Sources: Polygon, Kotaku
Jean-Claude Van Damme gets a bad rap. Due to when he got famous and the sorts of movies that he usually makes, JCVD often gets lumped in with other B-tier '80s action stars like Steven Seagal and Chuck Norris, which does Van Damme a disservice.
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According to industry insiders, Netflix was only willing to offer $500 million
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The longtime caretaker of the Zelda series traveled to Paris to receive his title, honored for inspiring the world’s 'imagination'
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Throughout the 1960s, Clint Eastwood made the difficult leap from being a supporting player in a TV show to starring in movies as a headliner. That TV show was the Western series Rawhide and those movies were also primarily Westerns, most notably the three films which comprise…
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With the latest Call of Duty landing, seemingly without matchmaking features, multiplayer director Joe Cecot says he doesn't believe a system to satisfy all is possible
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News of BioWare shutting down and the development of Mass EffectUniverse ending hit fans hard this week. The community is coming together on a large scale in an attempt to save the beloved sci-fi action role-playing game's future. The latest high-profile supporters, Jennifer…
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The first HD-2D game in Square Enix's long-running RPG series, Final Fantasy Resonance, has finally arrived on consoles and Windows PC. Resonance is a love letter to the franchise, and it's jam-packed with cameos and references to Final Fantasy heroes old and new. Once you've…
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As turmoil continues to pile up, Microsoft veteran Helen Chiang departs the company just a few months after taking a newly created post to assure long-term stability
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Steam Next Fest is currently in full swing, and developers big and small have released new demos so players can discover their upcoming games. While the event runs through Oct. 26, Valve has already revealed to Polygon what the 20 most popular demos out of the 8,000+ games…
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Claude Opus 5.5 users are reporting that Anthropic’s AI suddenly seems to be a lot worse at stealing people's intellectual property
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Stephen King has many novels, novellas, and short stories in his vault, from deeply vivid and memorable epics to narratives that inspired Academy Award-winning movies. One of the hallmarks of his writing is his ability to create truly memorable villains, whether they’re human or…
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Platform games have an undeniable innocence. Since the days of Super Mario Bros., they've embodied the escapist joy that people associate with the medium. It's hard not to be charmed by the colorful aesthetics, creative styles, and beautifully simple gameplay. Sure, plenty of…
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The latest Steam update added a new way for it to recommend new or imminently released games to players. This new Personal Calendar feature will likely have an impact on game discoverability going forward.
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Just a few days before Halloween, developer Behaviour Interactive had an unfortunate announcement to make regarding Dead by Daylight. In November, the game's Chucky Chapter will be removed from the multiplayer horror game, giving players a few weeks to decide if they want to…
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This week's news that EA was shutting down Mass Effect developer BioWare and canceling the next game in the series was a blow to the industry. It was made all the worse when a leaked trailer for the game, known as Mass Effect: Universe, showed exactly what we would all be…
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Shigeru Miyamoto, one of the key figures behind monumental Nintendo franchises like The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario, recently received recognition from the government of Japan typically reserved for artists, athletes, and Nobel Prize winners. The Ministry of Education,…
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Don't believe me? Do yourself a favor and watch the greatest (and scariest) episode of Adventure Time in the show's 10-year run: “Simon & Marcy.”
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A number of major websites and services went offline earlier this week thanks to a massive PHP security vulnerability. One such service was Final Fantasy 14. That posed a major problem for plants. You see, Square Enix's MMO has a number of systems on real-world timers that…
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