Sonic the Hedgehog has starred in several cartoons over the years, from the … fine to the not-very-good. In the hands of artist Tyson Hesse, though, Sega’s most famous character finally gets the animated spot he deserves. The first part of Sonic Mania Adventures proves that, and it only took three minutes to do so. “Sonic Returns” is the beginning of what will be a five-episode arc set in Sonic Mania’s remixed universe, following the events of both that game and last year’s Sonic Forces. Say w

Sonic the Hedgehog has starred in several cartoons over the years, from the … fine to the not-very-good. In the hands of artist Tyson Hesse, though, Sega’s most famous character finally gets the animated spot he deserves. The first part of Sonic Mania Adventures proves that, and it only took three minutes to do so. “Sonic Returns” is the beginning of what will be a five-episode arc set in Sonic Mania’s remixed universe, following the events of both that game and last year’s Sonic Forces. Say w

The real-money microtransactions in Middle-earth: Shadow of War that soured the experience for many players — and helped fuel the controversy surrounding loot boxes in full-priced video games — are going away. “Additionally, we’ll be updating the Shadow Wars section of the campaign, where players defend their fortresses against Sauron’s repeated counter-attacks,” Monolith said. When Middle-earth: Shadow of War was released in 2017, we criticized its use of microtransactions, saying they felt lik

The real-money microtransactions in Middle-earth: Shadow of War that soured the experience for many players — and helped fuel the controversy surrounding loot boxes in full-priced video games — are going away. “Additionally, we’ll be updating the Shadow Wars section of the campaign, where players defend their fortresses against Sauron’s repeated counter-attacks,” Monolith said. When Middle-earth: Shadow of War was released in 2017, we criticized its use of microtransactions, saying they felt lik

The closure of toy retail chain Toys R Us has extended from its brick and mortar stores to its website. The company has ended purchases through its online store and is instead directing customers to visit one of its remaining physical retail stores. We have shut down the website for any purchases but our brick and mortar stores are open and holding going out of business sales. Toys R Us announced in March that it will close or sell all of its remaining U.S. stores. News of Toys R Us’ financial t

The closure of toy retail chain Toys R Us has extended from its brick and mortar stores to its website. The company has ended purchases through its online store and is instead directing customers to visit one of its remaining physical retail stores. We have shut down the website for any purchases but our brick and mortar stores are open and holding going out of business sales. Toys R Us announced in March that it will close or sell all of its remaining U.S. stores. News of Toys R Us’ financial t

The message is clear: No one really knows anything about Infinity War, and the directors want to keep it that way. It’s a kind and optimistic request that simply ignores film culture and the internet in 2018. People want to read breakdowns of post-credits scenes or watch Infinity War trailers. It’s going to be nearly impossible to avoid the fact that someone (probably) dies in Infinity War (place your bets now). Avengers: Infinity War will be released on April 27.

The message is clear: No one really knows anything about Infinity War, and the directors want to keep it that way. It’s a kind and optimistic request that simply ignores film culture and the internet in 2018. People want to read breakdowns of post-credits scenes or watch Infinity War trailers. It’s going to be nearly impossible to avoid the fact that someone (probably) dies in Infinity War (place your bets now). Avengers: Infinity War will be released on April 27.

Last night the latest map for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds dropped on a new, invite-only test server. It’s smaller by far than either of the two maps already released for the game, but it sacrifices nothing. The map is called Codename: Savage for now, and it’s Battlegrounds’ first 4 km by 4 km map. I’m looking forward to playing it more, and to seeing what professionals and other skilled players do with it going forward. Savage will be live on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ testing server until

Stuckmann, a longtime YouTuber, noted that his videos fall under YouTube’s fair use policies and Universal Pictures wasn’t playing fair. “Studios have to start using copyright rules sensibly and stop punishing the people who are giving their movies exposure and coverage.”This isn’t a new issue with Universal Pictures, either. Stories from 2017 popped up on Twitter, as creators pointed out the fallacies in the copyright content disputes. One creator, Matthew Brando, pointed out that his appeal ov

The Windows PC version of Chrono Trigger wasn’t a faithful recreation of the SNES original, but a poorly received port of one of the company’s mobile releases. Fans complained that the game’s graphics and UI were ugly and carelessly brought over from the Android/iOS Chrono Trigger. Now, Square Enix says it will address Chrono Trigger’s PC port in-house with a trio of patches. Chrono Trigger’s first patch is expected “in the first half of April.” That patch will include the option to switch betwe

The Windows PC version of Chrono Trigger wasn’t a faithful recreation of the SNES original, but a poorly received port of one of the company’s mobile releases. Fans complained that the game’s graphics and UI were ugly and carelessly brought over from the Android/iOS Chrono Trigger. Now, Square Enix says it will address Chrono Trigger’s PC port in-house with a trio of patches. Chrono Trigger’s first patch is expected “in the first half of April.” That patch will include the option to switch betwe

Magic: The Gathering is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a special set of cards. For the past few years, Magic cards have been released in blocks, with two sets of cards released within each block. Earlier this year, Wizards released Rivals of Ixalan, the second set in the Ixalan block and the last set to be released in the current block format. Before they could get started designing cards, they first needed to figure out what kind of world Dominaria would be. Three of the characters that

We’ve found a Far Cry 5 hunting location — the Harris residence — where you can make about $10,000 every 20 minutes or less (based on your skills and spawn luck). The Harris residence is on the west edge of Holland Valley — (which is John Seed’s region). Animals around the Harris residenceThe Harris residence is our favorite hunting spot because there’re just constantly animals everywhere around it. Hares — $300 per skinThis is what drew us to the Harris residence in the first place. American bl

We’re reposting it to coincide with Mortal Kombat 2’s 25th anniversary. There he found an odd coincidence: Daniel Pesina, master of the guan, was in a former life a Mortal Kombat actor. Despite his name lending the cynical Mortal Kombat clone a speck of credibility, Tattoo Assassins wasn’t his chance to cash in. Given BloodStorm’s kitchen sink approach, Incredible Technologies asked Pesina to participate in a photo shoot attacking Mortal Kombat head-on. And maybe even 40 minutes.”“Daniel Pesina,

In a new Developer Update video, Blizzard announced Overwatch Archives, the new name of the game’s recurring springtime event that delves into Overwatch’s history. All we know now is the name of an upcoming Overwatch Archive: Retribution. Uprising was Overwatch’s historical event last year, and brought a new gameplay element to the game. Uprising was Overwatch’s first real PvE game type, after the defend the gate mission for Junkenstein around Halloween. The Uprising mission will be available to

By my count, I died at least 240 times before I got to the end of Minit, a quirky adventure game from publisher Devolver Digital. And all 200-plus of those minute-long lives, about four hours worth, add up to one of the most daring adventure games I’ve played in a long while. In Minit, a curse has befallen your little town, where a single day repeats on a 60-second loop. Because there’s no time to waste in Minit, there’s little opportunity to stop and admiring the scenery — from lakeside hotels,

[Warning: The following contains spoilers for Ready Player One.] It’s challenging to find a reason to exist in the real world when the OASIS offers everything. Still, Ready Player One acknowledges that parts of the real world I personally hold dear still exist in 2044. Ready Player One is a story about staving off destruction; of being reborn from the ashes of cruelty and change. I’m just happy that according to Ready Player One, I’ll still be reading Wired in 36 years time.

We’ve found a Far Cry 5 hunting location — the Harris residence — where you can make about $10,000 every 20 minutes or less (based on your skills and spawn luck). The Harris residence is on the west edge of Holland Valley — (which is John Seed’s region). Animals around the Harris residenceThe Harris residence is our favorite hunting spot because there’re just constantly animals everywhere around it. Hares — $300 per skinThis is what drew us to the Harris residence in the first place. American bl

Today I woke up to find four inches of snow outside my window, on this, the second day of April. Four inches of snow, at this time of year, in this part of the country? Here’s Polygon’s streaming schedule for the week. Right now it’s pretty light, and if we add anything we’ll update here, as well as on YouTube. They’re going to spend Wednesday morning “preparing” and I don’t know what that means, and it frightens me.