The Good Life, the next project by Hidetaka “Swery” Suehiro, is back on and currenty in the middle of a second crowdfunding drive on Kickstarter. Swery demoed the game at PAX East last week, and here is a 25-minute let’s play video that showcases the game’s unusual concept. In The Good Life, players will taken on the role of a young photographer, Naomi, who discovers that the townsfolk turn into cats and dogs at night. The Good Life was first pitched on Fig, the equity crowdfunding platform, but

Mitchell, speaking at the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, said the following to Old School Gamer Magazine. We will show that everything that has been done, everything was done professionally, according to the rules, according to the scoreboard, the integrity that was set up. Three of Mitchell’s Donkey Kong performances, all one million points or more, had been under suspicion within the Donkey Kong high score community for some time. Twin Galaxies found that Mitchell had not earned his scor

Mitchell, speaking at the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, said the following to Old School Gamer Magazine. We will show that everything that has been done, everything was done professionally, according to the rules, according to the scoreboard, the integrity that was set up. Three of Mitchell’s Donkey Kong performances, all one million points or more, had been under suspicion within the Donkey Kong high score community for some time. Twin Galaxies found that Mitchell had not earned his scor

Here’s a look back at some weird Nintendo hardware as we get ready to welcome Labo. to ease retailers’ minds about the viability of a video games console following the Great Crash of the mid-1980s. Power GloveNo list of weird Nintendo accessories is complete without the Power Glove. To check an opponent, you had to brace the Wii hockey stick with both hands across your body and push out. I played a 3-on-3 pond hockey game against a friend visiting from Oakland and just destroyed him with those c

Solo: A Star Wars Story is going to give us a view of Han Solo’s early days, presumably before his weatherbeaten, mistrustful pirate persona took root. That, of course, means someone has to do him dirt, which is probably gonna be the major conflict of Solo: A Star Wars Story when that launches on May 25. Billed as a “space western” it’s probably a good bet that Solo: A Star Wars Story is gonna disabuse both Han (Alden Ehrenreich), Lando (Donald Glover) and Chewie (Joonas Suotamo) of a lot of the

The Samsung Odyssey Mixed Reality Headset is the most expensive in the Windows Mixed Reality line of VR hardware. The Samsung Odyssey is currently sold out on Amazon, but you can take advantage of that $100 discount at Samsung, Best Buy or the Microsoft Store. A 3-month trial of the service is included when you buy Just Dance 2018. Best of all, Just Dance 2018 on Switch is on sale at Amazon for $36.40 (usually $59.99). Consoles and HardwareGamesMiscellaneousCommerce Team PicksPolygon Deals is a

Pardon me, Sam Fisher is back. Anyway, Michael Ironside is back in Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy series, as an NPC mission-giver in Ghost Recon: Wildlands’ second season of content, which launched Tuesday. As he explains, he initially did not want the role because he felt Sam Fisher — as pitched to him — didn’t have much of an emotional basis, and therefore no connection with the audience. “Sam never left,” Ironside continues, as he shares his battle with cancer between his last appearance in the Splinte

Pardon me, Sam Fisher is back. Anyway, Michael Ironside is back in Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy series, as an NPC mission-giver in Ghost Recon: Wildlands’ second season of content, which launched Tuesday. As he explains, he initially did not want the role because he felt Sam Fisher — as pitched to him — didn’t have much of an emotional basis, and therefore no connection with the audience. “Sam never left,” Ironside continues, as he shares his battle with cancer between his last appearance in the Splinte

Grand Theft Auto 4’s music library is getting a trim as licensing agreements expire on the now decade-old game. Kotaku UK noticed the oncoming changes earlier in the week, then confirmed with Rockstar Games that licensing terms were the reason. A large portion of that playlist has to go, and Rockstar said it will replace those songs with a new set. Other long-running video games have had to pull out licensed songs when they outlived the terms of their agreements. Steam charts still shows it with

Grand Theft Auto 4’s music library is getting a trim as licensing agreements expire on the now decade-old game. Kotaku UK noticed the oncoming changes earlier in the week, then confirmed with Rockstar Games that licensing terms were the reason. A large portion of that playlist has to go, and Rockstar said it will replace those songs with a new set. Other long-running video games have had to pull out licensed songs when they outlived the terms of their agreements. Steam charts still shows it with

The Samsung Odyssey Mixed Reality Headset is the most expensive in the Windows Mixed Reality line of VR hardware. The Samsung Odyssey is currently sold out on Amazon, but you can take advantage of that $100 discount at Samsung, Best Buy or the Microsoft Store. A 3-month trial of the service is included when you buy Just Dance 2018. Best of all, Just Dance 2018 on Switch is on sale at Amazon for $36.40 (usually $59.99). Consoles and HardwareGamesMiscellaneousCommerce Team PicksPolygon Deals is a

Jeremy Young, who maintains the authoritative book of Donkey Kong high scores, regretfully tossed all of Billy’s marks in February. Twin Galaxies is innately tied to Mitchell’s beginnings as a high score jockey in the heady days of 1980s arcade performances. On Thursday, it dusted its hands of Billy, likewise finding his most impressive scores in Donkey Kong to be fabricated. But that purity does not shine through without Billy’s villainy, dodging Wiebe’s challenges, moving the goalposts, evadin

Jeremy Young, who maintains the authoritative book of Donkey Kong high scores, regretfully tossed all of Billy’s marks in February. Twin Galaxies is innately tied to Mitchell’s beginnings as a high score jockey in the heady days of 1980s arcade performances. On Thursday, it dusted its hands of Billy, likewise finding his most impressive scores in Donkey Kong to be fabricated. But that purity does not shine through without Billy’s villainy, dodging Wiebe’s challenges, moving the goalposts, evadin

The Polygon Show’s live debut at PAX East saw a different show than what you’re used to. Finally, thanks to everyone who came out to see us at PAX East. The Polygon Live at PAX East April Madness slide showYOUR HOSTSSimone de Rochefort – Video producer. The Polygon Show will be available for you to listen to every Friday on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. If you like what you hear, don’t forget to rate and review The Polygon Show on Apple Podcasts — seriously, every little bit helps!

This is The Great Escape, a 1986 Sinclair Spectrum game, re-released today on Steam. In January of this year, rights to The Great Escape were secured by Piko Interactive, a Houston, Texas-based company devoted to retro gaming. Now it’s releasing old games for current platforms, like Steam. The Great Escape was developed in England by a small outfit called Denton Designs. The Great Escape is available for Windows PC and currently costs $3.39.

I’ve been playing Sea of Thieves every opportunity I can find since the game’s launch. Arrrrrrr-ganic gameplayPlayers often suggest new content for Sea of Thieves, which makes sense: The world invites imagination. Great arrrrrrrr-xpectationsPart of the problem with Sea of Thieves is similar to the No Man’s Sky launch fiasco: expectations versus reality. Does Sea of Thieves need to offer hundreds of hours of content at launch? What Sea of Thieves currently offers is the chance to spend time with

A recent video, however, caught the attention of almost every major creator and the community-at-large, reigniting conversation about the growing problem. Sellitto isn’t a special case, he’s just another YouTuber who got caught for producing a never-ending series of clickbait titles and thumbnails. In a followup video to the controversy, Sellitto admitted he was using clickbait tactics as a way to become popular. “I’m literally just a boy talking to my camera trying to make a few clickbait video

Rampage just premiered — yes, Rampage, the movie adaptation of Midway’s 1986 arcade monster mash — and with 153 precincts reporting on Rotten Tomatoes, it is currently rated 51 percent “fresh.” Hold on to your butts, this may actually be the first video game film adaptation that actually gets a majority thumbs-up from those snooty film critics. Not pointing to the scoreboard yet, but it seems we may have finally broken the dreaded video game curse. Rotten Tomatoes’ score measures the percentage

The first two Shenmue games are coming to PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One later this year, Sega announced today. The re-release, Shenmue 1 & 2, will be released sometime in 2018. Sega followed up the ambitious adventure game with a sequel in 2001 for the original Xbox and Sega Dreamcast. Series creator Yu Suzuki is currently working on a sequel, Shenmue 3, which was announced in 2015 and partially crowdfunded through Kickstarter. For a look at Shenmue 1 & 2, check out the gallery below.

The first two Shenmue games are coming to PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One later this year, Sega announced today. The re-release, Shenmue 1 & 2, will be released sometime in 2018. Sega followed up the ambitious adventure game with a sequel in 2001 for the original Xbox and Sega Dreamcast. Series creator Yu Suzuki is currently working on a sequel, Shenmue 3, which was announced in 2015 and partially crowdfunded through Kickstarter. For a look at Shenmue 1 & 2, check out the gallery below.