Twitch streamers are pushing the company to provide clarity over indefinite bans they’ve received for fraudulent account activity they claim to know little about. Polygon spoke with two streamers, and viewed group messages containing stories from 10 different people, who spoke about recent bans they’ve received over the past few weeks pertaining to Twitch Bits. Twitch Bits are little virtual icons that people can purchase to show support for their favorite streamers through cheering. “By watchin

Twitch streamers are pushing the company to provide clarity over indefinite bans they’ve received for fraudulent account activity they claim to know little about. Polygon spoke with two streamers, and viewed group messages containing stories from 10 different people, who spoke about recent bans they’ve received over the past few weeks pertaining to Twitch Bits. Twitch Bits are little virtual icons that people can purchase to show support for their favorite streamers through cheering. “By watchin

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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.

Second, I’m going to summarize this entire article with the following: Video games are protected under the First Amendment. Following the Stoneman Douglas shooting, his administration released a statement saying that Trump will meet with “members of the video game industry” to discuss gun violence. The video game industry is eager to get on board, as we generally are when it comes to this kind of thing. Clearly, it doesn’t look like he’s meeting anyone who is in the business of actually making v

Disney and Marvel Studios are outlining the next few years of upcoming releases, and superhero fans should be pretty excited for what’s on the docket. Disney and Marvel Studios have outlined what the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s slate looks like through 2022 and into 2023, as reported by Collider. We know that Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4 will end the current generation of Marvel films, with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Here’s what we do know: Marvel Studios is currently planning to rele

Disney and Marvel Studios are outlining the next few years of upcoming releases, and superhero fans should be pretty excited for what’s on the docket. Disney and Marvel Studios have outlined what the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s slate looks like through 2022 and into 2023, as reported by Collider. We know that Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4 will end the current generation of Marvel films, with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Here’s what we do know: Marvel Studios is currently planning to rele

Naturally, many of Blizzard’s followers interpreted that as a harbinger of news: “Diablo is coming to Nintendo Switch.” Because the nightlight had a switch on it. That flurry of speculation spawned two very active threads on the Nintendo Switch subreddit and the Resetera forums. We have nothing to announce.”That’s not to say that Diablo 3, the most recent entry in the franchise, won’t ever come to Nintendo Switch. One thing’s for sure: Blizzard just got a lot of data about potential interest in

Naturally, many of Blizzard’s followers interpreted that as a harbinger of news: “Diablo is coming to Nintendo Switch.” Because the nightlight had a switch on it. That flurry of speculation spawned two very active threads on the Nintendo Switch subreddit and the Resetera forums. We have nothing to announce.”That’s not to say that Diablo 3, the most recent entry in the franchise, won’t ever come to Nintendo Switch. One thing’s for sure: Blizzard just got a lot of data about potential interest in

Nintendo users are finding that their logged playtime data from one year ago, when the console launched, is gone. Polygon received a pre-release Nintendo Switch review unit on Feb. 24, 2017. ), that same Nintendo Switch now says we only started playing Breath of the Wild six days ago. But it seems unlikely that, when tomorrow rolls around and the Switch presumably begins noting our hourly playtime for Breath of the Wild, the activity log will reflect our true historical play data. Other early Sw

Nintendo users are finding that their logged playtime data from one year ago, when the console launched, is gone. Polygon received a pre-release Nintendo Switch review unit on Feb. 24, 2017. ), that same Nintendo Switch now says we only started playing Breath of the Wild six days ago. But it seems unlikely that, when tomorrow rolls around and the Switch presumably begins noting our hourly playtime for Breath of the Wild, the activity log will reflect our true historical play data. Other early Sw

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

Last week, at DICE, I spoke to Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime about his role at the company and how he sees esports — including Overwatch League — evolving in the years ahead. Morhaime co-founded Blizzard back in the early ‘90s, steering it toward enormous success. He’s perhaps best known to the gaming public for his his annual appearance at BlizzCon where he addresses hordes of fans attracted to Blizzard game worlds like Overwatch, StarCraft, Warcraft, Hearthstone and Diablo. Building a loyal, loc

Last week, at DICE, I spoke to Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime about his role at the company and how he sees esports — including Overwatch League — evolving in the years ahead. Morhaime co-founded Blizzard back in the early ‘90s, steering it toward enormous success. He’s perhaps best known to the gaming public for his his annual appearance at BlizzCon where he addresses hordes of fans attracted to Blizzard game worlds like Overwatch, StarCraft, Warcraft, Hearthstone and Diablo. Building a loyal, loc

Series creator Hideo Kojima, who made Metal Gear games with publisher Konami for close to 30 years, wasn’t involved in the making of Metal Gear Survive. Metal Gear Survive trails a fantastic but flawed game that closed the loop on the three decade-long Metal Gear saga and the result turns out to be an inessential entry in the series. Set somewhere alongside the events of 2014’s Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes and 2015’s The Phantom Pain, Metal Gear Survive serves as a sort of side story for th

It helps that there’s a storybook quality to Where the Water Tastes Like Wine on a visual level. But stories also are turned into objects in Where the Water Tastes Like Wine’s most crucial parts: its chapter-based sit-downs with fellow world-weary travelers. Where the Water Tastes Like Wine encourages continued play through turning stories into collectibles. Where the Water Tastes Like Wine isn’t a visual novel, and considering how open-ended its journey is, throwing in some structured progressi

And the realism built into Kingdom Come: Deliverance’s mechanics make fighting even more difficult to learn. Find the gear that works for youEvery weapon in Kingdom Come: Deliverance handles differently. Combos are a very useful, but very frustrating aspect of combat in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Combos are a very useful, but very frustrating aspect of combat in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Learning to do combosCombos in Kingdom Come: Deliverance are just like combos in any game — a series of atta

Bright star Joel Edgerton thinks it’s important that director David Ayer and Netflix executives listen to fan feedback as they gear up for the sequel. Edgerton told Collider that even though Netflix’s Bright had a strong response — he likened it to a $100 million opening weekend — there was clearly some disconnect between critics and fans. Critics didn’t hide their distaste for Bright, but fans clearly enjoyed it, Edgerton said, pointing to Rotten Tomatoes as proof. It’s always worth listening t

Bright star Joel Edgerton thinks it’s important that director David Ayer and Netflix executives listen to fan feedback as they gear up for the sequel. Edgerton told Collider that even though Netflix’s Bright had a strong response — he likened it to a $100 million opening weekend — there was clearly some disconnect between critics and fans. Critics didn’t hide their distaste for Bright, but fans clearly enjoyed it, Edgerton said, pointing to Rotten Tomatoes as proof. It’s always worth listening t