Kendrick Lamar has unveiled the first single off Marvel’s Black Panther soundtrack. Lamar first teased that he was working on the soundtrack in a music video for a song off his latest album. In the video for “LOVE,” Lamar can be seen sitting in a chair while a clapperboard in the foreground teases the Black Panther connection. Prior to the video, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler and star Chadwick Boseman spoke to the Los Angeles Times about how important Lamar’s music and message of resilienc

These personal essays will examine the best, most important and weirdest moments that occurred in television, film, streaming and YouTube/Twitch in 2017. The series will end with Polygon’s Best of TV and Best of Movies pieces. The longest relationship of my life has been with movies — and in 2017, Get Out helped me revive it. When the credits rolled, the audience broke out into the most prolonged, enthusiastic round of applause I’d seen at a theater in years. But every time, I’m in love with it,

Actor Jon Bernthal is condemning the use of Punisher imagery by alt-right and hate groups following white nationalist rallies around the country. Bernthal hasn’t been quiet about his views on guns and gun control laws in the United States. The series was met with mixed reviews following its debut on Netflix, and many were divided on how sensitivity toward gun violence concerns in America were handled. You always have to balance the art and what the story requires, knowing what’s needed to help e

Actor Jon Bernthal is condemning the use of Punisher imagery by alt-right and hate groups following white nationalist rallies around the country. Bernthal hasn’t been quiet about his views on guns and gun control laws in the United States. The series was met with mixed reviews following its debut on Netflix, and many were divided on how sensitivity toward gun violence concerns in America were handled. You always have to balance the art and what the story requires, knowing what’s needed to help e

This week, Wrestler Kenny Omega lived the dream as he arrived at New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Tokyo Dome-filling supershow Wrestle Kingdom 12, garbed in Destiny 2 cosplay. This isn’t the first time Kenny Omega has let his fanboy flag fly. His in-ring finishing maneuver is called “The One Winged Angel.” I could go on, but the interesting thing about Kenny Omega isn’t that he’s a bona fide nerd — it’s the fantasy that he embodies. Kenny Omega gets to be exactly who he is, while still being taken seri

Steven Spielberg is headed to Hulu with a revival of one of his most beloved television series, Animaniacs. As part of the deal between Hulu and Warner Bros. They have been locked away in the Warner Bros. water tower for a very long time, but they have found a way to escape. Causing chaos and comic confusion, Yakko, Wakko and Dot run loose in the city, turning the world into their personal playground. “Together with Warner Bros., we look to bring new audiences and longtime fans into this wild wo

Steven Spielberg is headed to Hulu with a revival of one of his most beloved television series, Animaniacs. As part of the deal between Hulu and Warner Bros. They have been locked away in the Warner Bros. water tower for a very long time, but they have found a way to escape. Causing chaos and comic confusion, Yakko, Wakko and Dot run loose in the city, turning the world into their personal playground. “Together with Warner Bros., we look to bring new audiences and longtime fans into this wild wo

So instead of ponying up, say, $2,000 for a high-end gaming PC, you pay Blade a monthly fee for a cloud-based equivalent. This addresses one of the major downsides of PC gaming: having to continually replace your rig’s components to keep up with the times. The subscription doesn’t include the Shadow box, which costs an additional $10 a month to rent or $140 to buy outright. Blade is pitching Shadow as an option for people who can’t afford the initial cost of a high-end gaming PC. GeForce Now for

So instead of ponying up, say, $2,000 for a high-end gaming PC, you pay Blade a monthly fee for a cloud-based equivalent. This addresses one of the major downsides of PC gaming: having to continually replace your rig’s components to keep up with the times. The subscription doesn’t include the Shadow box, which costs an additional $10 a month to rent or $140 to buy outright. Blade is pitching Shadow as an option for people who can’t afford the initial cost of a high-end gaming PC. GeForce Now for

Nintendo has announced that its portable/console hybrid is now the fastest-selling console in U.S. history, according to its own internal sales estimates. The Nintendo Switch is even beating the sales of the original Wii in the United States. “The home console that players can take wherever they go launched March 3, 2017, and in 10 months has sold more than 4.8 million units in the United States, according to Nintendo’s internal sales figures,” Nintendo stated. Nintendo released a system that ev

Let’s Play Heroes, a beat-’em-up developed in collaboration with Cartoon Network Games based on the TV series, will launch this January. Let’s Play Heroes will launch on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One on Jan. 23. The trailer above shows off how Capy Games reproduced the art style of the TV series, which premiered in August 2017. Let’s Play Heroes was an amazing collaboration with Ian, Toby & CN Games,” Capy Games president Nathan Vella told Polygon. I haven’t seen much of the cartoon it’

Let’s Play Heroes, a beat-’em-up developed in collaboration with Cartoon Network Games based on the TV series, will launch this January. Let’s Play Heroes will launch on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One on Jan. 23. The trailer above shows off how Capy Games reproduced the art style of the TV series, which premiered in August 2017. Let’s Play Heroes was an amazing collaboration with Ian, Toby & CN Games,” Capy Games president Nathan Vella told Polygon. I haven’t seen much of the cartoon it’

Hardware maker Mad Catz, which filed for bankruptcy and shut down in March 2017, is back. The company, now known as Mad Catz Global Limited and headquartered in Kowloon, Hong Kong, announced a new line of products today. Mad Catz will be at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show with new PC gaming hardware: RAT mice, STRIKE keyboards, FREQ gaming headsets and GLIDE gaming surfaces. “We couldn’t be more excited than to begin 2018 by announcing the return of Mad Catz to the global gaming arena,” sa

Hardware maker Mad Catz, which filed for bankruptcy and shut down in March 2017, is back. The company, now known as Mad Catz Global Limited and headquartered in Kowloon, Hong Kong, announced a new line of products today. Mad Catz will be at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show with new PC gaming hardware: RAT mice, STRIKE keyboards, FREQ gaming headsets and GLIDE gaming surfaces. “We couldn’t be more excited than to begin 2018 by announcing the return of Mad Catz to the global gaming arena,” sa

Fig, the equity investment platform for games, was down more than 28 percent in 2017. The platform raised only $5.6 million, after raising more than $7.8 million in 2016. Fig blends equity investment with traditional rewards-based crowdfunding. That means anyone can choose to invest in any of the games on the platform regardless of their net worth. That includes equity investment.

Fig, the equity investment platform for games, was down more than 28 percent in 2017. The platform raised only $5.6 million, after raising more than $7.8 million in 2016. Fig blends equity investment with traditional rewards-based crowdfunding. That means anyone can choose to invest in any of the games on the platform regardless of their net worth. That includes equity investment.

It’s a new year — and the beginning of our first full 12-month period with Nintendo Switch. Nintendo is kicking off 2018 with a very tiny set of new releases on eShop, however; the list is even smaller than last week’s. If the Switch stuff doesn’t quite do it for you, then this is a good week to pull your Nintendo 3DS out. A demo for the upcoming Kirby game, Kirby Battle Royale, is now available on the 3DS eShop. The full list of Switch eShop games for the week of Jan. 4 is below.

It’s a new year — and the beginning of our first full 12-month period with Nintendo Switch. Nintendo is kicking off 2018 with a very tiny set of new releases on eShop, however; the list is even smaller than last week’s. If the Switch stuff doesn’t quite do it for you, then this is a good week to pull your Nintendo 3DS out. A demo for the upcoming Kirby game, Kirby Battle Royale, is now available on the 3DS eShop. The full list of Switch eShop games for the week of Jan. 4 is below.

Saturday Night Live put guest host Adam Driver to work making fun of both Undercover Boss and his Star Wars character Kylo Ren back in 2016, and now Matt, the radar technician, is a playable character in Star Wars Battlefront 2. You can watch the original sketch in the video above, and then check out the mod in action in the video below. It’s a fun mod for the game, even if you can only play as Matt in the arcade and competitive modes of the PC version of Battlefront 2. You can grab the mod and

Saturday Night Live put guest host Adam Driver to work making fun of both Undercover Boss and his Star Wars character Kylo Ren back in 2016, and now Matt, the radar technician, is a playable character in Star Wars Battlefront 2. You can watch the original sketch in the video above, and then check out the mod in action in the video below. It’s a fun mod for the game, even if you can only play as Matt in the arcade and competitive modes of the PC version of Battlefront 2. You can grab the mod and