Stardew Valley’s long-awaited multiplayer mode, along with new single-player features, is now available for testing. Steam users can now check out a beta version of the game’s latest update, available for Mac and Windows PC. Included in the multiplayer beta is the ability to farm with up to four other players, who will work as your farmhands. While the focus of the beta is the heavily teased multiplayer mode, developed by publisher Chucklefish, lead designer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has thrown

Fortnite Battle Royale’s third, most recent season of content is what turned the game into a global phenomenon. Best: First shot accuracyWhen Fortnite Battle Royale’s third season started, it was quickly becoming clear to players that the game’s reward for accuracy was a little lacking. That makes the difference between a battle royale game that can stick around and maintain its popularity and one that simply fades into the background, another fad in a genre bubble. Whatever happens in Season 4

Fortnite Battle Royale’s third, most recent season of content is what turned the game into a global phenomenon. Best: First shot accuracyWhen Fortnite Battle Royale’s third season started, it was quickly becoming clear to players that the game’s reward for accuracy was a little lacking. That makes the difference between a battle royale game that can stick around and maintain its popularity and one that simply fades into the background, another fad in a genre bubble. Whatever happens in Season 4

God of War and Avengers: Infinity War hit within a week of each other, and players have discovered that developer Sony Santa Monica managed to sneak in a perfectly timed nod to Marvel Studios’ new superhero epic. [Warning: This post contains spoilers for both Avengers: Infinity War and God of War. Basically, in the new God of War, Kratos can get his own version of Thanos’ Infinity Gauntlet. Players have discovered that one of God of War’s epic talismans, the Shattered Gauntlet of Ages, can be eq

God of War and Avengers: Infinity War hit within a week of each other, and players have discovered that developer Sony Santa Monica managed to sneak in a perfectly timed nod to Marvel Studios’ new superhero epic. [Warning: This post contains spoilers for both Avengers: Infinity War and God of War. Basically, in the new God of War, Kratos can get his own version of Thanos’ Infinity Gauntlet. Players have discovered that one of God of War’s epic talismans, the Shattered Gauntlet of Ages, can be eq

Sigrun isn’t just the toughest Valkyrie in God of War: She’s the hardest enemy in the game. Pull your punchesEvery Valkyrie in God of War is tough, but Sigrun makes the others look like child’s play. Sigrun attacks with her wings. During the light Runic attack, Sigrun drops a green health restoration item. This is how you have to fight Sigrun.

Avengers: Infinity War’s trailers promised an apocalyptic, large-scale war between Earth’s mightiest superheroes and the mad titan, Thanos. [Warning: The following contains spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War.] The first Infinity War trailer ended with this goosebump-inducing moment. It’s a continuation of a storyline started in Ragnarok, one of the last movies Marvel released ahead of Infinity War. Avengers: Infinity War is now playing in theaters.

Avengers: Infinity War’s trailers promised an apocalyptic, large-scale war between Earth’s mightiest superheroes and the mad titan, Thanos. [Warning: The following contains spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War.] The first Infinity War trailer ended with this goosebump-inducing moment. It’s a continuation of a storyline started in Ragnarok, one of the last movies Marvel released ahead of Infinity War. Avengers: Infinity War is now playing in theaters.

Fortnite’s fourth season is about to begin, and we’re expecting a doozy. Things have been strange in Fortnite for a while now, with weird objects in the sky and in-game stories about alien abductions. The popular theory is that Tilted Towers is going to be destroyed, but smaller meteorites have been hitting the game for a few days now without doing much damage to the map. Based on the Twitter image from today however, those are all small impacts compared to what’s coming. Witness Season 4 tomorr

Red Dead Redemption 2 publisher Rockstar Games will release a new trailer for the open-world Old West adventure this Wednesday, May 2, the company announced today. This will be the third trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2, following the debut from October 2016 and the second trailer, which wasn’t published until September 2017. Here’s the plot synopsis that Rockstar gave along with the second trailer: Red Dead Redemption 2 is “the story of outlaw Arthur Morgan and the Van Der Linde gang as they r

Red Dead Redemption 2 publisher Rockstar Games will release a new trailer for the open-world Old West adventure this Wednesday, May 2, the company announced today. This will be the third trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2, following the debut from October 2016 and the second trailer, which wasn’t published until September 2017. Here’s the plot synopsis that Rockstar gave along with the second trailer: Red Dead Redemption 2 is “the story of outlaw Arthur Morgan and the Van Der Linde gang as they r

To combat the problem it seems that the developer, PUBG Corp., is resorting to drastic measures, including working with local law enforcement to make arrests in China. Now the game’s developer and publisher PUBG Corp. has formally announced 15 arrests made by Chinese authorities. “The longstanding rumor that hacking/cheating programs extract information from users’ PCs has been confirmed to be true,” PUBG Corp. said in the announcement. PUBG Corp. said that it’s sharing this information with aut

That soundtrack, titled Music of the Spheres, wasn’t made officially available; fans published it to YouTube, Mega and Soundcloud. Now it appears that Bungie is going to release the soundtrack, officially, according to members of the studio. The revelation that Bungie might finally release Music of the Spheres kicked off this weekend as news spread that unofficial uploads of the soundtrack had been taken offline. “Better find a way to download Music of the Spheres,” O’Donnell said on Twitter. We

That soundtrack, titled Music of the Spheres, wasn’t made officially available; fans published it to YouTube, Mega and Soundcloud. Now it appears that Bungie is going to release the soundtrack, officially, according to members of the studio. The revelation that Bungie might finally release Music of the Spheres kicked off this weekend as news spread that unofficial uploads of the soundtrack had been taken offline. “Better find a way to download Music of the Spheres,” O’Donnell said on Twitter. We

In each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? This week, Susana Polo and Dave Tach discuss Avengers: Infinity War. Email: qualitycontrol at polygon dot comMusic: “Goodwill” by The Custodian of Records

The latest episode of Westworld wastes no time in taking us to the outside world. [Warning: The following contains spoilers for Westworld’s second episode of its second season.] “Half of your marketing budget goes to trying to figure out what people want, because they don’t know,” William tells a man, who I assume is his father-in-law, in another flashback. This episode doesn’t move our understanding of any of these characters or even the story forward in any appreciable way. William and Dolores

Super Mario Odyssey is the most speedrun game (by active players) on speedrun.com. So, here’s a guide to the best methods for running the game — whether that’s to set your personal best or take a shot at an elite time. The video is by Smallant1, who has, since his video was published in February, hit a personal best of 1:05:43 — good for No. Often we see an impressive speedrun video, but have no context for how it was accomplished. So while this video doesn’t break down a record run, specificall

The latest episode of Westworld wastes no time in taking us to the outside world. [Warning: The following contains spoilers for Westworld’s second episode of its second season.] “Half of your marketing budget goes to trying to figure out what people want, because they don’t know,” William tells a man, who I assume is his father-in-law, in another flashback. This episode doesn’t move our understanding of any of these characters or even the story forward in any appreciable way. William and Dolores

Avengers: Infinity War is probably going to smash the record for biggest opening weekend. Black Panther, which premiered Feb, 16 and is still showing in about 1,500 theaters, is up to more than $680 million in North American receipts, third-most all time. Worldwide, Black Panther has taken in $1.3 billion in sales; it and Infinity War have brought the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise to $15 billion all-time. Four other Marvel films, The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Iron Man

In each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? This week, Susana Polo and Dave Tach discuss Avengers: Infinity War. Email: qualitycontrol at polygon dot comMusic: “Goodwill” by The Custodian of Records