Sea of Thieves is a game that currently finds itself in an odd place. What’s left are people who enjoy Sea of Thieves for what it is, not what they wish it would be. We owned the sea, and the only thing it took was the decision to work together and do so. Sea of Thieves has always been a game about creating stories in a sandbox and making awesome memories while playing pirate. The fair-weather fans have all left the game, and it’s the best thing that could have happened.

The Mirage Solo from Lenovo is the first virtual reality headset that has actually gotten me excited in a long time. The Mirage Solo is a $399.99 standalone VR headset — which means it requires no computer or phone to play — that offers full head tracking, a big step up from the $199.99 Oculus Go. Getting head tracking working in a standalone headset immediately makes every portable VR product look like yesterday’s news. It’s also an advantage that’s hard to communicate to someone who has never

In each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic about a new game, movie or piece of gear. In this episode, Charlie Hall and Dave Tach talk about the state of Destiny 2 in the wake of the Warmind expansion. Join us for a host-filled discussion that looks at Destiny 2 from launch to the present day and beyond. What does Destiny 2 do right? Does Warmind get us any closer to what we’re looking for?

This week in Fortnite we have yet another Treasure Map challenge to complete. The task: “Follow the treasure map found in Salty Springs.”While you can indeed follow the treasure map, which will eventually lead you to your end goal, it’s far easier for us to just show you. The Battle Star you’re looking for is slightly west of that tree, right next to a bouncy set of tires. For your “trouble,” you’ll nab a whopping 10 Battle Stars, which will net you a full rank on your Battle Pass. Maybe it’ll u

The first gameplay trailer for Rage 2 is out in the wild, and it looks intense. Enemies include your run-of-the-mill punks fighting with guns and re-purposed sporting goods, but also gigantic, troll-like enemies and even large mechs. An imminent Rage 2 reveal was hinted at earlier this month by a leaked Walmart listing, prompting publisher Bethesda to respond coyly on social media. The original game, Rage, was released in 2010 and developed by id Software. Rage 2 has a release window in 2019, an

Miramar, the desert-themed map in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, arrives in PUBG Mobile today, thanks to the game’s new 0.5.0 update. In a tweet from the PUBG Mobile Twitter account, the developers detailed the rest of the big update to the game. There is also now a PUBG Mobile shop, where players can buy new cosmetic items, as well as a “Secret Stash,” which will sell certain special items at a discount. PUBG Mobile’s 0.5.0 update is out now in most regions. For a detailed look at everything in

Conan Exiles is a game with many strong, albeit disparate inspirations. In order to be true to the source material, developer Funcom decided to include themes of slavery in Exiles. Bylos said that for the team at Funcom, slavery actually served a useful purpose within the boundaries of the game. “I think it’s interesting to discuss the sort of ethical ramifications of something like Westworld in regards to these type of things,” Bylos said of Conan Exiles’ usage of slaves. Conan Exiles is loyal

But potential leaks, a number of tweets and other seemingly compelling evidence has fans convinced that they already know what that Nintendo Switch game is. A thread on the image board’s Pokémon section suggests that Pokémon Let’s Go! All the way back on March 31, a separate thread claimed to offer the first details of the upcoming Pokémon Switch game. In that same interview, however, both designers seemed to insist that the Pokémon game they were working on was a role-playing game. Pixelpar, a

Over the last several weeks, players have gotten pretty used to Fortnite’s weekly updates hitting on Tuesday. Thankfully, the answer came just under 12 hours after the patch was originally set to go live: Epic tweeted that patch v4.2 will be available Wednesday, May 16, with maintenance happening at the regular time: 4 a.m. A 24-hour delay isn’t too bad, all things considered. It’s good to see that Epic was able to work out the issue with the patch so quickly, whatever it may have been. Despite

When The Binding of Isaac grabs you, it does so without mercy. Over the last year he’s been working with his team on free updates to the latest version of the game, The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth Plus. In describing these packs, McMillen did sound like he was trying to atone for his lack of involvement in the initial release of Afterbirth Plus. How much more do I want to push, and how much do I want to save for something bigger in the future?”But before he looks to the future of Isaac, McMille

Destiny 2’s latest expansion, Warmind, gives off about as bad a first impression as you could get. The initial campaign is weak from a storytelling and mission design perspective, especially compared to the campaign in Destiny 2 proper. But Mars feels dense in a way that Destiny players haven’t seen since the first game. Warmind is instead a bandage while we wait for the big Destiny expansion coming this fall. And for a game that players felt could be irreparably broken after its first expansion

Ariana Grande performed “No Tears Left to Cry,” her latest single, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night. What’s interesting is that the entire song was played with Nintendo Labo instruments, with the help of the Roots. You’ll also see Labo guitars in the video, which is a project that Nintendo has explained in the past. But what’s going on with the Robot suit and the use of the fishing rod as a musical instrument? The result is a very neat way to play the song, and a video that h

Deadpool 2 really wants to build on a solid emotional core about grief and family and finding a place to belong. Unfortunately, it also wants to deliver on the promises of a typical action movie sequel: more characters, more fights, more gore, and more and bigger explosions. Broadly, and without giving anything away, the story is about how Cable wants to kill Russel, and Wade wants to save him. This all sounds very damning, so I will say that if you loved Deadpool, you’ll probably find Deadpool

“In 2012 when we launched an MMO called The Secret World,” Bylos said, “we predicted the game would sell a million copies. “We were talking about this emerging genre and talking about our skill-set as developers making massively multi-player games,” Bylos said. But in addition to the Conan IP, Bylos said, Exiles has two things that Ark doesn’t. They all need to fight in different ways.”Like Ark, Exiles features plenty of exotic animals. “That bracelet is part of a hidden storyline, which you can

One of the fun things about our video series Overboard is that it introduces viewers to board and card games that they might not otherwise have heard of. Buy Monikers here: Amazon | Target | Jet | Barnes & NobleIf you like the teamwork gameplay and escalating silliness of Monikers, these picks offer a similar vibe. Buy Wits and Wagers here: Amazon | Walmart | TargetSpaceteamSpaceteam was originally developed as a mobile game and it was so popular the developer successfully funded a card game ver

Despite Kingdom Hearts 3’s perpetual development period, dense lore and multiple side releases, the Kingdom Hearts franchise is still a beloved brand with the most ambitious crossover of all time: Square Enix and Disney. Here’s what we know so far about the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 3. Kingdom Hearts 3 is the next installment in the Kingdom Hearts RPG franchise, which combines new heroes with favorite characters from Square Enix and beloved Disney properties. Do I need to know or have played other

PogChamp is still one of the most popular emotes, and part of the reason is because it’s pretty safe. LULLUL may seem pretty obvious —t’s the Twitch emote equivalent to LOL, but it has a serpentine history. This is exactly what’s going on with Twitch emotes, and some of these are really hard to grasp. Other notable emotesMonkasMonkas is another member of the Pepe emote family, and one of the most important emotes on Twitch. Monkas is the word you’re most likely to see outside of Twitch chat (on

Aside from the occasional arcade game, there’s little of my own life recognizable in Kazuma Kiryu’s, star of the Yakuza series. Haruka was 10 years old when Kiryu adopted her in Yakuza Kiwami; baby care is new to him. Calming down Haruto was surprisingly effective at evoking the panicked flop-sweat feeling of trying to soothe a baby in real life. I take care of my kids by, you know, feeding them and taking them on walks to the park and stuff. But despite their brevity, that a tiny Texan dad like

The GameSir X1 Battledock sounds like a good idea — on paper. The important thing to know is that the X1 Battledock is going to do things to your Android phone that Google definitely does not want it to do. Tap “Connect” button on the top to automatically search and connect to the GameSir X1. The dock doesn’t play games downloaded from a legitimate source; you have to download special versions of each game from GameSir itself. I’m not exaggerating: This is a ridiculous amount of privacy to give

Adult Swim is bringing back one of the series that helped the network make a name for itself this fall: Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. The mash-up of classic cartoons will return for a half-hour special later this year, titled Harvey Birdman, Attorney General. The gist: supervillain President Phil Seben (again voiced by Stephen Colbert) has appointed Harvey Birdman as the country’s new attorney general. But Harvey isn’t going to use the position to serve President Seben. Along with Colbert, mu