Subnautica 2′s Co-Op Buddy System Update Is Live, And Has The Coolest Chat
Version 1.2 of the early access build also adds ways to revive friends, trade items, and airtag your luggage
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The Best And Worst Parts Of Every Metal Gear Game
Here are the high and low points of every major entry in the hit Konami espionage series created by Hideo Kojima
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We Just Had The Worst July For Console Sales In The U.S. Since The Pandemic As The RAM Crisis Ruins Everything
The average price of a video game console in the U.S. last month was over $500
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New Sony Patent Discusses The Possibility Of AI That Grinds Games For You And Lets You Sell Your Player Data To Train It
The AI ghost of Ghost of Yōtei could get revenge for you
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Even More Unofficial GTA 6 Footage Suggests Leaker Has A Playable Build
We also get a sense of the scale and intricacy of the game's cities, and a glimpse of the radio stations
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Nintendo Switch 2 Officially Just Got One of the Decade's Best Games
The Nintendo Switch 2 continues to show why it's worth the upgrade. The Peabody Award-winning 1000xResist received a Switch 2 edition on Thursday, allowing the narrative adventure "to be played as intended," according to developer sunset visitor 斜陽過客 in a press release.
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Nobody understands gambling, especially in video games
What is gambling? Strategic deck-builders like Luck Be A Landlord and Balatro have both been hit with high age-ratings by app stores and ratings boards, because the games are associated with gambling. Both are one-time purchases with no microtransactions, and no ties to gambling…
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A brief history of Nintendo NOT letting you play as Zelda
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is a big deal for the franchise because it’s finally the first MAINLINE game where you get to play as Princess Zelda. But it’s actually not the first game where you can play as Zelda. Not by a slingshot. Polygon's Clayton Ashley walks…
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New Naruto Anime Could Be Announced Soon: Here's Everything We Know
It was March 2023 when the Naruto anime remake was first announced as part of the series' 20th anniversary. The project consisted of four special episodes, re-animated with modern technology. We even got a spectacular teaser of what this would look like, in the form of a…
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Why are creepy games always set in Washington?
The Pacific Northwest in video games is pretty uniformly creepy, dark, and wet. But how did it get like that? Polygon's Simone de Rochefort traces the history of the Pacific Northwest in media, from Alan Wake 2 and Pacific Drive, all the way back to Twin Peaks — and the new…
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32 Years Later, The Best 'Calvin and Hobbes' Quote About Why Work Sucks Is Still Painfully Accurate
In Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes, we as readers only get a few incidental looks at what either of Calvin's parents do when Calvin isn't around. Watterson wrote in the Calvin and Hobbes 10th anniversary collection that Calvin's father is a patent attorney, like Watterson's…
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The Marvel Movie That Killed Sony's Spider-Man Universe Is Coming to Disney Plus
2024 was a banner year for Sony's Spider-Man Universe, with no less than three Spidey-adjacent spinoffs released in theaters: Madame Web, Venom: The Last Dance, and Kraven the Hunter. All three films were met with acidic critical response, and all but one — the third Venom movie…
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Steam Sale Includes Indie Horror Hit Carrion for 80% Off
Horror games usually put you in the shoes of someone desperately trying to survive. Maybe you’re creeping through a dark hallway with three bullets left, hiding under a bed while something searches the room, or running away from a creature you have absolutely no hope of killing.
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GTA 6 Is Too Big For These Leaks To Hurt It
When game companies get hacked, the hackers' motivations are usually the same as for any other data breach: clout, extortion, or simply because they can. That's not the case with this latest Grand Theft Auto 6 leak, which, I regret to inform you, has its origins in Gaming…
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Pokémon’s 30th Anniversary Set Might Be Making A Mysterious New Mew Card The Rarest Ever
A new rumor claims the card will have a 1 in 20,000 pull rate
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Pokémon Halloween 2026 Merch Is Here So Ditch The 12-foot Home Depot Skeleton
The Pokémon Center put its new Halloween merchandise up for sale on Wednesday, because time moves too fast, and somehow it's almost spooky season. 2026, where have you gone?
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