My strongest criticism of Star Wars Battlefront 2 was that I simply didn’t know what its priority was. Depending on how you feel about EA, the upcoming progression system update is either a gutsy call or a mercy-begging mea culpa. So EA’s backtracking on Star Cards is significant, because it acknowledges how out-of-whack Battlefront 2’s original priorities were, regardless of how they were monetized. In the end, all we wanted to do with Battlefront 2 was run around and play Star Wars like little

Fig is supported by two types of funding: Backers, who contribute at lower amounts and who do not receive equity returns. When investors put equity into a game on Fig, they receive in return something called a Fig Game Share. Polygon asked Mobius Digital, the development team behind Outer Wilds, and it was reticent to speak about the subject as well. Regardless, investors in Outer Wilds got paid well, to the tune of 220 percent return on their investment according to Fig. If you backed the Outer

In the summer of 2016, Pokémon Go united us — mostly because of its widespread, frequent login issues that kept us all out of the game we wanted to be playing. This was especially true for anyone who signed up to play the game using the Pokémon Trainer Club system, an unstable platform few of us would bother with, were it not for Pokémon Go. But the best aspect of the update is that you can use any of the accounts you’ve linked up to login, which is wonderful news for us Pokémon Trainer Club mem

If you played Destiny, you may be familiar with Xur, the weekly exotic item merchant. This scales to your character’s power level, so make sure you’re buying Xur exotics on your highest level character. The second exotic perk is For the Empire. Their exotic perk, Horns of Doom, cause shield bash kills to quickly recharge your shield throw while using your Super. Wings of Sacred DawnThe Wings of Sacred Dawn is one of the weirdest looking exotics in all of Destiny 2.

Sonic Mania Plus, an updated version of last year’s Sonic Mania, is coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this summer, Sega announced at its Sonic the Hedgehog panel at South by Southwest today. Sonic Mania Plus will include an all-new Encore Mode, Sega said, which offers new ways to explore each of the game’s acts and will come with some unspecified visual changes. In addition to two new characters, Sonic Mania Plus will also expand the game’s competition mode to support up to f

Sonic Mania Plus, an updated version of last year’s Sonic Mania, is coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this summer, Sega announced at its Sonic the Hedgehog panel at South by Southwest today. Sonic Mania Plus will include an all-new Encore Mode, Sega said, which offers new ways to explore each of the game’s acts and will come with some unspecified visual changes. In addition to two new characters, Sonic Mania Plus will also expand the game’s competition mode to support up to f

At the end of today’s Sonic the Hedgehog panel at South by Southwest, Sega teased what appears to be a new Sonic racing game. Unfortunately, that 22-second teaser video doesn’t tell us much, other than that Sonic and cars are likely involved. A stylized R — the same R from the logo for Sega Saturn racing game Sonic R — is highlighted, and that’s about it. While Sonic R was an on-foot racing game, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing and Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed put Sonic and friends in

At the end of today’s Sonic the Hedgehog panel at South by Southwest, Sega teased what appears to be a new Sonic racing game. Unfortunately, that 22-second teaser video doesn’t tell us much, other than that Sonic and cars are likely involved. A stylized R — the same R from the logo for Sega Saturn racing game Sonic R — is highlighted, and that’s about it. While Sonic R was an on-foot racing game, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing and Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed put Sonic and friends in

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson recently tweeted that his favorite console game is trying to scroll through Netflix without starting one of Netflix’s godawful autoplaying trailers. Then I typed “Netflix auto preview” into Google and laughed at the first responses; instructions on how to disable it and rant-filled Reddit threads bemoaning the current Netflix user experience. There’s even an entire Twitter account dedicated to talking about how much auto preview trailers suck! Pleas

In 2010, he left his job at development studio Cavia after directing a series of dark, quirky console games. “We’re starting from zero.”Mistwalker: The veteranDiffering from the four people profiled above, Hironobu Sakaguchi has been running a concept team for more than a decade. Comcept’s stumble One of the biggest failures for a concept team to date came with the 2016 action-platformer Mighty No. When working with a concept team, he says his team doesn’t feel jealous about seeing through other

Rick and Morty is still one of the biggest shows in the world, and now it’s the inspiration behind the music video for one of the most influential rap duos. Run The Jewels partnered with Adult Swim for its latest music video. The video, seen above, is for Run The Jewels’ “Oh Mama” off the rap duo’s third album. Adult Swim Festival will take place in Los Angeles on Oct. 6-7, and will include a live performance from Run The Jewels alongside TV show previews (maybe even Rick and Morty! More informa

But, like any free-to-play game, you can spend real money on it. Essentially there’s only one thing in Fortnite you can buy with real money: V-Bucks. Buying the Battle Pass works out to about $10 in real money. When you go to purchase the Battle Pass, you’re presented with one option that costs about $10 in V-Bucks and one that costs about $25. SO SHOULD YOU SPEND MONEY ON FORTNITE?

If you played Destiny, you may be familiar with Xur, the weekly exotic item merchant. This scales to your character’s power level, so make sure you’re buying Xur exotics on your highest level character. The second exotic perk is For the Empire. Their exotic perk, Horns of Doom, cause shield bash kills to quickly recharge your shield throw while using your Super. Wings of Sacred DawnThe Wings of Sacred Dawn is one of the weirdest looking exotics in all of Destiny 2.

My strongest criticism of Star Wars Battlefront 2 was that I simply didn’t know what its priority was. Depending on how you feel about EA, the upcoming progression system update is either a gutsy call or a mercy-begging mea culpa. So EA’s backtracking on Star Cards is significant, because it acknowledges how out-of-whack Battlefront 2’s original priorities were, regardless of how they were monetized. In the end, all we wanted to do with Battlefront 2 was run around and play Star Wars like little

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson recently tweeted that his favorite console game is trying to scroll through Netflix without starting one of Netflix’s godawful autoplaying trailers. Then I typed “Netflix auto preview” into Google and laughed at the first responses; instructions on how to disable it and rant-filled Reddit threads bemoaning the current Netflix user experience. There’s even an entire Twitter account dedicated to talking about how much auto preview trailers suck! Pleas

Rick and Morty is still one of the biggest shows in the world, and now it’s the inspiration behind the music video for one of the most influential rap duos. Run The Jewels partnered with Adult Swim for its latest music video. The video, seen above, is for Run The Jewels’ “Oh Mama” off the rap duo’s third album. Adult Swim Festival will take place in Los Angeles on Oct. 6-7, and will include a live performance from Run The Jewels alongside TV show previews (maybe even Rick and Morty! More informa

But, like any free-to-play game, you can spend real money on it. Essentially there’s only one thing in Fortnite you can buy with real money: V-Bucks. Buying the Battle Pass works out to about $10 in real money. When you go to purchase the Battle Pass, you’re presented with one option that costs about $10 in V-Bucks and one that costs about $25. SO SHOULD YOU SPEND MONEY ON FORTNITE?

The crowdfunding campaign for Iron Harvest, the real-time strategy game that shares the same lore as the hit board game Scythe, has hit its funding goal after just 36 hours on Kickstarter. Developer King Art Games celebrated today with the release of a new annotated trailer, showing off the mechanics of the “dieselpunk mech” strategy game for the first time. Grid View Iron Harvest King Art GamesIron Harvest King Art GamesIron Harvest King Art GamesIron Harvest King Art GamesIron Harvest King Art

Microsoft will include a free digital copy of Sea of Thieves with all purchases of a new Xbox One X console, the company announced. If you haven’t already picked up the Xbox One X, this sounds like a good time to do so. Xbox console-exclusive games aren’t easy to come by these days — which only helps Sea of Thieves stand out even more. Microsoft is offering a 1 TB system with Sea of Thieves and a select free game for $299 through its website; that bundle goes on sale March 20. Existing Xbox One

Microsoft will include a free digital copy of Sea of Thieves with all purchases of a new Xbox One X console, the company announced. If you haven’t already picked up the Xbox One X, this sounds like a good time to do so. Xbox console-exclusive games aren’t easy to come by these days — which only helps Sea of Thieves stand out even more. Microsoft is offering a 1 TB system with Sea of Thieves and a select free game for $299 through its website; that bundle goes on sale March 20. Existing Xbox One