However, Destiny players may recognize it as an offshoot of the fan favorite weapon Red Death. Its first exotic perk is Banned Weapon, which causes it to fire in three-round bursts. While it looks like a returning exotic from Destiny, its exotic perk, Vanishing Shadow, is completely different in Destiny 2. Helm of Saint-14Another returning Destiny exotic, the Helm of Saint-14 is rarely useful in Destiny 2. Its exotic perk, Planetary Torrent, causes a shockwave to explode out from you when you pl

This week on The Polygon Show, we go back to answering your lovely emails and questions like “which musical do you want to see as a video game and vice versa?”. A live-action Bleach trailer, Escape Goat 2 and chicken nuggets are just some of the topics covered this time around. Ask us anything (doesn’t have to be games related) by tweeting with #PolygonShow and we might answer them on the show. The Polygon Show will be available for you to listen to every Friday on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. I

This week on The Polygon Show, we go back to answering your lovely emails and questions like “which musical do you want to see as a video game and vice versa?”. A live-action Bleach trailer, Escape Goat 2 and chicken nuggets are just some of the topics covered this time around. Ask us anything (doesn’t have to be games related) by tweeting with #PolygonShow and we might answer them on the show. The Polygon Show will be available for you to listen to every Friday on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. I

How the King of Wakanda’s first outing connects to the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

The YouTube arm of the “independent media” learned the truth about how it got there, and it turned out that they were really just Uber drivers, not captains of industry. So how are YouTubers like Uber drivers? If you’re a smaller creator, you need to stop looking at ridiculously popular YouTubers for tips on what to do when starting out — instead, start looking at Uber drivers. The difference between being a YouTuber and being an Uber driver is that Uber drivers have a limit on the money they ca

So when I laid hands on Brass Tactics in the lead up to last year’s E3, I was enthusiastic about its prospects. Here was a real-time strategy game, built for virtual reality, that was custom made to look like a tabletop miniatures game. Brass Tactics is exclusive to the Oculus Rift, and requires the use of Touch controllers. Overall, I think that Brass Tactics is a great foundation for Hidden Path in the VR space. Something like Brass Tactics, but applied to Lord of the Rings or Warhammer, could

“X-Men: Grand Design is more of a remix of the first 30 years of X-Men comics than a simple retelling,” he says. This creates a high barrier to entry, which Grand Design is hoping to bring down. “There’s never been a point where I could really share an X-Men comic with somebody in my life who is interested in why I have all of these things,” Piskor says. He’s in charge of every single part of X-Men Grand Design. This means the following chapters will cover some of the X-Men’s most iconic and bel

America’s biggest distributor of print comics will release an online preorder system for comics readers — a change with big potential for the industry. Diamond Comics Distributors promises that the service, called Pullbox, will allow readers to pre-order their own comics through Diamond and pick them up at their local comic shop. One of the biggest hurdles to getting new readers to buy monthly comics is the act of buying monthly comics itself, complicated by Diamond Comics Distributor’s monopoli

Among those incidents, writer, editor and professor Roxane Gay, known for her eloquence and outspokenness on issues of feminism, race and queer identity, tweeted that she was available for Whedon’s vacated position. Hey @DCComics I can write your batgirl movie, no prob. — roxane gay (@rgay) February 22, 2018What nobody expected was that someone from inside the Batgirl-adjacent industry would get back to her through Twitter. — roxane gay (@rgay) February 22, 2018Outlets from Slash Film to Variety

Nintendo’s Genyo Takeda, a largely unsung innovator in the development of video games, was tonight awarded a DICE “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his work. Prior to his retirement last year, Takeda had been instrumental in the Nintendo story. Takeda was instrumental in the design of the Nintendo 64, including its groundbreaking analog controller. Accepting the award, Takeda said that engineers often play “second violin” in terms of public acclaim, adding that he wanted to accept the award on be

Pokémon Go’s most recently released legendary Pokémon — Groudon, Kyogre and Rayquaza — are returning to the game this week for a limited time. Niantic announced that, in honor of the so-called “year of legendary Pokémon,” all three Pokémon will be once again found at Raid Battles nationwide. Defeating more Groudon and Kyogre will conversely cause more sunshine- and rain-loving Pokémon to hatch. Maybe that doesn’t do it for most hardcore Pokémon Go trainers, who likely have many of the Pokémon th

Detective Pikachu is a month away from its Western launch on March 23 — but I’m not sure I can wait another 28 days to play this exceptionally bizarre mystery-adventure game, based on its most in-depth trailer yet. We already know that a deep-voiced, English-speaking Pikachu travels with teen boy Tim to help out a variety of Pokémon in need. (Tim’s mostly in it to get this Pikachu to find his missing father, which … well, we’ll just go with it.) It’s up to Pikachu and Tim to contend with not o

Detective Pikachu is a month away from its Western launch on March 23 — but I’m not sure I can wait another 28 days to play this exceptionally bizarre mystery-adventure game, based on its most in-depth trailer yet. We already know that a deep-voiced, English-speaking Pikachu travels with teen boy Tim to help out a variety of Pokémon in need. (Tim’s mostly in it to get this Pikachu to find his missing father, which … well, we’ll just go with it.) It’s up to Pikachu and Tim to contend with not o

Mitchell’s score of 1,062,800, set July 31, 2010, was the highest score in Donkey Kong for about two months. “Despite the bugs that are the crux of this whole issue, Donkey Kong is emulated very well,” Young added. Donkey Kong and Pac-Man are the two biggest names associated with the early 1980s craze of arcade video gaming. So Donkey Kong still tantalizes observers because, while it cannot be played infinitely, its maximum high score is still impossible to fathom. In either case, Mitchell is ac

Mitchell’s score of 1,062,800, set July 31, 2010, was the highest score in Donkey Kong for about two months. “Despite the bugs that are the crux of this whole issue, Donkey Kong is emulated very well,” Young added. Donkey Kong and Pac-Man are the two biggest names associated with the early 1980s craze of arcade video gaming. So Donkey Kong still tantalizes observers because, while it cannot be played infinitely, its maximum high score is still impossible to fathom. In either case, Mitchell is ac

Crytek’s latest game, Hunt: Showdown, is now live on Steam’s Early Access platform. Instead, it’s a mashup of two other fairly obscure games: Evolve, the team-based monster hunting game released in 2015, and a newer, hardcore tactical shooter called Escape From Tarkov. When you first boot up Hunt you’ll need to hire your first hunter. Once out of a mission, players gain experience for their “bloodline,” which effectively means their online account. To succeed, Crytek’s Hunt will need to make sur

Crytek’s latest game, Hunt: Showdown, is now live on Steam’s Early Access platform. Instead, it’s a mashup of two other fairly obscure games: Evolve, the team-based monster hunting game released in 2015, and a newer, hardcore tactical shooter called Escape From Tarkov. When you first boot up Hunt you’ll need to hire your first hunter. Once out of a mission, players gain experience for their “bloodline,” which effectively means their online account. To succeed, Crytek’s Hunt will need to make sur

“Like the PlayStation Network, my Twitter account has provided a free online service to gamers for many years. But just like the PlayStation Network, I have decided to change that,” wrote Fake Kaz Hirai on Twitter. This way seem like a strange turn for a joke account, whose user built their platform by tossing witty barbs at ex-Sony CEO Kaz Hirai. “If you have enjoyed my Twitter account over the years, I would really appreciate if you donated to SpecialEffect,” wrote Fake Kaz Hirai on their Just

A new update to Nintendo’s website now allows users to leave customer reviews of specific Switch games. People are allowed to leave reviews after signing into their Nintendo Account. Unlike traditional review pages on websites like Best Buy or Amazon, Nintendo’s review section gets a little more personal. The publisher allowed game recommendations for Wii titles, too, but this is the first time official reviews have been allowed on the site for the Switch. People can leave reviews for games — th

Warcraft 3, Blizzard’s real-time strategy game from 2002, is getting a brand-new patch. In fact, Blizzard last updated Warcraft 3 in 2017 and has been working on updates to its classic games for years. What’s potentially more interesting is the installation process for the strategy game itself and Blizzard’s plans to promote Warcraft 3’s latest update. There is also widespread hope that this new installer could herald the long-speculated Warcraft 3 remaster, akin to the StarCraft remaster that B