The mobile version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, the one developed by Tencent Games and previously released as PUBG: Exhilarating Battlefield in China, is now available for Android in North America. PUBG Mobile for Android got a soft launch in Canada this week. The Android version of the game requires Android 5.1.1 or above and at least 2 GB of RAM, according to the game’s listing. The mobile version of PUBG is mostly faithful to its PC and Xbox One counterpart; it features the game’s origin

Chuchel sets out to make us laugh — no easy task in a video game — and delivers in spades. The humor is a mix of anti-establishment surrealism, vaudeville slapstick, video game in-jokes and Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Charlie Chaplin or Laurel and Hardy would have enjoyed the knockabout of its starring hairball in pursuit of a cherry. But Chuchel, from Machinarium developer Amanita Design, is a puzzle game that glows with a modern, Pixar-ish savvy. Our hero stumbles through a chocolate-box selection

Chuchel sets out to make us laugh — no easy task in a video game — and delivers in spades. The humor is a mix of anti-establishment surrealism, vaudeville slapstick, video game in-jokes and Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Charlie Chaplin or Laurel and Hardy would have enjoyed the knockabout of its starring hairball in pursuit of a cherry. But Chuchel, from Machinarium developer Amanita Design, is a puzzle game that glows with a modern, Pixar-ish savvy. Our hero stumbles through a chocolate-box selection

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

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

Join us as we catch up on Nintendo Direct, Drake’s Fortnite stream, and other “musicians streaming game” moments we’d love to see. 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! What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done to a sim?” We’re not bad people, but we’ve done bad things… Join us: https://t.co/FtRlMZBt44 pi

Invites for Fortnite Battle Royale’s mobile beta are now rolling out (related: you might be in, so check your email). As we noted, it runs like a dream — no small feat for a fast-paced multiplayer game running on a mobile platform. The biggest quality of life change is a concession to those who play phone games without headphones: footsteps, gunfire, and chests are visible on the screen. We go over this and five more changes that were made to Battle Royale in the video above. Check it out before

Warner Bros. is making a movie based on DC Comics’ New Gods, the fantastic world of alien heroes and villains created by comics king Jack Kirby, and it’s working with acclaimed director Ava DuVernay to make it happen. DuVernay will direct the New Gods movie, according to reports from Variety and Deadline. DC’s New Gods can easily stand apart from the rest of the DC cinematic universe. Kirby created the New Gods as literal gods who hail from twin planets: the idyllic New Genesis, ruled by the ben

Warner Bros. is making a movie based on DC Comics’ New Gods, the fantastic world of alien heroes and villains created by comics king Jack Kirby, and it’s working with acclaimed director Ava DuVernay to make it happen. DuVernay will direct the New Gods movie, according to reports from Variety and Deadline. DC’s New Gods can easily stand apart from the rest of the DC cinematic universe. Kirby created the New Gods as literal gods who hail from twin planets: the idyllic New Genesis, ruled by the ben

The first wave of invites for the mobile version of Epic Games’ Fortnite is going out to players who signed up to test the game. Fortnite on iOS is a 2 GB download and requires an invite from Epic (or a friend) to play. The iOS version requires iOS 11 running on an iPhone 6S/SE, iPad Mini 4, iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, iPad 2017 devices or later, according to the App Store listing. Fortnite mobile is cross-platform compatible with other versions of the game on PC and console. Update: The iOS version o

The first wave of invites for the mobile version of Epic Games’ Fortnite is going out to players who signed up to test the game. Fortnite on iOS is a 2 GB download and requires an invite from Epic (or a friend) to play. The iOS version requires iOS 11 running on an iPhone 6S/SE, iPad Mini 4, iPad Pro, iPad Air 2, iPad 2017 devices or later, according to the App Store listing. Fortnite mobile is cross-platform compatible with other versions of the game on PC and console. Update: The iOS version o

Fortnite Battle Royale, which launched today on iOS as an invite-only test, includes visual indicators for the sound of footsteps and gunfire. The tweak is an excellent move, and makes sure that the player’s situational awareness isn’t limited by a mobile device’s meager onboard sound. Fortnite is available now through the App Store for those with an invite from Epic Games. In playing a few rounds here at the office, one thing that we’ve noticed is the new visual cues. If you’ve not yet register

Fortnite Battle Royale, which launched today on iOS as an invite-only test, includes visual indicators for the sound of footsteps and gunfire. The tweak is an excellent move, and makes sure that the player’s situational awareness isn’t limited by a mobile device’s meager onboard sound. Fortnite is available now through the App Store for those with an invite from Epic Games. In playing a few rounds here at the office, one thing that we’ve noticed is the new visual cues. If you’ve not yet register

Fortnite Battle Royale is now live on iOS. Invites for the iPhone version of Fortnite have hit the inboxes of some players who signed up to test the game. How does the mobile version stack up against the console and PC version? Thankfully, Fortnite on mobile adds a few unique features that make the process of hunting enemies much simpler than it is on console and PC. For all of the latest news, updates and more about this game, visit our Fortnite Battle Royale hub.

Fortnite Battle Royale is now live on iOS. Invites for the iPhone version of Fortnite have hit the inboxes of some players who signed up to test the game. How does the mobile version stack up against the console and PC version? Thankfully, Fortnite on mobile adds a few unique features that make the process of hunting enemies much simpler than it is on console and PC. For all of the latest news, updates and more about this game, visit our Fortnite Battle Royale hub.

We’ll be live again next week — next Thursday, to be exact, at 5PM ET. 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! The #PolygonShow is live right now! Join us: https://t.co/FtRlMZBt44 pic.twitter.com/dEgWc50fDj — Polygon (@Polygon) March 15, 2018

And that’s what Tynion plans to do with “Batmen: Eternal,” the final arc of his run on Detective Comics, which kicked off this week. That’s somewhat ironic, considering that his run has also been all about recovering the past — echoing a lost era of Batman comics and repackaging its themes for a modern audience. “It was a drumbeat that I kept hitting” throughout Batman Eternal and its spiritual sequel, 2015’s Batman and Robin Eternal, Tynion added. “A lot of the time, long-form stories can blow

Ready Player One is just a couple of weeks away, and that means it’s time for a new trailer. King Kong, the Iron Giant, dinosaurs and even a-ha’s classic 1985 single “Take On Me” all make an appearance. This is the first trailer we’ve received since Ready Player One’s world premiere at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, this past weekend. Early reactions to the film were mostly positive, although some later reviews have called the film out for its reliance on throwbacks to classic film, TV, co

Discord to join the fight.”Evidence of wrongdoings in the Calm Before the Storm subreddit, which includes attempts to dox people both on Reddit and Discord and calling for violent attacks against those who disagree with them, has been collected by other Reddit users. Polygon reached out to Discord and Reddit representatives about how closely the two companies work together, considering how many subreddits implement coinciding Discord servers. “Discord participates in trust and safety conversatio

The Overwatch team had been sitting on Brigitte for quite some time. Soon, she’ll be joining the live cast on March 20, in just a few short days. This behind the scenes video shows us the design work that went into Brigitte and her two launch skins. Brigitte joins the fight: 3.20.18 pic.twitter.com/NJv7wLBEAR — Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) March 15, 2018Brigitte was referred to as a “pally” behind the scenes, no doubt due to her similarities to the World of Warcraft style paladin. It’s worth notin