Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, the upcoming role-playing game based on the beloved media franchise, will arrive on iOS and Android later this spring. Like any good Hogwarts student, players will be able to get up to all kinds of dangerous adventures. Hogwarts Mystery, we’re assured, is very much about living out our own adventures for the first time. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is now open for pre-registration on Google Play ahead of its full release. Pre-registering for the game will guaran

#WarGames, the interactive video series from Her Story creator Sam Barlow, will launch March 14. The six-episode series is coming to iOS and Steam, and can be played online at Vudu.com and HelloEko.com, Eko and MGM announced today. #WarGames will also come to Xbox One at a later, unannounced date. Viewers influence the story by switching between video feeds and the series “learns” from their choices, resulting in experiences that are unique and personal. You can watch a new trailer for #WarGames

#WarGames, the interactive video series from Her Story creator Sam Barlow, will launch March 14. The six-episode series is coming to iOS and Steam, and can be played online at Vudu.com and HelloEko.com, Eko and MGM announced today. #WarGames will also come to Xbox One at a later, unannounced date. Viewers influence the story by switching between video feeds and the series “learns” from their choices, resulting in experiences that are unique and personal. You can watch a new trailer for #WarGames

There are good practical jokes, and then there are legendary practical jokes. Someone created an accurate-looking statue of Jason Voorhees, the “hero” of the Friday the 13th films, and hid it underwater at a popular dive sight in Minnesota. The effect is pretty terrifying in action, and you can check it out in the video above. To comment this video is ‘fake’ implies you believe he is a real person. Like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, he doesn’t exist.“Let’s not argue over the semantics of ca

There are good practical jokes, and then there are legendary practical jokes. Someone created an accurate-looking statue of Jason Voorhees, the “hero” of the Friday the 13th films, and hid it underwater at a popular dive sight in Minnesota. The effect is pretty terrifying in action, and you can check it out in the video above. To comment this video is ‘fake’ implies you believe he is a real person. Like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, he doesn’t exist.“Let’s not argue over the semantics of ca

You may not be familiar with many of the names in this week’s Nintendo eShop, but now’s a great time to get acquainted with them. Out today is Subsurface Circular, which Bithell Games launched on Steam last year with little warning. There’s also a Switch version of A Normal Lost Phone, the first in a pair of mobile games that turn your smartphone into someone else’s. It may sound voyeuristic — especially since A Normal Lost Phone’s story deals with a teenager’s disappearance — but we still found

You may not be familiar with many of the names in this week’s Nintendo eShop, but now’s a great time to get acquainted with them. Out today is Subsurface Circular, which Bithell Games launched on Steam last year with little warning. There’s also a Switch version of A Normal Lost Phone, the first in a pair of mobile games that turn your smartphone into someone else’s. It may sound voyeuristic — especially since A Normal Lost Phone’s story deals with a teenager’s disappearance — but we still found

Deep Rock Galactic is an early access game on Windows PC and Xbox One that stars a group of dwarves who have to work together to mine certain materials out of the ground. It’s dark and dangerous down there, and the developers at Ghost Ship Games made a wise decision when creating this game: They made light one of your most precious resources. Deep Rock Galactic is graphically simple while also having a strong style, which means that Ghost Ship Games was able to really have fun with the lighting

Deep Rock Galactic is an early access game on Windows PC and Xbox One that stars a group of dwarves who have to work together to mine certain materials out of the ground. It’s dark and dangerous down there, and the developers at Ghost Ship Games made a wise decision when creating this game: They made light one of your most precious resources. Deep Rock Galactic is graphically simple while also having a strong style, which means that Ghost Ship Games was able to really have fun with the lighting

The four-minute preview video above is as good a place as any to get a glimpse into the variety, quality and wit of indie games right now. It’s a showcase of games being exhibited and demoed at the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco later this month. The Indie Megabooth is a cluster of pods, each one dedicated to independent games, and generally attended by the games’ creators. This year’s GDC will see twice as many Megabooth games as any previous year, although the games are sha

The four-minute preview video above is as good a place as any to get a glimpse into the variety, quality and wit of indie games right now. It’s a showcase of games being exhibited and demoed at the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco later this month. The Indie Megabooth is a cluster of pods, each one dedicated to independent games, and generally attended by the games’ creators. This year’s GDC will see twice as many Megabooth games as any previous year, although the games are sha

That’s nice to hear for fans, but what’s got them and everyone else riled up is the PlayStation 4 game’s cover art, which Sony showed off today alongside the release date announcement. In fact, by many fans’ estimations, it’s one of the worst pieces of box art for a major game in recent memory. A more common concern is that the focus on Markus downplays the rest of Detroit: Become Human’s main characters, particularly the android Kara. In this age of digital storefronts and preloaded games, perh

That’s nice to hear for fans, but what’s got them and everyone else riled up is the PlayStation 4 game’s cover art, which Sony showed off today alongside the release date announcement. In fact, by many fans’ estimations, it’s one of the worst pieces of box art for a major game in recent memory. A more common concern is that the focus on Markus downplays the rest of Detroit: Become Human’s main characters, particularly the android Kara. In this age of digital storefronts and preloaded games, perh

A shooting game endorsed by the National Rifle Association has been pulled from Apple’s mobile games store sometime in the last few days. NRA: Practice Range was available on Apple’s App Store earlier this week. Soon after our conversation, the game was pulled from the App Store. The NRA’s core membership app is still available on the App Store. Polygon contacted Apple and the NRA about the disappearance of NRA: Practice Range from the App Store.

A shooting game endorsed by the National Rifle Association has been pulled from Apple’s mobile games store sometime in the last few days. NRA: Practice Range was available on Apple’s App Store earlier this week. Soon after our conversation, the game was pulled from the App Store. The NRA’s core membership app is still available on the App Store. Polygon contacted Apple and the NRA about the disappearance of NRA: Practice Range from the App Store.

Following years of intense interest, secrecy, hype and fundraising, Magic Leap’s mixed reality system is coming in 2018. Weta Gameshop has been developing Dr. Grordbort’s Invaders for the last six years. Dr. Grordbort’s Invaders began due to a friendship between Weta founder Richard Taylor and Magic Leap’s founder Rony Abovitz. “We’re making a game that exemplifies mixed reality and shows what the hardware can do,” said Broadmore, in an interview with Polygon. Broadmore said he’s working on “sho

Following years of intense interest, secrecy, hype and fundraising, Magic Leap’s mixed reality system is coming in 2018. Weta Gameshop has been developing Dr. Grordbort’s Invaders for the last six years. Dr. Grordbort’s Invaders began due to a friendship between Weta founder Richard Taylor and Magic Leap’s founder Rony Abovitz. “We’re making a game that exemplifies mixed reality and shows what the hardware can do,” said Broadmore, in an interview with Polygon. Broadmore said he’s working on “sho

In case you’re wondering why you can’t log onto Xbox Live right now, it’s because the service is down. The Xbox Support Twitter account confirmed that Xbox Live is experiencing widespread outages, which is why your online connection may currently be either unstable or non-existent. We’re aware that some of you are having trouble signing into Xbox Live – the right teams are hard at work to get everything working again. The Xbox Live Support page also confirms that services are limited across the

In case you’re wondering why you can’t log onto Xbox Live right now, it’s because the service is down. The Xbox Support Twitter account confirmed that Xbox Live is experiencing widespread outages, which is why your online connection may currently be either unstable or non-existent. We’re aware that some of you are having trouble signing into Xbox Live – the right teams are hard at work to get everything working again. The Xbox Live Support page also confirms that services are limited across the

President Donald Trump will meet with representatives of the video game industry next week, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said today. “Next week, he’ll also be meeting with members of the video game industry to see what they can do on that front as well. That has not stopped President Trump from pointing the finger at what he sees as an entertainment medium that glorifies killing. “ESA and our member companies have not received an invitation to meet with President Trump,” it