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

Twitch is trying to clarify just how much the actions of communities will affect casters when its new community guidelines go into effect. Twitch should not be used to incite, encourage, promote, facilitate, or organize hateful conduct or harassment, whether on or off Twitch. The post also explains why Twitch is examining viewers and streamers’ off-platform behavior in the first place. Moderators will then determine whether or not the reported content violates the community guidelines and will t

Twitch is trying to clarify just how much the actions of communities will affect casters when its new community guidelines go into effect. Twitch should not be used to incite, encourage, promote, facilitate, or organize hateful conduct or harassment, whether on or off Twitch. The post also explains why Twitch is examining viewers and streamers’ off-platform behavior in the first place. Moderators will then determine whether or not the reported content violates the community guidelines and will t

Twitch wants to specify what constitutes appropriate apparel for streaming, after people expressed concern over the company’s previous wording about acceptable attire. Twitch’s new guidelines state that streamers must wear proper apparel, as dictated by their stream’s content. “Offering access to prohibited sexual content such as ‘lewds’ on Twitch remains prohibited.”Twitch’s new apparel guidelines mark the company’s attempt to eliminate content it deems sexually suggestive or inappropriate. In

Twitch wants to specify what constitutes appropriate apparel for streaming, after people expressed concern over the company’s previous wording about acceptable attire. Twitch’s new guidelines state that streamers must wear proper apparel, as dictated by their stream’s content. “Offering access to prohibited sexual content such as ‘lewds’ on Twitch remains prohibited.”Twitch’s new apparel guidelines mark the company’s attempt to eliminate content it deems sexually suggestive or inappropriate. In

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

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

Jessica Jones returns to Netflix with a second season on March 9, more than two years after the debut of her first. So let’s take a trip down memory lane before Jessica Jones season two hits Netflix. [Obvious warning: This post will contain spoilers for Jessica Jones season one.] What was the first season of Jessica Jones about? We’ll have to wait and see if Jessica Jones’ second season explores all of this when it hits Netflix on March 9.

The core conceit of Kingdom Come: Deliverance is realism. There is no crafting, per se, in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, but there are two mechanics that are similar: alchemy and repairs. If you want to collect your own, check the recipe book at any alchemy bench. Alchemy benchesThere are several alchemy benches in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Use alchemy to make useful things that let you go do something more productive — until you reach level 10 (and level 13) of your alchemy skill.

In Metal Gear Survive, you’re tasked with crafting fences, barricades and weapons to defend a location from swarming zombie hordes. Learning how to defend efficiently is key to progressing in Metal Gear Survive. This guide will teach you how to defend yourself, your base and your allies in Metal Gear Survive. Use the natural choke pointsMetal Gear Survive frequently forces you to outlast a zombie horde, and building a good defense is so important that we already listed it in our tips for Metal G

Collecting crew membersBefore you can really manage a crew, you need to collect a bunch of survivors. To get more disposable soldiers, you’ll need to go after the distress signals. Aside from your story crew members, it’s impossible to tell where you should place your new recruits without trial and error. Collect your non-story crew members and begin placing them in each of the six jobs. While base management is somewhat optional in Metal Gear Survive, you need to pay enough attention to it to k

Jessica Jones returns to Netflix with a second season on March 9, more than two years after the debut of her first. So let’s take a trip down memory lane before Jessica Jones season two hits Netflix. [Obvious warning: This post will contain spoilers for Jessica Jones season one.] What was the first season of Jessica Jones about? We’ll have to wait and see if Jessica Jones’ second season explores all of this when it hits Netflix on March 9.

The Hurun Report, a leading luxury publishing group out of Shanghai, China, has published its annual list of the world’s wealthiest individuals. One of this year’s rising stars is “Pony” Ma Huateng, the founder of Tencent, who is now reportedly the richest man in China. Tencent was founded in 1998 and rose to prominence with the QQ messaging platform and WeChat, which is now pervasive on mainland China. Tencent even made a significant investment in developer and publisher Paradox, and has partne

Welcome to Week in Revue, a one-minute musical recap of all of the gaming news you need to stay in the loop, curated (and promptly mangled) by Brian and Jenna. Articles discussed:

Welcome to Week in Revue, a one-minute musical recap of all of the gaming news you need to stay in the loop, curated (and promptly mangled) by Brian and Jenna. Articles discussed:

The Kickstarter campaign for Robotech RPG Tactics, a tabletop miniatures game that was successfully funded in 2013, is a failure. “It is with sadness and tremendous heartbreak that I announce that, despite our best efforts, we are unable to produce the Robotech RPG Tactics Wave Two rewards,” Siembieda wrote to backers on Feb. 27. “After the initial release of Wave One products,” Siembieda wrote, “[retail] sales stalled. “Words on this board — cruel, vicious, condemning words — successfully crush

The Kickstarter campaign for Robotech RPG Tactics, a tabletop miniatures game that was successfully funded in 2013, is a failure. “It is with sadness and tremendous heartbreak that I announce that, despite our best efforts, we are unable to produce the Robotech RPG Tactics Wave Two rewards,” Siembieda wrote to backers on Feb. 27. “After the initial release of Wave One products,” Siembieda wrote, “[retail] sales stalled. “Words on this board — cruel, vicious, condemning words — successfully crush

The rest of the game’s content is available to all players via Siege’s in-game currency, called Renown, which can be earned by playing matches. For players who own the game’s other edition, called the Starter Edition, things don’t look much better. Unfortunately, it would appear that these unlocks don’t extend to the players that have already purchased the Starter Edition. Even more frustrating for Starter Edition players, there’s no way to upgrade their game to another edition, an issue that Ub

The rest of the game’s content is available to all players via Siege’s in-game currency, called Renown, which can be earned by playing matches. For players who own the game’s other edition, called the Starter Edition, things don’t look much better. Unfortunately, it would appear that these unlocks don’t extend to the players that have already purchased the Starter Edition. Even more frustrating for Starter Edition players, there’s no way to upgrade their game to another edition, an issue that Ub

If you’ve played a Far Cry game in the last few years, you know just how important having the right skills can be. Repair Torch (5 SP) – Repair cars and open safes(5 SP) – Repair cars and open safes Kick-Ass Binoculars (7 SP) – Tag enemies and animals through solid objects. Prepper skill treeClose Combat Gear Bag (1 SP) – Carry more handgun ammo and melee weapons. Journey Pack (7 SP) – Carry more items in your inventory, including up to 5 medkits. Special Ammo Bag (9 SP) – Carry more armor pierc