Epic Games is using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in novel ways to aggressively defend the integrity of its multiplayer games, including Fortnite and Fortnite: Battle Royale.

Mega Man fans are stoked that Mega Man 11, the first new numbered entry in almost eight years, is due next year. Mega Man 11 will ditch the traditional 2D pixel art of the previous 10 Mega Man games, instead going for a 2.5D aesthetic. The Kickstarter-funded project, masterminded by longtime former Mega Man producer Keiji Inafune and released last year to serious backlash, caught attention for its pitch as a modern-day Mega Man successor. — Mannheimer (@MattMannheimer) December 4, 2017But if you

Most video games are meant to be played in the same handful of spaces. Everything — the video game, not the idea — is the exception. Available on PlayStation 4, PC, Max and Linux, Everything is a game about the universe, how you perceive it, and how it perceives itself. GAME OF THE YEAR 2017#9: EVERYTHINGFor Game of the Year 2017 , Polygon will be counting down our top 10 each weekday, beginning on Dec. 4. There’s a tempestuous debate among video game fans about what makes a video game a video

Batman has faced countless villains during the many years of his vigilantism, but taking on England’s nefarious serial killer, Jack the Ripper, is a tad different. A new trailer for Gotham by Gaslight, Warner Bros. Animation’s newest feature project based on Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola’s one-shot, which kicked off DC Comics’ fantastic Elseworlds series, finds the Dark Knight stalking the mysterious murderer. Jack the Ripper is known for his grisly crimes that took place in East London, but i

YouTuber Jon Jafari is addressing inflammatory remarks he made during a debate with Twitch streamer Steven Bonnell II earlier this year for the first time since the stream occurred. In March, Jafari, who is better known as JonTron and a former member of Let’s Play channel Game Grumps, participated in a two-hour debate with Bonnell II after remarks Jafari made about immigration on Twitter. Since Jafari’s inflammatory comments in March, the YouTuber has kept discussion about immigration and politi

Wolverine has popped his claws in a comic or movie approximately one billion times — it’s (famously) what he does best. The characters in the comic see Laura’s claws and hear the sound, and the reader understands that they can see Laura’s claws, but that “SNIKT” is a visual representation of sound. Merging the textual sound effect with the art of Laura’s claws mashes the non-abstract visual with the abstracted sound. We know that SNIKT is the sound Wolverine’s claws make — but this panel made me

Wolverine has popped his claws in a comic or movie approximately one billion times — it’s (famously) what he does best. The characters in the comic see Laura’s claws and hear the sound, and the reader understands that they can see Laura’s claws, but that “SNIKT” is a visual representation of sound. Merging the textual sound effect with the art of Laura’s claws mashes the non-abstract visual with the abstracted sound. We know that SNIKT is the sound Wolverine’s claws make — but this panel made me

On Sept. 23, 2017 Wizards introduced Ixalan, a Mesoamerican-inspired world filled with dinosaurs, pirates, merfolk and vampires. Now, on the eve of the flagship game’s 25th anniversary, Polygon has the exclusive reveal of new cards from the latest, follow-up set. “Every Magic set features a number of important characters — both Planeswalkers and unique inhabitants of the plane. Ixalan and Rivals of Ixalan follow the story of the Planeswalkers Jace and Vraska as they join the search for Orazca an

Mega Man fans are stoked that Mega Man 11, the first new numbered entry in almost eight years, is due next year. Mega Man 11 will ditch the traditional 2D pixel art of the previous 10 Mega Man games, instead going for a 2.5D aesthetic. The Kickstarter-funded project, masterminded by longtime former Mega Man producer Keiji Inafune and released last year to serious backlash, caught attention for its pitch as a modern-day Mega Man successor. — Mannheimer (@MattMannheimer) December 4, 2017But if you

Batman has faced countless villains during the many years of his vigilantism, but taking on England’s nefarious serial killer, Jack the Ripper, is a tad different. A new trailer for Gotham by Gaslight, Warner Bros. Animation’s newest feature project based on Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola’s one-shot, which kicked off DC Comics’ fantastic Elseworlds series, finds the Dark Knight stalking the mysterious murderer. Jack the Ripper is known for his grisly crimes that took place in East London, but i

The team at iam8bit, makers of one-of-a-kind collectibles, have partnered with Bethesda to create two exclusive new items based on The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. The first item is a selection of songs from the game’s soundtrack on vinyl, and the second is a limited-edition, art-quality screenprint. The Skyrim Vinyl Soundtrack (JUN/KUN Limited Edition) retails for $40 and includes “the dev team’s favorite tracks, separated into ‘Light’ and ‘Dark’ sides.” Only 3,000 will be made and each one include

Capcom and Clover Studio’s beloved adventure game Okami is coming to PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One next week on Dec. 12. As part of that re-release, dubbed Okami HD, the game’s protagonist may also wind up making an appearance in Valve’s very popular MOBA, Dota 2. Amaterasu, the star of Okami, is now a courier in Dota 2’s Steam Workshop. Okami’s Amaterasu certainly isn’t the only third-party courier to make a cameo in Dota 2. And the Master Chocobo, a tie-in promo item for Final Fantasy

Capcom and Clover Studio’s beloved adventure game Okami is coming to PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One next week on Dec. 12. As part of that re-release, dubbed Okami HD, the game’s protagonist may also wind up making an appearance in Valve’s very popular MOBA, Dota 2. Amaterasu, the star of Okami, is now a courier in Dota 2’s Steam Workshop. Okami’s Amaterasu certainly isn’t the only third-party courier to make a cameo in Dota 2. And the Master Chocobo, a tie-in promo item for Final Fantasy

Ultimate Team and its imitators are predicated on acquiring packs of virtual items, given sports’ natural association with trading cards and other collectibles. Progression in the single-player career or in standard multiplayer of UFC 3 has nothing to do with Ultimate Team or loot boxes. The matchmaking system puts the lie to pay-to-win accusations against UFC 3 Ultimate Team, too. It would also make me mad, because I do play Ultimate Team. Ultimate Team is in the game, but it isn’t the game.

Ultimate Team and its imitators are predicated on acquiring packs of virtual items, given sports’ natural association with trading cards and other collectibles. Progression in the single-player career or in standard multiplayer of UFC 3 has nothing to do with Ultimate Team or loot boxes. The matchmaking system puts the lie to pay-to-win accusations against UFC 3 Ultimate Team, too. It would also make me mad, because I do play Ultimate Team. Ultimate Team is in the game, but it isn’t the game.

YouTuber Jon Jafari is addressing inflammatory remarks he made during a debate with Twitch streamer Steven Bonnell II earlier this year for the first time since the stream occurred. In March, Jafari, who is better known as JonTron and a former member of Let’s Play channel Game Grumps, participated in a two-hour debate with Bonnell II after remarks Jafari made about immigration on Twitter. Since Jafari’s inflammatory comments in March, the YouTuber has kept discussion about immigration and politi

Most video games are meant to be played in the same handful of spaces. Everything — the video game, not the idea — is the exception. Available on PlayStation 4, PC, Max and Linux, Everything is a game about the universe, how you perceive it, and how it perceives itself. GAME OF THE YEAR 2017#9: EVERYTHINGFor Game of the Year 2017 , Polygon will be counting down our top 10 each weekday, beginning on Dec. 4. There’s a tempestuous debate among video game fans about what makes a video game a video

The Chinese trailer, targeted at one of Disney’s largest audiences overseas, introduces the Monte Carlo-esque casino city, Canto Bight. What’s more noticeable, however, are the Fathiers running rampant through the Canto Bight scene. We first learned about the Fathiers early last month, thanks to an Empire magazine interview with Neal Scanlan, the head of Star Wars’ Creatures Workshop. Scanlan’s interview also hinted that John Boyega’s Finn would appear in Canto Bight and interact with the Fathie

The Chinese trailer, targeted at one of Disney’s largest audiences overseas, introduces the Monte Carlo-esque casino city, Canto Bight. What’s more noticeable, however, are the Fathiers running rampant through the Canto Bight scene. We first learned about the Fathiers early last month, thanks to an Empire magazine interview with Neal Scanlan, the head of Star Wars’ Creatures Workshop. Scanlan’s interview also hinted that John Boyega’s Finn would appear in Canto Bight and interact with the Fathie

While certain Fox properties may not be sold to Disney, including Fox Sports, there are a number of smaller properties where Disney could acquire stakes. Disney already has a 30 percent stake in Hulu, so that arrangement would give it majority ownership of the streaming platform. Disney CEO Bob Iger has spoken about the company’s continued investment in Hulu in the past, pointing to the streaming service as a longterm investment plan. Faber first reported that Disney and Fox were negotiating in