GoldenEye 007 now has Super Mario 64 characters, thanks to the work of a diligent modder bent on combining some of the best memories of a 20-year-old console. The mod — “GoldenEye With Mario Characters” by StupidMarioBros1Fan — is available from Mod DB. In the mod, Mario replaces Bond (of course) and Luigi is Trevelyan (smart play). This is as good a time as any to tell readers my favorite GoldenEye 007 story. One of his housemates got so fed up with the fact people were coming over to play Mari

PlayStation will launch its own line of figurines based on characters and franchises familiar or exclusive to the console. Made by ThinkGeek (a GameStop company), the line launches with seven figurines, each about 10 centimeters (four inches) high. Before you go thinking PlayStation has copied Nintendo’s amiibo, that does not appear to be the case. Still, we’ve reached out to a Sony rep to ask what they have in mind for this line. The series launches on March 23, 2018 and they’re only available

PlayStation will launch its own line of figurines based on characters and franchises familiar or exclusive to the console. Made by ThinkGeek (a GameStop company), the line launches with seven figurines, each about 10 centimeters (four inches) high. Before you go thinking PlayStation has copied Nintendo’s amiibo, that does not appear to be the case. Still, we’ve reached out to a Sony rep to ask what they have in mind for this line. The series launches on March 23, 2018 and they’re only available

Not even a week into its first season, the Overwatch League already has its first controversy and its first suspension. Felix Lengyel, aka xQc of the Dallas Fuel, has been fined $2,000 and suspended for four games by the league. Atop that, the Fuel suspended Lengyel for the remainder of stage 1, which means until Feb. 10. #burnblue pic.twitter.com/26ffHaPPEz — Dallas Fuel (@DallasFuel) January 20, 2018Other professional sports leagues have had their own problems with players popping off homophob

That’s the same amount you’re saving on the Labo kits, essentially giving you free access to double Best Buy points, 20 percent off of new games and a host of other perks. NINTENDO LABO KITSNintendo Labo Variety Kit at Best Buy for $55.99 with Gamer’s Club Unlocked (usually $69.99 and currently available for pre-order). Nintendo Labo Robot Kit at Best Buy for $63.99 with Gamer’s Club Unlocked (usually $79.99 and currently available for pre-order). A two-year membership to Gamer’s Club Unlocked i

Dr DisRespect is planning his return to Twitch on Feb. 5, close to two months after announcing his break from the platform. Dr DisRespect is a personality known for his ridiculous getup and being named the Trending Gamer in 2017 at The Game Awards in December. In December 2017, Dr DisRespect announced he would leave Twitch to focus on his family and marriage, after revealing he’d had an extra-marital affair. “I just wanted to let you guys know that, and I apologize to you guys,” Dr DisRespect sa

Not even a week into its first season, the Overwatch League already has its first controversy and its first suspension. Felix Lengyel, aka xQc of the Dallas Fuel, has been fined $2,000 and suspended for four games by the league. Atop that, the Fuel suspended Lengyel for the remainder of stage 1, which means until Feb. 10. #burnblue pic.twitter.com/26ffHaPPEz — Dallas Fuel (@DallasFuel) January 20, 2018Other professional sports leagues have had their own problems with players popping off homophob

If you didn’t keep P.T. A Silent Hills P.T. The fan-made remake is in an alpha state, but it is downloadable and playable. Here’s video of it in action (from a developer’s toolkit; the action gets going at the one-minute mark). was, of course, short for “playable teaser,” for a Silent Hills reboot.

GoldenEye 007 now has Super Mario 64 characters, thanks to the work of a diligent modder bent on combining some of the best memories of a 20-year-old console. The mod — “GoldenEye With Mario Characters” by StupidMarioBros1Fan — is available from Mod DB. In the mod, Mario replaces Bond (of course) and Luigi is Trevelyan (smart play). This is as good a time as any to tell readers my favorite GoldenEye 007 story. One of his housemates got so fed up with the fact people were coming over to play Mari

That’s the same amount you’re saving on the Labo kits, essentially giving you free access to double Best Buy points, 20 percent off of new games and a host of other perks. NINTENDO LABO KITSNintendo Labo Variety Kit at Best Buy for $55.99 with Gamer’s Club Unlocked (usually $69.99 and currently available for pre-order). Nintendo Labo Robot Kit at Best Buy for $63.99 with Gamer’s Club Unlocked (usually $79.99 and currently available for pre-order). A two-year membership to Gamer’s Club Unlocked i

Dr DisRespect is planning his return to Twitch on Feb. 5, close to two months after announcing his break from the platform. Dr DisRespect is a personality known for his ridiculous getup and being named the Trending Gamer in 2017 at The Game Awards in December. In December 2017, Dr DisRespect announced he would leave Twitch to focus on his family and marriage, after revealing he’d had an extra-marital affair. “I just wanted to let you guys know that, and I apologize to you guys,” Dr DisRespect sa

Not even a week into its first season, the Overwatch League already has its first controversy and its first suspension. Felix Lengyel, aka xQc of the Dallas Fuel, has been fined $2,000 and suspended for four games by the league. Atop that, the Fuel suspended Lengyel for the remainder of stage 1, which means until Feb. 10. #burnblue pic.twitter.com/26ffHaPPEz — Dallas Fuel (@DallasFuel) January 20, 2018Other professional sports leagues have had their own problems with players popping off homophob

The first day of group stages at the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ELeague Major: Boston has come and gone and the results were anything but expected as four favorites went down against lower ranked opponents. With upsets abounding in day one, day two features an unexpected set of matches that should make up one of the most exciting group stage days in recent memory. Day two starts on Jan. 20 at 10:00 a.m. EST, and every match will be broadcast live on the ELeague Twitch channel. All of the d

These are the building blocks for experience-based progression systems within which endless loot boxes, microtransactions, skill trees, cosmetics and mechanics can be unlocked. It’s also why the much-lauded 2017 Class of AAA Games are remarkably self-similar. I’ve taken to observing the ways in which these progression systems affect how I play. For many, the earliest example of shit happening in Divinity: Original Sin 2 comes in combat. Original Sin 2 required me to let go of expectations for pr

As the proud owner of several curious, industrious children I shed a literal tear when I learned about Nintendo Labo, the line of custom-made cardboard contraptions for the Nintendo Switch. If you have children under the age of eight, your first purchase should absolutely be the Nintendo Labo Variety Kit. Anticipate that your first few hours with the Nintendo Labo, whatever kit you get off the bat, will be frustrating for everyone involved. What I haven’t seen yet from Nintendo is a commitment t

A video of a man reportedly having a seizure in VRChat, a popular VR game akin to Second Life, has attracted attention from people across the internet — including VRChat Inc.’s executive team. In the video above, a group of VRChat players can be seen crowding around a man with a robot avatar, who is convulsing on the ground. “If you don’t know about VRChat there are so many jokers on there,” Rogue Shadow says. But Millar, a long-time veteran of the video game industry, said that he was unsurpris

If you played Destiny, you may be familiar with Xur, the weekly exotic item merchant. Its exotic perk, Repulsor Force, causes the weapon to fire powerful impulses that push enemies away from the user. Its exotic perk, Upgraded Sensor Pack, will constantly provide you with a radar, even while aiming down sites. Its exotic perk, Auto-loading Link, will constantly reload your auto rifles as you fire them. Their exotic perk, Strange Protractor, increases your sprint speed and automatically reloads y

Dozens of YouTubers, most notably PewDiePie, took notice of Dee’s channel and made their own videos about the singer. A couple of weeks after PewDiePie’s video, people noticed that Johnny Dee’s channel was no longer active and questions arose over what happened. Some wondered whether Dee took the channel down because of all the extra attention, but on Jan. 15, community members reported that Dee’s channel was hacked. While he certainly met that threshold on his original account, Dee’s new accoun

Dozens of YouTubers, most notably PewDiePie, took notice of Dee’s channel and made their own videos about the singer. A couple of weeks after PewDiePie’s video, people noticed that Johnny Dee’s channel was no longer active and questions arose over what happened. Some wondered whether Dee took the channel down because of all the extra attention, but on Jan. 15, community members reported that Dee’s channel was hacked. While he certainly met that threshold on his original account, Dee’s new accoun

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, Polygon’s Michael McWhertor joins host Charlie Hall to discuss his preview of Metal Gear Survive, which you can read right here. Email: qualitycontrol at polygon dot comMusic: “Goodwil