Month: October 2024

It’d seem people still have plenty of passionate thoughts about Helldivers 2. That’s not news to anyone who’s been following the game’s recent trajectory and the various back-and-forths between devs and playerbase, but it might surprise you that a survey about the game’s pulled in “over 5,000 responses” in less than an hour during usual UK/EU working hours on a Monday.This comes not long after Arrowhead shared an update on how its 60-day plan to improve the game is progressing, with the studio having used that opportunity last week to put a proper release date on its next big patch.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Earlier today, September 9, a survey was shared by Arrowhead to both Helldivers 2’s Discord server and subreddit. It’s not a huge thing,…

It turns out the Watch Dogs movie is in production, and in fact has already wrapped on filming.Much like the Minecraft movie and the Borderlands movie, the Watch Dogs movie has been in the works for about a decade now, though unlike the Minecraft movie which finally received a trailer last week, and the Borderlands movie which was released last week (and was so abysmal that it got a digital release only three weeks after it came out in cinemas), we haven’t seen all that much of the Ubisoft adaptation. In fact, we haven’t really seen anything, though there were a couple of pieces of casting news earlier this year, as well as one bit this week. With that came a tweet from Ubisoft confirming that uh, filming has been completely finished on the film adaptation of Watch Dogs, though I somehow s…

Transformers is one of those properties that will probably be around forever in one way or another. Right now, it’s enjoying a new surge in popularity thanks to solid TV efforts in recent years and live-action movies that actually feel like Saturday morning cartoons. Up next, we also have Transformers One, the franchise’s first animated movie made for theaters in decades, so of course, we’re hearing more about the Cybertronians’ big screen future.Collider recently talked to veteran producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura about what’s next for Hasbro and Paramount Pictures’ big-screen efforts when it comes to one of their most reliable money-makers. The full interview packs a number of generous answers and is well worth a read, but we’ve picked the most interesting bits here, and I have some though…

Alan Wake 2’s highly-anticipated The Lake House DLC will be arriving in October on PS5, after a brief teaser trailer was showcased during today’s State of Play (September 24).In the short trailer for the expansion, which follows Night Springs, we see an eerie lake house, as the title aptly points to. Following that, though, we see an even creepier elevator leading into a fleshy, decrepit hall full of corpses. At the end, in typical Alan Wake style there’s a horrifying flash of the nightmare to come; an all-new Alan Wake DLC.Little is known about what the expansion will entail, but what we do know is that the DLC left Alan Wake 2’s composer “crying constantly”, so we can likely expect something that’ll pull at our heart strings from Remedy Entertainment this time around.…

Today, September 30, is the day. Starfield’s Shattered Space DLC is set to release and Bethesda’s handily provided all of the details you’ll need to before you touch down on the home planet of House Va’ruun. So, here’s what time Starfield Shattered Space will release in your region, and how to start it.If you’re out of the loop as to what the DLC’s about, Bethesda also recently deep-dive video that goes through the set-up for its main story and is there fore well worth checking out before you delve into these release details. That is, unless you prefer to go in blind and surprise yourself, like you’re driving your moon buggy off a fog-obscured cliff.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings As outlined in a blog post from the studio, Starfield’s Shattered S…

Kingdom Hearts 4 was announced over two years ago, but apparently no one took the time to tell Sora’s English voice Haley Joel Osment.Back in April of 2022, for Kingdom Hearts’ 20th anniversary, Square Enix finally revealed that Kingdom Hearts 4 was in the works. It wasn’t a surprise that a new game is in the works, Kingdom Hearts 3 ended on quite the cliffhanger and Melody of Memory set that up even further, but in a recent interview with IGN, Sora’s voice actor Haley Joel Osment shared that he didn’t actually know the game was in development. “I hope that we hear something about [Kingdom Hearts 4] sometime soon, I guess it’s rumored that there’s going to be another one,” the actor told IGN.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings “I’m always the last to …

Sorry to say it, My Hero Academia fans, but your favourite anime is soon coming to an end, as the final season has been announced.It was only just in August that the My Hero Academia manga ended its 10 year run, but just yesterday it was confirmed that the anime will be coming to an end too. Season seven has been airing over the past few months, with the 21st and final episode of the season airing yesterday, and with that came the announcement that the anime’s final season will be broadcast in 2025. That announcement was paired with a very short teaser trailer, which really didn’t show anything at all, just with a voiceover of Deku saying “This is the story of how we became the greatest heroes.”『僕のヒーローアカデミア FINAL SEASON』2025年放送決定発表映像／ヒロア�…

VariousThere are so many ways to be a Dungeons & Dragons fan these days. The tabletop RPG mainstay has been synonymous with pen-and-paper adventuring for 50 years now, and 2024 marks a major reworking of its core rulebooks to make the game more approachable. Anyone who’s played even just a couple of sessions knows how easy it can be to covet a friend’s set of custom dice, appreciate the care a Dungeon Master has taken in setting the right ambience for a crafted campaign, or even obsess over their choice of pen and notebook — after all, it’s what you’ll be spending a large chunk of time staring into as you ponder your character’s next heroic action.But what’s amazing is that you can be a huge D&D fan without ever touching a character sheet. D&D and the Forgotten R…

Traveller’s TalesAlice Jovanée (she/her) is a commerce writer, and she has been writing about gaming and tech since 2005. Prior to Polygon, she worked at publications such as The Verge.Regardless of how you feel about the current season of Rings of Power, if you’re looking for another way to satiate your Tolkien love you’ll definitely want to check out the current catalog of free games available to Amazon Prime members. Earlier this month, both Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor GOTY Edition, and Lego The Lord of the Rings were made available to Amazon Prime members for free through Sept. 30. However, you can now also pick up Lego The Hobbit for free through Oct. 23. Just head to the corresponding Prime Gaming page and you’ll be presented with a code that you can redeem on GOG.com fo…

Nintendo of AmericaCameron Faulkner (he/him) is Polygon’s commerce editor. He began writing about tech and gaming in 2013, and migrated from The Verge in 2023.One of the best unofficial October Prime Day deals has come early at Woot, where you can get a new Nintendo Switch OLED with either white or neon blue/red Joy-Con for $299.99 ($50 off). It’s not typical for this console to receive any kind of discount, so we’re usually skeptical that there’s something amiss when one pops up, like an iffy warranty, or that it isn’t the U.S. version, which includes a different power adapter. However, there are no strings attached; you’re just getting a great deal.Nintendo Switch OLED$300$35014% off$300Nintendo’s hybrid console still has plenty of staying power, especially with this year�…