In Bungie’s weekly update, Destiny 2 senior designer Daniel Auchenpaugh talked about how the power level grind will be changing in Warmind, Destiny 2’s second expansion. In short, it’s going to be a lot harder to max our your Guardian’s power level come May. Auchenpaugh said that Destiny 2’s public events won’t be nearly as lucrative as they have been, and that clan engrams won’t help players progress on their own. Warmind will have a soft cap of 340, meaning that players will be able to jump up

Fortnite: Battle Royale’s limited-time 50v50 mode is a rare opportunity to learn the game’s building skills. The best reason to try the mode is the abundance of resources and safe space to practice construction. Here’s how the 50v50 mode works: To start each round, two teams of 50 players fly over the game’s island in two separate buses from opposite sides of the map. Because teams drop onto opposite sides of the map, building can be done relatively in peace. It’s incredible, I suppose, the mode

Fortnite: Battle Royale’s limited-time 50v50 mode is a rare opportunity to learn the game’s building skills. The best reason to try the mode is the abundance of resources and safe space to practice construction. Here’s how the 50v50 mode works: To start each round, two teams of 50 players fly over the game’s island in two separate buses from opposite sides of the map. Because teams drop onto opposite sides of the map, building can be done relatively in peace. It’s incredible, I suppose, the mode

Magic: The Gathering Arena, the new digital version of the popular card game, will be getting its first new expansion pack and a few new modes in the coming weeks, the game’s developers announced this week. The first large-scale addition to Arena will come on April 26 when developer Wizards of the Coast will add Dominaria, the newest expansion for the physical Magic: The Gathering card game. This release lines up almost perfectly with Dominaria’s April 27 physical release date, answering the que

Magic: The Gathering Arena, the new digital version of the popular card game, will be getting its first new expansion pack and a few new modes in the coming weeks, the game’s developers announced this week. The first large-scale addition to Arena will come on April 26 when developer Wizards of the Coast will add Dominaria, the newest expansion for the physical Magic: The Gathering card game. This release lines up almost perfectly with Dominaria’s April 27 physical release date, answering the que

The National Federation of State High Schools, the United States’ primary leadership organization for high school sports like football and water polo, is getting into esports. Sports to broadcast high school sporting events online. “Some 72 percent of high school students consider themselves gamers,” Koski said. Just as it does not stand in the way of Minnesota schools, which gives firearms training to high school students for target shooting with live ammunition. State tournaments will begin ne

The National Federation of State High Schools, the United States’ primary leadership organization for high school sports like football and water polo, is getting into esports. Sports to broadcast high school sporting events online. “Some 72 percent of high school students consider themselves gamers,” Koski said. Just as it does not stand in the way of Minnesota schools, which gives firearms training to high school students for target shooting with live ammunition. State tournaments will begin ne

Fans of soccer (or football, for non-Americans) will have a bridge into the war of the Ancients, as the Paris Saint-Germain have partnered directly with renowned Chinese team LGD Gaming to co-sponsor the main squad. They also took second at the PGL Open Bucharest and StarLadder i-League Invitational Season 4 earlier in the season. They attempted a League of Legends team in October 2016, which entered the European Challenger series for 2016-2017 before disbanding. PSG is not the first soccer team

BattleTech, the turn-based strategy game from Harebrained Schemes, formally launches for PC on April 24. Polygon has been playing a near-final version of the game for a couple of days already, so I cherry-picked a spoiler-free mission to share with you. It’s a big year for BattleTech fans, with four new games set in the classic universe all landing within months of each other. From the depth of the storytelling to the turn-based interpretation of the classic tabletop game, the game’s early missi

BattleTech, the turn-based strategy game from Harebrained Schemes, formally launches for PC on April 24. Polygon has been playing a near-final version of the game for a couple of days already, so I cherry-picked a spoiler-free mission to share with you. It’s a big year for BattleTech fans, with four new games set in the classic universe all landing within months of each other. From the depth of the storytelling to the turn-based interpretation of the classic tabletop game, the game’s early missi

God of War’s visual presentation, in particular, represents a major departure from the previous entries in the franchise. We captured footage of God of War’s first two hours in what Sony Santa Monica calls Immersive mode, where there’s no HUD at all. What is Immersive mode? Note that God of War’s Immersive mode hides plenty of UI elements without giving you a choice in the matter. The Immersive UI mode works because God of War conveys a surprising amount of information through visual and aural c

God of War’s visual presentation, in particular, represents a major departure from the previous entries in the franchise. We captured footage of God of War’s first two hours in what Sony Santa Monica calls Immersive mode, where there’s no HUD at all. What is Immersive mode? Note that God of War’s Immersive mode hides plenty of UI elements without giving you a choice in the matter. The Immersive UI mode works because God of War conveys a surprising amount of information through visual and aural c

But the game doesn’t just profit from these strategies — it makes fun of the players for buying in. Fate/Grand Order is very aware of how it makes money, and it’s comfortable turning it into a joke. How the game is so cruelPlayers don’t need to recruit the rarest characters to progress in Fate/Grand Order. What’s interesting about Fate/Grand Order is that the game’s marketing features a vicious caricature of dedicated players. This sort of unquestioning fandom is destructive, even if the Fate/Gr

For over a decade, the God of War series was synonymous with action hero machismo and unbridled anger. God of War: Betrayal(Mobile, 2007)The hottest flip phones of 2007 found themselves in possession of a side-scrolling God of War game, complete with all the Blades of Chaos swinging you could cram onto a one-and-a-half-inch screen. God of War: A Call From the Wilds(Facebook, 2018)The idea of a text-based God of War game might seem laughable when you consider the gore, giant monsters and giant mo

The Nintendo Labo Variety Kit is a box full of cardboard, rubber bands, strings and dreams. Today Brian and I unboxed the Variety Kit and built the simplest of its five projects: the RC Car. The car is steered via touch controls on the Nintendo Switch screen. The Variety Kit includes patterns for a second car, if you have an extra pair of Joy-Cons lying about. Stay tuned to Polygon for a full review, and make sure you subscribe to Polygon’s YouTube channel for more Nintendo Labo videos.

The Nintendo Labo Variety Kit is a box full of cardboard, rubber bands, strings and dreams. Today Brian and I unboxed the Variety Kit and built the simplest of its five projects: the RC Car. The car is steered via touch controls on the Nintendo Switch screen. The Variety Kit includes patterns for a second car, if you have an extra pair of Joy-Cons lying about. Stay tuned to Polygon for a full review, and make sure you subscribe to Polygon’s YouTube channel for more Nintendo Labo videos.

Steven Spielberg is producing Blackhawk, his first DC Comics adaptation, and may even direct. But on a list of DC Comics best known properties, Spielberg’s chosen subject is very, very low. But given how synonymous DC Comics is with “superheroes” these days, it’s understandable to be surprised that the company has any non-superhero stories in its back catalog. The Blackhawk comic even survived the shuttering of Quality Comics in 1956, when it was picked up and continued by DC Comics with the sam

Super Mega Baseball 2, the follow-up to one of the most acclaimed sports games in recent memory, will finally be released May 1, developer Metalhead Software announced today. Its new launch timing makes sense, considering that the real-life MLB season is well underway at this point. Super Mega Baseball 2 will cost $29.99 on all platforms, and at launch, Metalhead will also sell three add-ons with “additional cosmetic customization content.” That will come in handy for the game’s expanded level o

Super Mega Baseball 2, the follow-up to one of the most acclaimed sports games in recent memory, will finally be released May 1, developer Metalhead Software announced today. Its new launch timing makes sense, considering that the real-life MLB season is well underway at this point. Super Mega Baseball 2 will cost $29.99 on all platforms, and at launch, Metalhead will also sell three add-ons with “additional cosmetic customization content.” That will come in handy for the game’s expanded level o

They’re offering up to 75 percent off horror-themed Xbox games in what’s being billed as an “Un-Halloween Horror Spectacular Sale”. Jackbox Party Pack 3 — in my opinion the best edition of the Jackbox party games — is included in this sale, too. Nintendo Switch users can take advantage of a few deals on Switch controllers and accessories this week. Amazon Prime members can also grab a Nintendo Switch Stand as an add-on purchase for $6.27 (usually $11.99) with an order over $25. Nintendo Switch S