Ubisoft’s Might & Magic: Chess Royale may be the weirdest genre mashup to come out in 2020, and we’re only 13 days into January. If the Chess Royale title isn’t self-explanatory let us be more clear: it’s an auto chess game where you play against 99 other people, like a battle royale. Chess Royale pulls heroes from the popular Might & Magic universe, and players can combine units or use heroes to win each match. If you’re familiar with either autobattlers or battle royale games, you may be wonde

For the second year in a row, Sony Interactive Entertainment is skipping E3, North America’s marquee video game expo, which is organized by the Entertainment Software Association. In a statement to Polygon, a Sony spokesperson said: “After thorough evaluation SIE has decided not to participate in E3 2020. We have great respect for the ESA as an organization, but we do not feel the vision of E3 2020 is the right venue for what we are focused on this year. We will build upon our global events stra

Dungeons & Dragons’ next sourcebook will immortalize the team from Critical Role, the massively popular actual-play role-playing series. Titled Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount, the book is now available for pre-order on Amazon and at your friendly local game store. Critical Role started in 2015, and has since grown to become D&D’s most popular performance experience. “Wildemount provides endless potential for adventure in a land of brewing conflict and incredible magic,” reads the official produc

This mod comes with gameplay, including the ability to learn spells, complete challenges, and even summon Patronuses in order to ward off deadly Dementors. The mod goes beyond Hogwarts itself as well, including Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade as centers of commerce. Even some of the more esoteric items, like screaming mandrake babies, are included in the mod with special gameplay effects. The developers of this mod, Floo Network, are trying to release the mod before the end of January. The mod will b

When top-down shooter Danger Gazers released on Steam earlier this year, it didn’t make much of a splash. A week later, the developer, Shota Bobokhidze, uploaded a torrent of the title on The Pirate Bay, noting that “there’s no catch here, no Steam only features, just the fully functional game.” Bobokhidze told Polygon that they estimate the gambit resulted in a 400% sales increase. “The game itself is not my cup of tea, but I’m happy to support the dev,” one review says. Bobokhidze told Polygon

Rockstar Games has pulled the PC version of Grand Theft Auto 4 from sale, as the developer addresses a technical issue with the game. Grand Theft Auto 4 disappeared from Steam over the weekend — the product page is still up, but customers can’t purchase it — because of its ties to Microsoft’s Games For Windows Live platform. According to a statement from Rockstar, Games For Windows Live’s demise impacts how the game is sold through services like Steam. Here’s Rockstar’s statement, forwarded to P

Its next title is called Tellstones: King’s Gambit, and the developer says it’s just one of “many” board games currently in development. Riot also announced a new internal studio, called Riot Tabletop, that will head up the effort. You can tell by the pile of board games, miniatures, and roleplaying books stashed around the office. According to the announcement, which was made over the weekend, Riot’s next board game will have a much smaller scope. “Our first tabletop game was a huge, cooperativ

That’s what a Texas player did for her online teammate, an ocean away in the United Kingdom. The BBC and Sky News both reported this weekend on the fast thinking of Dia Lathora, 21, of Texas, who suspected her gaming partner, 17-year-old Aidan Jackson, might be having a medical emergency. Jackson’s parents were downstairs, unaware their son was having a seizure (his bedroom door was closed). Police and an ambulance quickly arrived to Jackson’s home, and after quickly telling Jackson’s mother wha

After two smaller tests, Legends of Runeterra, the League of Legends card game, will go into open beta on Jan. 24. Riot Games announced the open beta date on Sunday morning, as part of an ongoing celebration of the start of League of Legends’ 10th season. But if you haven’t had the chance to play Legends of Runeterra yet, don’t worry. Every account will be reset as soon as the open beta begins. Every player that participates in the open beta will gain access to an exclusive Moonstruck Poro Guard

A new batch of Pokémon from the Unova region have been added to Pokémon Go, along with the addition of trade evolution. Roggenrola, Tympole, Dwebble, Trubbish, Karrablast, Joltik, Shelmet, and more Pokémon will be found in the wild. With the new trade evolution mechanic, trading Pokémon to evolve them isn’t mandatory, but it will lower the candy cost to evolve them. The Pokémon affected by trade evolution are Haunter, Machoke, Graveler, Kadabra, Boldore, Gurdurr, Karrablast, and Shelmet. Throh w