What is arguably the best game of the year may be disqualified by many publications due to a technicality. A huge number of players continue to enjoy frequent updates to the online game’s modes, challenges and activities. Is becoming the best game of the year over time a valid way to earn the award? It is now one of the best free-to-play games on the market, complete with a transparent and equitable monetization strategy. Some of the best games of the year weren’t released in 2017, and they may

For me personally, the inability to speak openly to fans about this issue has been difficult, frustrating and at times painful. Based on our understanding of the circumstances, the filmmakers and I are not only comfortable sticking with our original casting, but genuinely happy to have Johnny playing a major character in the movies. I can only tell you about the man I see every day: He’s full of decency and kindness, and that’s all I see. Whatever accusation was out there doesn’t tally with the

For me personally, the inability to speak openly to fans about this issue has been difficult, frustrating and at times painful. Based on our understanding of the circumstances, the filmmakers and I are not only comfortable sticking with our original casting, but genuinely happy to have Johnny playing a major character in the movies. I can only tell you about the man I see every day: He’s full of decency and kindness, and that’s all I see. Whatever accusation was out there doesn’t tally with the

GAME OF THE YEAR 2017#7: PREYFor Game of the Year 2017 , Polygon will be counting down our top 10 each weekday, beginning on Dec. 4. In Prey, a game that randomly generates almost every key code, protagonist Morgan Yu’s office is always behind code 0451. If you want to understand Prey and what makes it work, you need to understand Looking Glass and System Shock. Throughout Prey, players make choices, and those choices influence — and to some extent, change — the game. Decades after the original,

On Issue at Hand, Polygon’s show about the strange world of comics, we try to answer important questions — questions that inform our viewers, that give them the tools they need to stride boldly into a comic shop or a digital comics app, and buy comics that they like. This is … not one of those questions. But in the past couple of years, a new Archie has sauntered on to the scene. And he did it while lifting the front of his shirt — revealing approximately 17 abs — to wipe the sheen of summer s

On Issue at Hand, Polygon’s show about the strange world of comics, we try to answer important questions — questions that inform our viewers, that give them the tools they need to stride boldly into a comic shop or a digital comics app, and buy comics that they like. This is … not one of those questions. But in the past couple of years, a new Archie has sauntered on to the scene. And he did it while lifting the front of his shirt — revealing approximately 17 abs — to wipe the sheen of summer s

Detective Pikachu is based on a Japanese Nintendo eShop game, where Pikachu actually talks with humans; instead of his teenage partner leading the adventure, Pikachu does all the talking. Still, it’s disconcerting to hear English words coming out of Pikachu’s mouth, especially with Ryan Reynolds’ voice speaking them. But I soon realized: The actor most of us campaigned for to voice Pikachu was the smoky-voiced, AARP-qualified Danny DeVito. And now that Reynolds is our official Pikachu, Danny DeV

Detective Pikachu is based on a Japanese Nintendo eShop game, where Pikachu actually talks with humans; instead of his teenage partner leading the adventure, Pikachu does all the talking. Still, it’s disconcerting to hear English words coming out of Pikachu’s mouth, especially with Ryan Reynolds’ voice speaking them. But I soon realized: The actor most of us campaigned for to voice Pikachu was the smoky-voiced, AARP-qualified Danny DeVito. And now that Reynolds is our official Pikachu, Danny DeV

Far Cry 5 and The Crew 2 will be delayed, Ubisoft announced today in a brief blog post. The new launch date for Far Cry 5 is March 27, 2018. That’s been revised from Feb. 27, 2018. The new launch window for The Crew 2 is the first half of Ubisoft’s next fiscal year, which begins April 2018. Less is known about The Crew 2, other than it will allow players to race cars, boats and airplanes and dynamically switch between all three in the same gameplay experience.

That’s certainly not true for Nintendo Switch, which receives 22 (!!!) titles to the eShop between today, Dec. 7, and Dec. 12. That marks the highest number of new games to hit the Nintendo eShop at once so far. This is not an outpouring of games-for-the-sake-of-games, either — this busy week includes Switch versions of annualized franchises, intriguing indies and addictive, absurdist ports. Maybe they’re not all AAA projects or mainstream hits, but Nintendo has found a niche for the system.

It’s that time of year: Overwatch’s seasonal event for the holidays, Winter Wonderland, returns Dec. 12 on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One, developer Blizzard Entertainment announced today. Set on the Nepal map, Mei’s Yeti Hunt does still focus on characters shooting each other — but there’s a twist. “I know a lot of you are thinking it sounds kind of silly and kind of ridiculous,” said Kaplan of Mei’s Yeti Hunt. In addition to Mei’s Yeti Hunt, this year’s Winter Wonderland update will of

It’s that time of year: Overwatch’s seasonal event for the holidays, Winter Wonderland, returns Dec. 12 on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One, developer Blizzard Entertainment announced today. Set on the Nepal map, Mei’s Yeti Hunt does still focus on characters shooting each other — but there’s a twist. “I know a lot of you are thinking it sounds kind of silly and kind of ridiculous,” said Kaplan of Mei’s Yeti Hunt. In addition to Mei’s Yeti Hunt, this year’s Winter Wonderland update will of

Amsterdam-based CoolGames is working with Rovio to bring Angry Birds to Messenger’s Instant Games platform in early 2018. The Facebook Messenger version is already launching in some regions and will be available worldwide “in the coming weeks,” said Facebook. Facebook also announced that it is rolling out support for livestreaming Facebook Messenger games, starting today. The feature will work via Facebook Live, naturally, allowing players to broadcast Instant Games titles to their Facebook frie

Since the announcement of their partnership, Microsoft says they’ve given enhanced support to the team at PUBG Corporation to bring Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds to market. That includes loaning them the time and expertise of The Coalition, makers of Gears of War 4. Nevertheless, its experts were able to lend their knowledge to the team building Battlegrounds to help ease that game onto the Xbox platform. The Microsoft Game Preview program, which Battlegrounds will launch into on Dec. 12, is sim

Since the announcement of their partnership, Microsoft says they’ve given enhanced support to the team at PUBG Corporation to bring Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds to market. That includes loaning them the time and expertise of The Coalition, makers of Gears of War 4. Nevertheless, its experts were able to lend their knowledge to the team building Battlegrounds to help ease that game onto the Xbox platform. The Microsoft Game Preview program, which Battlegrounds will launch into on Dec. 12, is sim

When will HBO air the final Game of Thrones season? That’s been the question on just about everyone’s mind since the seventh season came to an end this past summer. The eighth and final Game of Thrones season will bring HBO’s most popular series to an end with the promise of being the show’s most cinematic installment yet. To allow for additional writing and production time, HBO hinted that Game of Thrones may not return until 2019. Four directors will return to helm the final episodes: Miguel S

When will HBO air the final Game of Thrones season? That’s been the question on just about everyone’s mind since the seventh season came to an end this past summer. The eighth and final Game of Thrones season will bring HBO’s most popular series to an end with the promise of being the show’s most cinematic installment yet. To allow for additional writing and production time, HBO hinted that Game of Thrones may not return until 2019. Four directors will return to helm the final episodes: Miguel S

But according to brothers Chad and Jared Moldenhauer, who led the project, that was all a bit of exaggeration. To chart that path, we asked the StudioMDHR team to draw a series of images showing the biggest development milestones that happened along the way. Independent games like Super Meat Boy were breaking out — high quality games made by small teams were selling well not only on PC, but on consoles. Chad and Jared didn’t attend the show. Let’s find a few part-time animators.”2015As the game

But according to brothers Chad and Jared Moldenhauer, who led the project, that was all a bit of exaggeration. To chart that path, we asked the StudioMDHR team to draw a series of images showing the biggest development milestones that happened along the way. Independent games like Super Meat Boy were breaking out — high quality games made by small teams were selling well not only on PC, but on consoles. Chad and Jared didn’t attend the show. Let’s find a few part-time animators.”2015As the game

Far Cry 5 and The Crew 2 will be delayed, Ubisoft announcemed today in a brief blog post. The new launch date for Far Cry 5 is March 27, 2018. That’s been revised from Feb. 27, 2018. The new launch window for The Crew 2 is the first half of Ubisoft’s next fiscal year, which begins April 2018. Less is known about The Crew 2, other than it will allow players to race cars, boats and airplanes and dynamically switch between all three in the same gameplay experience.