Today is the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Nintendo Switch. • March 3, 2017: The Switch launches with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. • July 21, 2017: Another month and another hit on Nintendo Switch: Splatoon 2. • Aug. 29, 2017: One of the strangest crossovers and a big splash announcement at E3 2017 launches: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. Well, there’s Labo, and there’s a Pokémon RPG (as yet unnamed) that was announced at E3 2017 but has no launch date yet.

It’s the one-year anniversary of the Nintendo Switch, and the system’s launch felt like it was plagued with issues and oddities. Russ Frushtick, founding editorI use my Switch dailyI use my Switch daily, 90 percent of the time in handheld mode. Cassandra Marshall, site lead, Heroes Never Diesometimes our two cats sniff it and walk on itMy husband and I both use the Switch pretty regularly. Some are daily players, while others only pick up the systems for Nintendo exclusives. So how are your Swit

It’s the one-year anniversary of the Nintendo Switch, and the system’s launch felt like it was plagued with issues and oddities. Russ Frushtick, founding editorI use my Switch dailyI use my Switch daily, 90 percent of the time in handheld mode. Cassandra Marshall, site lead, Heroes Never Diesometimes our two cats sniff it and walk on itMy husband and I both use the Switch pretty regularly. Some are daily players, while others only pick up the systems for Nintendo exclusives. So how are your Swit

Here’s a quick history lesson on what the ESRB is, what it isn’t, and how its ratings have changed over the years. It was the music industry’s parental advisory system that provided a model for the creation of the Entertainment Software Rating Board, or ESRB, nine years later. Also, ESRB ratings give retailers like Walmart and GameStop something to establish corporate policy against and train their employees with. ESRB ratings have three parts. Our president is calling on the ESRB to put ratings

Here’s a quick history lesson on what the ESRB is, what it isn’t, and how its ratings have changed over the years. It was the music industry’s parental advisory system that provided a model for the creation of the Entertainment Software Rating Board, or ESRB, nine years later. Also, ESRB ratings give retailers like Walmart and GameStop something to establish corporate policy against and train their employees with. ESRB ratings have three parts. Our president is calling on the ESRB to put ratings

Ubisoft is touting this month’s launch of Far Cry 5 with a live-action short film titled Far Cry 5: Inside Eden’s Gate premiering Monday, March 5 on Amazon Prime. The teaser embedded above makes the film out to be a scene-setter establishing the Eden’s Gate cult and its doings in fictitious Hope County, Montana. Assassin’s Creed Origins also got live-action hype before its launch in October. And In 2016, Ubisoft and Amazon Prime teamed up with a live action short for Tom Clancy’s The Division. F

Ubisoft is touting this month’s launch of Far Cry 5 with a live-action short film titled Far Cry 5: Inside Eden’s Gate premiering Monday, March 5 on Amazon Prime. The teaser embedded above makes the film out to be a scene-setter establishing the Eden’s Gate cult and its doings in fictitious Hope County, Montana. Assassin’s Creed Origins also got live-action hype before its launch in October. And In 2016, Ubisoft and Amazon Prime teamed up with a live action short for Tom Clancy’s The Division. F

Not only does it nicely complement Good Smile’s Nendoroid Link figure from Breath of the Wild, it also lets you recreate many familiar moments from the game thanks to its included “Game Over” screen. The Nendoroid Guardian features a movable head and eyeball, as well as a number of accessories: an eye beam attack, an Ancient Bow and the aforementioned translucent “Game Over” screen. Pre-orders close on April 18, and the Nendoroid Guardian is expected to ship in August. The Nendoroid Link and Nen

Not only does it nicely complement Good Smile’s Nendoroid Link figure from Breath of the Wild, it also lets you recreate many familiar moments from the game thanks to its included “Game Over” screen. The Nendoroid Guardian features a movable head and eyeball, as well as a number of accessories: an eye beam attack, an Ancient Bow and the aforementioned translucent “Game Over” screen. Pre-orders close on April 18, and the Nendoroid Guardian is expected to ship in August. The Nendoroid Link and Nen

Channels have been reinstated and strikes have been removed, but it’s led to a new movement from conservative voices concerned about censorship from YouTube moderators. “My YouTube channels had zero strikes. Conspiracy videos are a genre on the riseYouTube is currently trying to battle dangerous content and hateful ideologies on its platform. After the Parkland shooting, and conspiracy videos on YouTube gaining critical attention from press around the world, YouTube’s moderators seemed to go int

Now, thanks to 8Bitdo, you can just hook up a PlayStation DualShock 4 controller and go to town on some demons. The 8Bitdo Wireless USB Adapter allows you to pair various wireless controllers to other systems with no lag time. The packaging indicates that it’s “for PC, Mac, [Rasberry Pi] and Switch.” 8Bitdo is known for its retro-inspired Bluetooth controllers, so of course this adapter is compatible with 8Bitdo products. According to the Wireless USB Adapter product page, it will also pair with

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life kicks off with series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu fresh out of prison on the hunt for Haruka, his adoptive daughter, who went missing in his absence. In the video above, we explored the game’s open world to help create a list of fun activities to do instead of finding Kiryu’s missing child. Yakuza 6 gives Kiryu a flashy new smartphone that he can use to check emails, take missions and, yes, snap selfies with Kamurocho’s many big cones. When you eventually find your missin

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life kicks off with series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu fresh out of prison on the hunt for Haruka, his adoptive daughter, who went missing in his absence. In the video above, we explored the game’s open world to help create a list of fun activities to do instead of finding Kiryu’s missing child. Yakuza 6 gives Kiryu a flashy new smartphone that he can use to check emails, take missions and, yes, snap selfies with Kamurocho’s many big cones. When you eventually find your missin

Bethesda Softworks’ annual pre-E3 2018 showcase, BE3, will take place on Sunday, June 10, at 6:30 p.m. PT, the publisher announced today. As is tradition, Bethesda’s BE3 event will be open to the industry, media and public. Bethesda said in a press release that details on how fans can register for a chance to attend the show are coming soon. BE3 2018 will also be streamed live on Twitch, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. Bethesda didn’t offer any details on what games to expect at BE3 2018.

In each episode of Quality Control, a Polygon editor talks to a critic after they review a new game, movie or piece of gear and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did they feel the way they did? What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? This week, deputy new editor Allegra Frank joins host Charlie Hall to discuss her time with Where The Water Tastes Like Wine, which you can read right here. Email: qualitycontrol at polygon dot c

Channels have been reinstated and strikes have been removed, but it’s led to a new movement from conservative voices concerned about censorship from YouTube moderators. “My YouTube channels had zero strikes. Conspiracy videos are a genre on the riseYouTube is currently trying to battle dangerous content and hateful ideologies on its platform. After the Parkland shooting, and conspiracy videos on YouTube gaining critical attention from press around the world, YouTube’s moderators seemed to go int

Bethesda Softworks’ annual pre-E3 2018 showcase, BE3, will take place on Sunday, June 10, at 6:30 p.m. PT, the publisher announced today. As is tradition, Bethesda’s BE3 event will be open to the industry, media and public. Bethesda said in a press release that details on how fans can register for a chance to attend the show are coming soon. BE3 2018 will also be streamed live on Twitch, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. Bethesda didn’t offer any details on what games to expect at BE3 2018.

Which is why Blizzard needs to drop its coy act about the game possibly coming to the Nintendo Switch. It’s not so much a hint of a Switch port as it is a hammer to the forehead. “Switch version?” one asked. There’s a reason so many people — myself included — are so passionate about the idea of any Diablo game coming to the Nintendo Switch: It would be a perfect fit. Diablo coming to the Switch in 2018 would be the first Blizzard game on Nintendo hardware in 15 years.

Spike Jonze’s 1999 movie Being John Malkovich didn’t receive a Best Picture nomination, but his 2013 movie Her did. The Rotten Tomatoes scores for Best Picture nominees over the years seem to suggest that some kind of shift occurred in the early 2010s. Rotten Tomatoes scores are the opposite of the new Best Picture nominating process — they measure consensus instead of passion. With an average Tomato score of 92.9, this year’s Best Picture nominees have the second highest collective Tomato ratin

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. Its first exotic perk is Mad Scientist, which causes the Wardcliff Coil to fire a volley of rockets. The exotic perk on this exotic is Spring-Loaded Mounting. Its exotic perk, Survival Well, causes supers to generate more orbs of light and barricade to start health regeneration nearby allies when