The most popular kids in elementary school were the ones with the latest gaming systems and the latest American Girl Dolls. While it might be too late to be the coolest kids around, it appears that American Girl and Xbox have joined forces to bring the ultimate toy to the next generation: an Xbox gaming set designed for an American Girl Doll. For a just a fraction of the price of a real Xbox One S, your child and their American Girl doll can now game alongside one another with this perfectly dol

The addition of gaming disorder to the ICD had been in the proposal stage for months, and the WHO already seemed to be moving in this direction. That’s despite the concerns expressed by some mental health professionals, who fear that the likely downsides of codifying gaming addiction in this way would far outweigh any potential benefits. “Internet gaming disorder” is listed in DSM-5, but only as a “condition for further study” — not a clinical diagnosis. Think of a psychologist seeing patients w

What kind of Mega Man game would they like to see? If they were to play a Mega Man game, what kind of aspects of the franchise would they find fun?’ And on top of that, I mean just the fact that there hasn’t been a brand new Mega Man game in a very long time. And trying to make sure that that same feeling applies to Mega Man 11 as well.”Based on my hands-on time in the Fuse Man level, Mega Man 11 is gorgeous. It feels in every way like my memories of playing a Mega Man game. What makes a Mega Ma

The last time we checked in Jurassic World Evolution, I was only eight hours in — building my first T-Rex on the game’s third island. Jurassic World Evolution has built itself as two completely different experiences. But right now, Jurassic World Evolution worked perfectly as a management simulator. By being two games in one, Jurassic World Evolution has provided players with a perfect choice regardless of what kind of games make you happy. Jurassic World Evolution lets you build and maintain th

Right alongside Mickey Mouse and Snoopy sits Hello Kitty, one of the most recognizable characters worldwide. Like all famous figures, though, we may take Hello Kitty for granted. Senior Cute Things Correspondent Allegra Frank walks us through a brief history of Kitty White’s life, condensing nearly 45 years into less than 45 minutes. Here is the full thread of responses:Enjoying The History of Fun? New to The History of Fun?

More Doom, more Wolfenstein, more Fallout and more Elder Scrolls are coming our way. After that press conference, it’s hard not to get hype about the newest additions to Bethesda’s biggest franchises. To celebrate, Bethesda is discounting some of its best games of the last few years, including The Evil Within 2 and Fallout 4, by up to 40 percent on Amazon. A full list of Bethesda titles on sale at Amazon is below. It’s on sale for $19.99, the lowest price we’ve ever seen this game on Amazon.

Polygon senior reporter Charlie Hall and I were lucky enough to get into CD Projekt Red’s exclusive gameplay demo for the team’s upcoming game, Cyberpunk 2077. The biggest thing from the demo was how instinctive it all felt. But the biggest revelation was how different this game felt in comparison to CD Projekt Red’s other big franchise, The Witcher. The Cyberpunk 2077 demo felt much more fluid in comparison, with all of the conversations happening in-engine, and immediate reactions affecting ho

At E3 2018, Microsoft and developer 343 Industries revealed the next chapter in the Halo saga: Halo Infinite. But many details about Halo Infinite are still a mystery, including when and where we can play it. 343 Industries studio head Chris Lee said Halo Infinite will “continue [Master Chief’s] saga after the events of Halo 5.”When is coming out? The Halo Infinite teaser features a musical stinger from the beloved Halo 3. Halo Infinite may also take place, in whole or in part, on Installation 0

Fortnite is available on Windows PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and mobile devices. https://t.co/jUjB2Qv2hj — John Smedley (@j_smedley) June 18, 2018Smedley has also posted what he thinks is the logic behind Sony’s stubbornness in this area. I can only access 800 V-Bucks on my account on the Nintendo Switch, for whatever reason. You can buy cosmetic items and the Battle Pass, of course, and you need to buy V-Bucks, the game’s currency, to do so. You buy V-Bucks directly through the

E3 2018 was a cross between a victory lap for this generation of game consoles and a tease for the next one. Big studios, medium studios and small studios alike have bold, weird and ambitious projects in the works. Of course, a best of E3 award doesn’t guarantee a game’s excellence. After this year’s monstrous gameplay demo, which ran more than 50 minutes long, that answer is a resounding yes. Forget all that for the moment, because Enhance Games’ Tetris Effect is the freshest take in years of t

Fortnite’s patch v4.4 Content Update is here, and while it may not be as explosive as we were hoping, it does have some pretty massive changes considering it’s an off-week for Epic. The update’s only real addition for Battle Royale is the Stink Bomb, a brand new weapon that creates a dangerous cloud for enemies. The cloud lasts nine seconds, deals damage and even obscures vision within the area that it was thrown. The other big Battle Royale change that came with this update was a nerf of explos

They were Dragon Quest 10 and Dragon Quest 11, the latter of which had yet to be released on any platform. But the Switch version of the game remains under construction, without any hint of when it will be ready. “When we first announced [Dragon Quest 11], the Switch hadn’t come out yet, and the development kit also wasn’t finalized,” he said. While PC and PS4 infrastructure has been in place since Square Enix announced Dragon Quest 11, the Switch is much newer. Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elu

Microsoft is getting ready for the next generation of consoles, and the company began to talk about details and strategy during E3. It will likely be backward-compatible“When people buy an Xbox, they buy into an ecosystem and they become an Xbox fan,” Spencer told Eurogamer. “Many of the Xbox fans we have today started on the original Xbox, were with us on 360 and they’re with us now on Xbox One. The Xbox One’s backward compatibility is a big advantage over the PlayStation 4, and it’s always fun

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ third map, Sanhok, and a new weapon will go live with its next patch, which is scheduled for June 22. Sanhok is set in a dense jungle environment with dynamic weather to help keep things feeling fresh. The map is much more tightly packed together than any other PUBG map, thanks to its small 4km x 4km size, making it a quarter of the size of Erangel and Miramar, PUBG’s other two maps. This patch also includes a new version of PUBG’s map select, playlists. One playli

It’s late in the afternoon on the first day of E3 and John Bloch, executive producer for Metro Exodus, already looks tired. “Our script this time around is twice the size of Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light, and all of those games’ DLC combined,” Bloch told me. So there’s a massive, massive amount of story content in this game.”But the complexity of the task is compounded by the fact that Exodus isn’t a traditional, linear experience. “The largest level from any of our previous games,” Bloch said,

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has amassed more than 400 million players across all currently available platforms, developer PUBG Corp. announced today. That figure includes more than 50 million copies of the game sold on Windows PC and Xbox One, the company said. According to announcement from PUBG Corp., PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds draws more than 87 million players each day across all platforms and 227 million players per month. In March, PUBG creator Brendan Greene said at the Game Develope

VidCon’s CEO, Jim Louderback, is now calling everything that happened that day a mistake that the organization has learned from. At VidCon 2017, Sarkeesian appeared on a panel titled Women Online, and explored subjects like harassment that women often face on the internet. We’ll have some more senior VidCon staff at some of the sessions that we probably think this could happen. She told Polygon the following after VidCon and her panel came to an end:When push comes to shove, conventions like Vid

Cyberpunk 2077 made a very positive impression at E3 this year, and factored prominently in Microsoft’s press conference. But it’s the game’s Twitter account that has proven to be the most fun both during and after E3. — Cyberpunk 2077 (@CyberpunkGame) June 19, 2018In terms of theme, I’m not sure there’s anything more dystopian than a fast food restaurant getting excited about your video game. — Cyberpunk 2077 (@CyberpunkGame) June 11, 2018The account is busy pitching crossovers:While we have yo

Square Enix and Dontnod Entertainment revealed the surprising next entry in the Life Is Strange franchise during E3: not Life Is Strange 2, but a spinoff set in the same universe. But after watching a hands-off demo during the event, I came away finding that Captain Spirit and Life Is Strange have more in common than I’d expect. Chris accesses his powers through his alter ego, Captain Spirit, who he becomes as an escape from his alcoholic single father. The Life Iis Strange team may have won ove

To its creators at Konami, Hyper Sports R is the continuation of a franchise that began as an early ’80s arcade game, and they’re not wrong. It’s a Nintendo Switch game largely because of the Switch’s motion control abilities. For sure, that’s one of the reasons we chose the Switch.”Grid View Konami Digital EntertainmentKonami Digital EntertainmentKonami Digital EntertainmentKonami Digital EntertainmentKonami Digital EntertainmentKonami Digital EntertainmentKonami Digital EntertainmentKonami Dig