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Marvel Rivals players are messing with their config files 'to cancel games with no consequence' before they get a loss
Marvel Rivals play a fair game challenge, level: impossible.
This week in PC games: survival horror in a waterlogged city, kaiju chaos in a destructible city, and old school GTA vibes in an isometric insurgency simulator
Videogames. Gosh there are a lot of them. We're not even into the hell month of September – where every major developer besides Rockstar seems to be releasing their big games of the year…
"I'm remaking all of Ocarina of Time's prerenders in 3D" - I'd play this dev's Zelda N64 romhack over the remake, and better still, "no GenAI was used for any part"
A modder is creating a Zelda Ocarina of Time ROM hack for N64 that swaps out the prerendered backdrops with full 3D buildings and a free camera.
Leaks suggest a Lego Batman Returns Batmobile is on the way, with the best minifigure of the Dark Knight I've seen
Leaked Lego Batman Returns set has a really neat secret, and the best minifigure I've seen in ages
Lanterns co-creator says Guy Gardner has Hal Jordan's ring in Superman, and now I'm confused
The Lanterns mystery deepens
Kingdom Hearts and Until Dawn actress Hayden Panettiere has died at 36
Her father described her as "an incredible light and a force of nature".
Indie dev says Sony suddenly ended their publishing deal without "any reason," delisting their games and cancelling PS5 port of Steam game with 97% 'overwhelmingly positive' reviews, won't explain or respond "in any way"
The games will leave the PS Store on August 23
Tides of Annihilation seemingly casts Resident Evil Requiem's Grace actor as its new lead after Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 star Jennifer English left the role
English is still working in an advisory role on the game
Ryan Gosling's 100-Minute 10/10 Crime-Thriller Cult Classic Is Officially Free on Streaming
This slick, neo-soaked adventure is quite impossible to forget.
Kingdom Hearts 4 delay "is not happening," Tetsuya Nomura says after fans immediately doubt the RPG's late 2027 launch window: "I want to set the record straight"
Co-director Tai Yasue says Kingdom Hearts 4's 2027 launch is "a 100% thing"
Kingdom Hearts anime is going all-in on the mystery, and I wouldn't have it any other way
"Please let your imaginations run wild"
Will King of the Hill Pit Hank And Buck Against Each Other?
King of the Hill is setting up potential conflict between Buck Strickland and Hank Hill, as Hank takes the reins of Strickland Propane.
Pokémon Pokopia Player Discovers Trick to Get Missing Event Pokémon
In Pokémon Pokopia, you can now obtain Pokémon from past events to your Pokédex without having to time travel.
Kingdom Hearts 4 releasing in late 2027, according to a trailer in which Donald Duck and Goofy go to hell, miss a skeletal fiesta and rock up as creepy force ghosts
I'll be honest, having just watched the latest trailer for Kingdom Hearts 4 , I'm less confident I know what's going on in the game. Protagonist Sora's in a realm visually inspired by Mexican…
Dave Filoni dashes Star Wars fan hopes with Hunt for Ben Solo denial: "The Force is not with us"
The Hunt for Ben Solo isn't happening at Lucasfilm
Why does Destiny have so many orbs?
In the world of Destiny, everyone is pondering the orb. From glowing balls of unknowable energy to hovering balls of death, and everything in between. What's the deal with all of Destiny's orbs…
How scary is Metroid Dread actually?
Metroid Dread is supposed to be the scariest Metroid game yet. But IS IT?? Horror expert Jenna Stoeber explores the similarities and differences between Metroid Dread and producer Yoshio Sakamoto's…
Why Assassin’s Creed Unity can’t rebuild Notre Dame cathedral
After the disastrous 2019 fire at Notre-Dame de Paris, many hoped that Ubisoft's incredibly detailed models of the cathedral used in Assassin's Creed Unity could help save the day. Well, Polygon's…
What does Columbo have to do with Ace Attorney?
Columbo, the 1970s detective show starring Peter Falk, is having a bit of a resurgence right now. But did you know that was previously a huge hit in Japan? Columbo references show up in all kinds of…
DINOTOPIA: Turning a classic book into a video game
Dinotopia was my FAVORITE thing when I was a kid. It's the story of a lost continent, where a peaceful society of dinosaurs and humans live in harmony. I always wanted a Dinotopia game. What I didn't…
Gaming’s oldest urban legend is Atari’s fault
Polybius is gaming's oldest urban legend. It's a cursed arcade machine that supposedly caused illness, amnesia... death. Of course, Polybius is just a story. But the legend is so believable because…
Why French games have always been way ahead of their time
France is the second-biggest producer of video games in the world. Franchises like Assassin’s Creed, Dishonored, Life is Strange, and … whatever the hell David Cage is doing, come from French-based…
The hated exploit some developers actually want you to use
The way game saves are implemented in a game can affect everything from the difficulty, to the narrative, to the gameplay itself. And save scumming, that much-hated exploit that makes it possible to…
The real reason the Super Mario Bros movie tanked
The Super Mario Bros. movie is famously bad — so bad it killed the hopes of any good video game movie adaptations for YEARS. Or... so they say. But what if Super Mario Bros. wasn't actually that bad…