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At midnight on Dec. 19, 2014, Nickelodeon dumped the final two episodes of Avatar: The Legend of Korra on Nick.com. That night, I gathered on the couch with my roommate to watch the end of an epic four-season story. Streaming technology in 2014 still had room to grow. After watching Nickelodeon’s online video player buffer...

Working with former Marvel colleagues reminded actor Mike Colter of filming Netflix shows. Mike Colter shared his impressions of returning to the role of Luke Cage in Daredevil: Born Again. In an interview with CinemaBlend, the actor admitted that meeting his former colleagues after a several-year break gave him a strange feeling: “It feels like...

Switchboard serves as Polygon’s weekly curation of all things Nintendo, delivered on Thursdays and published on the site every Saturday. You can subscribe here. Developing modern video games becomes more demanding, protracted, and costly with each passing year, yet Nintendo appears entirely immune to this industry trend. The platform holder has maintained a remarkable cadence...

Prepare to hit the open road! Today, we are thrilled to unveil an exclusive gameplay showcase from the highly anticipated Coaches DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2. Join us as we take the magnificent Scania Touring out for a spin through the breathtaking, picturesque landscapes of Northern Norway. In this brand-new video, we cruise along...

Without a doubt, the most iconic Peanuts TV special is A Charlie Brown Christmas. Every holiday season, the 1965 special is appointment viewing, and just about everything in it is iconic, from Charlie Brown’s pathetic Christmas tree to the goofy dances the kids do. And while the first-place status for that special goes without challenge,...

The eighth installment in the Paranormal Activity series is set to release on May 21, 2027, marking 20 years since the original film and six years after the previous entry. Plot details remain largely under wraps, but Blumhouse revealed at New York Comic Con that the movie returns to the original house belonging to Katie...

Few Magic: The Gathering items have exerted as much dominance over the meta in recent years as The One Ring. Debuting in 2023 via The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, this four-mana legendary artifact grants its controller temporary immunity for a full turn before steadily accumulating burden counters. Tapping the ring generates an...

Microsoft is streamlining certification and game releases on Xbox after acknowledging that previous procedures hindered collaboration with third-party studios and deterred small teams. Microsoft is simplifying game certification and publishing on Xbox to attract more third-party developers and reduce bureaucratic barriers. Company management acknowledged that past procedures seriously complicated collaboration with external studios. The changes...

Pose this question to any game developer or passionate gamer regarding the video game industry’s steepest hurdles, and one term invariably arises: “discoverability.” With a staggering volume of titles flooding the market daily, standing out and ensuring your creation gets noticed has reached unprecedented levels of difficulty. This challenge is particularly acute on Steam, a...

Gears of War: E-Day, built on Unreal Engine 5, has been compared to Space Marine 2, which runs on the Swarm engine, putting the graphics, physics, destruction, and performance of both games to the test. The main advantage of Space Marine 2 is optimization, as the Swarm engine handles scenes featuring dozens and hundreds of...

Distributor Volga has scheduled the Russian theatrical release of “The Maid 2” for December 16, 2027, beating the global premiere by one day. The sequel to the hit thriller features a stellar ensemble cast including Sydney Sweeney, Kirsten Dunst, Paul Anthony Kelly, Brittany Snow, Stephen Kalin, and Michele Morrone, with Paul Feig returning to the...

A new trailer emphasizes that players can expect two fundamentally different perspectives: Atsu’s emotional story in the new chapters and the hunt for the “Snakes” in the Most Wanted mode. Sucker Punch Productions has released a new trailer for Ghost of Yotei focused on critical praise for the Echoes of Sekigahara story expansion and the...

Cloud Imperium Games has just dropped a fresh trailer for Squadron 42, the narrative-driven single-player campaign set within the Star Citizen ecosystem, which has been in development for over ten years. This latest footage provides strong evidence that the ambitious project is far from vaporware, and eager fans can now add the game to their...

Stranger Things breakout star Sadie Sink is set to headline the upcoming A24 project The Guest, according to reports from Deadline. Based on Emma Cline’s 2024 novel of the same name, the film follows Alex, a calculating grifter who drifts from one high-end residence to another throughout the course of a single summer. The adaptation...