Poe Dameron is by far the most consistent of all the Marvel Star Wars comics to be released since Star Wars: The Force Awakens landed in theaters. It’s part five of the Legend Found story arc, and a minor plotline with BB-8 very nearly brought me to tears. The Legend Found arc kicks off with Poe Dameron issue number 20, and sets up two parallel love stories. On the next few pages another storyline kicks off, this time with Black Squadron pilot Jessika Pava in need of a new astromech. There may b

Club Penguin is an online universe where kids hang out and play, and therefore nothing matters more than moderation. The 50 Cent lesson“Nate [Sawatzky, Director of Community Support at Club Penguin] is just a huge champion of the online safety space, and he became my mentor,” Figueiredo said. We had a lot of pop culture sessions to learn and exchange knowledge — especially when it came to different cultures. “The danger we run into is that we can’t look for a silver bullet; human behavior is sup

Club Penguin is an online universe where kids hang out and play, and therefore nothing matters more than moderation. The 50 Cent lesson“Nate [Sawatzky, Director of Community Support at Club Penguin] is just a huge champion of the online safety space, and he became my mentor,” Figueiredo said. We had a lot of pop culture sessions to learn and exchange knowledge — especially when it came to different cultures. “The danger we run into is that we can’t look for a silver bullet; human behavior is sup

Several Nickelodeon series from the past two-plus decades are heading to modern consoles, with help from THQ Nordic. The companies have partnered to bring back a number of games from the Nickelodeon catalog starting later this year, THQ Nordic announced. THQ Nordic hasn’t revealed which specific games it plans on remastering or re-releasing, instead naming the franchises that it plans to revive. THQ Nordic also has a history with Nickelodeon: The original THQ Inc. held the Nickelodeon license pr

Several Nickelodeon series from the past two-plus decades are heading to modern consoles, with help from THQ Nordic. The companies have partnered to bring back a number of games from the Nickelodeon catalog starting later this year, THQ Nordic announced. THQ Nordic hasn’t revealed which specific games it plans on remastering or re-releasing, instead naming the franchises that it plans to revive. THQ Nordic also has a history with Nickelodeon: The original THQ Inc. held the Nickelodeon license pr

It’s easy to look at Facebook Games, a division of the largest social media platform in the world, and argue it’s going through a bittersweet moment. Olebe sat down with Polygon to talk about new developments in the company’s gaming subdivision, but also touched upon the recent controversy surrounding Facebook at-large. Questions about Facebook’s commitment to user’s privacy and the data they enter into Facebook — along with the thousands of apps that use Facebook as a security portal — are swir

It’s easy to look at Facebook Games, a division of the largest social media platform in the world, and argue it’s going through a bittersweet moment. Olebe sat down with Polygon to talk about new developments in the company’s gaming subdivision, but also touched upon the recent controversy surrounding Facebook at-large. Questions about Facebook’s commitment to user’s privacy and the data they enter into Facebook — along with the thousands of apps that use Facebook as a security portal — are swir

Paul Reiche III and Frederick Ford, who maintain that they are the creators of the classic Star Control franchise, are being sued by Stardock for trademark infringement. […] Our focus remains solely on bringing more Star Control to fans.” — StardockAccording to court documents, the conflict began when Stardock purchased rights to the Star Control franchise from an Atari bankruptcy auction in 2013. It is called Ghosts of the Precursors, and the pair describes it as a direct sequel to Star Contr

Google wants to invest $10 million over the next two years in supporting literacy efforts, including media literacy, and is partnering with YouTubers to help teach kids how to spot fake news. The goal is to help teach kids how to discern what is fact and what is fiction when they’re reading news articles or watching YouTube videos. The trick is simple: Take a popular news topic — a school shooting, for example — then add a term like “crisis actor” to it, and publish content about it. “Mass shoot

Paul Reiche III and Frederick Ford, who maintain that they are the creators of the classic Star Control franchise, are being sued by Stardock for trademark infringement. […] Our focus remains solely on bringing more Star Control to fans.” — StardockAccording to court documents, the conflict began when Stardock purchased rights to the Star Control franchise from an Atari bankruptcy auction in 2013. It is called Ghosts of the Precursors, and the pair describes it as a direct sequel to Star Contr

Star Wars Battlefront 2’s latest update, which arrived yesterday, doesn’t just overhaul the game’s progression and wall off loot crates from affecting it. The game’s heroes — Boba Fett, Han Solo and the like — have also all been unlocked, in another concession to players upset by the original grind of unlocking them. The publisher did say that the game’s heroes would now advance through experience points that can then be exchanged for skill points, the same as the game’s five generic classes. Sh

“The Death of the Mighty Thor” is name of the story currently being told in the pages of Marvel Comics’ The Mighty Thor, a comic about the adventures of Jane Foster, the god of thunder. In this month’s The Mighty Thor #705, it seems to have delivered on its promise to show us the death of Thor. [Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Mighty Thor #705.] Eventually, in “The Death of the Mighty Thor,” Jane confronts the fact that if she ever becomes Thor again, when she transforms back she wi

Star Wars Battlefront 2’s latest update, which arrived yesterday, doesn’t just overhaul the game’s progression and wall off loot crates from affecting it. The game’s heroes — Boba Fett, Han Solo and the like — have also all been unlocked, in another concession to players upset by the original grind of unlocking them. The publisher did say that the game’s heroes would now advance through experience points that can then be exchanged for skill points, the same as the game’s five generic classes. Sh

The Xbox One version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds launched with a heavily revised interface and some issues with its performance. Work has already been done to improve how the game runs on Microsoft’s console, but it’s still a long way from feeling optimized. Today’s patch should help with that issue, as well as introduce some improvements to the game’s inventory system. “The team’s efforts on ‘Patch 11’ have been focused on continued performance optimization, and stability improvements acro

The Xbox One version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds launched with a heavily revised interface and some issues with its performance. Work has already been done to improve how the game runs on Microsoft’s console, but it’s still a long way from feeling optimized. Today’s patch should help with that issue, as well as introduce some improvements to the game’s inventory system. “The team’s efforts on ‘Patch 11’ have been focused on continued performance optimization, and stability improvements acro

Today the team behind World of Tanks, the free-to-play armored combat game that launched in 2010, released a brand new update. Referred to as Update 1.0, developers at Wargaming say it’s the biggest refresh in that game’s eight-year history and includes all new graphics as well as remastered maps and vehicles. When Polygon met with Wargaming CEO Victor Kislyi at last year’s GDC he threw himself on his sword, taking blame for the company’s lack of focus on its keystone World of Tanks franchise. “

Today the team behind World of Tanks, the free-to-play armored combat game that launched in 2010, released a brand new update. Referred to as Update 1.0, developers at Wargaming say it’s the biggest refresh in that game’s eight-year history and includes all new graphics as well as remastered maps and vehicles. When Polygon met with Wargaming CEO Victor Kislyi at last year’s GDC he threw himself on his sword, taking blame for the company’s lack of focus on its keystone World of Tanks franchise. “

Epic Games is making it easier to create and share your best Fortnite Battle Royale moments, thanks to a new in-game feature that will let players record and replay gameplay footage. Those replay tools are coming to Fortnite players “soon,” Epic said. Fortnite’s replay mode will let players toggle things like UI elements for player health and names. While the new tools promise “new possibilities for content creators,” Epic said, many players looking to improve their gameplay skills in Fortnite B

Epic Games is making it easier to create and share your best Fortnite Battle Royale moments, thanks to a new in-game feature that will let players record and replay gameplay footage. Those replay tools are coming to Fortnite players “soon,” Epic said. Fortnite’s replay mode will let players toggle things like UI elements for player health and names. While the new tools promise “new possibilities for content creators,” Epic said, many players looking to improve their gameplay skills in Fortnite B

During today’s State of Unreal presentation at the annual Game Developers Conference, Epic Games spent some time looking forward to the era of photorealistic, real-time graphics for its Unreal Engine. Three demos showed off how Unreal Engine is powering real-time ray tracing for realistic lighting and reflections, and “digital humans” that push the boundaries of the uncanny valley. Here are three peeks at the future of real-time graphics running in Unreal Engine. A short movie titled “Reflection