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Polygon Ranks the 10 Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series
Ask 10 Star Trek fans to name the best episodes of The Original Series, and you will probably get 10 different lists. Some fans put the writing first. Others care more about the performances or the science-fiction ideas. And someone will inevitably argue that “The City on the Edge of Forever” belongs at No. 1....
Steam Frame Gets New Feature a Day After Player Asks Valve for Improvement
Valve responded to a Steam forum request for external CD-ROM drive support on the Steam Frame within a day, and a related code change appeared on GitHub less than 10 minutes after the company’s reply. Players recently noticed another example of Valve’s customer focus. On the Steam forum, a user asked the company to let...
Fans Launch Petition to Restore Classic Jiggle Physics After Blizzard Removes Them From WoW
Players have raised questions for Blizzard Entertainment about animation changes in World of Warcraft: Forever. Some World of Warcraft fans recently sounded the alarm. The author of the YouTube channel Preserve Azeroth compared breast physics in the Classic and WoW: Forever versions of the game. According to the video, the walking, running and dancing animations...
The 10 Best SNES Games to Play on Nintendo Switch Online
Few consoles can match the Super Nintendo’s library, and Nintendo Classics, part of Nintendo Switch Online, currently offers a healthy selection of 77 of its games. Unfortunately, the console’s best third-party titles are mostly missing. You won’t find Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6, or Street Fighter 2 Turbo on the service. The omission hardly matters,...
M. Night Shyamalan’s Nicholas Sparks Adaptation Remain Starring Jake Gyllenhaal Set for 2027 Release
M. Night Shyamalan has never stopped making movies. But his recent work has lived in the shadow of the films that made him one of Hollywood’s best-known directors. After The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs, he made a string of increasingly divisive projects. His newer thrillers have struggled to match the same cultural reach. Old...
Cyberpunk 2077 Hits Record 2.8 Million Mod Downloads in 24 Hours on mod.io After Update 2.5
Cyberpunk 2077 mods were downloaded 2.8 million times in a single day on mod.io. Many players welcomed the official mod support and rushed to download mods. On October 22, CD Projekt RED returned to Cyberpunk 2077 with the large 2.5 update. It added content in the style of the anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, new features...
Bloodborne Meets Deus Ex: Human Revolution in the Best Sleeper Hit on Game Pass
It’s hard to believe how long ago it feels, but 2025 turned out to be an unusually crowded year for new games. Kirby Air Ride finally received a sequel after more than twenty years. Battlefield 6 turned out to be genuinely great. Blue Prince reinvented what a puzzle game could be. And Clair Obscur: Expedition...
Blizzard’s 2012 Action RPG Is Still the Best Co-Op Game on Game Pass
Among Diablo devotees (the people who follow Blizzard’s grim action RPGs, not the residents of hell), one entry is held up as the one to admire: Diablo 2. Few people argue the point. The 2000 release is the series at its bleakest and most punishing, yet it still feels vast. It has remarkable staying power...
Nintendo Switch 2 Hacked, Emulator Built, and Files From FromSoftware’s The Duskbloods Under Analysis
A Caltech student and security researcher who goes by pepsipu says they used artificial intelligence to hack the Nintendo Switch 2. It is not a full kernel-level exploit. It is a “tethered jailbreak,” which stays active only until the device is rebooted. Using this firmware 23.0.1 bypass, pepsipu modified Mario Kart World and made backups...
Xbox Set to Get Nearly 40 New Games in Coming Days, Including Some Unexpected Releases
Dozens of new Xbox games will launch in the Microsoft Store from October 26 to 30, including Mouthwashing, The Wolf Among Us Remastered, and Hunting Simulator 3. Some of them will also be available in Game Pass. The end of the year traditionally brings plenty of releases, and Xbox owners have no shortage of new...
Eric Bauza, Voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, Dies at 46
Emmy-winning voice actor Eric Bauza has died suddenly at age 46 from hypertensive heart disease. His death was announced on the evening of Oct. 25. A notice on his Instagram account read: From the Family of Eric Bauza: Eric Bauza, Emmy Award-winning voice actor and the modern voice of iconic Looney Tunes characters Bugs Bunny...
Popular YouTuber Reportedly Breaks Rockstar Agreement Over GTA VI Access
YouTuber Shirrako has hinted that he received early access to GTA VI, which could put him at odds with Rockstar Games under a strict nondisclosure agreement. The popular YouTuber’s hint set off excitement among fans and raised questions about a possible breach of his nondisclosure agreement with Rockstar Games. Shirrako is known for publishing full...
Japanese Gamers Buy New Releases in Large Numbers as Newcomers Take Entire Sales Podium
Famitsu has published its weekly Japanese game sales chart. Tales of Eternia Remastered took the top spot, and Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse placed among the leaders on two platforms. New releases led the chart for October 12 to 18. Tales of Eternia Remastered filled three of the top five places with its Nintendo Switch 2, Switch,...
Enthusiasts Find Unusual Way to Run Steam Games on PS5 Without a PC
Enthusiasts have found a way to run some Steam games, including Cyberpunk 2077, on a jailbroken PS5. The project carries risks for your account and your saves. A launcher called Playden for PS5 has appeared for jailbroken consoles. It lets users run Steam games directly on the Sony console, without streaming from a PC. An...
Enthusiasts Find Hidden Potential to Nearly Double Performance of NVIDIA RTX 20, RTX 30 and RTX 40 GPUs
Enthusiasts have found a way to raise matrix computation performance on NVIDIA RTX 20, RTX 30, and RTX 40 graphics cards by nearly a factor of two, which is particularly useful for running local AI models. Older NVIDIA GPUs can run some calculations almost twice as fast thanks to modifications that unlock hidden potential in...
Canceled Mass Effect Universe Was Built Around “Absolute Autonomy,” Franchise Technical Director Says
BioWare was developing technology for Mass Effect Universe that would account for decisions from earlier games and let the story continue even after player actions that could derail its usual course. The canceled Mass Effect Universe from BioWare could have featured a choice system capable of creating alternate timelines based on decisions from the original...
Polygon Ranks the 10 Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series
Ask 10 Star Trek fans to name the best episodes of The Original Series, and you will probably get 10 different lists. Some fans put the writing first. Others care more about the performances or the science-fiction ideas. And someone will inevitably argue that “The City on the Edge of Forever” belongs at No. 1....
Steam Frame Gets New Feature a Day After Player Asks Valve for Improvement
Valve responded to a Steam forum request for external CD-ROM drive support on the Steam Frame within a day, and a related code change appeared on GitHub less than 10 minutes after the company’s reply. Players recently noticed another example of Valve’s customer focus. On the Steam forum, a user asked the company to let...
Fans Launch Petition to Restore Classic Jiggle Physics After Blizzard Removes Them From WoW
Players have raised questions for Blizzard Entertainment about animation changes in World of Warcraft: Forever. Some World of Warcraft fans recently sounded the alarm. The author of the YouTube channel Preserve Azeroth compared breast physics in the Classic and WoW: Forever versions of the game. According to the video, the walking, running and dancing animations...
The 10 Best SNES Games to Play on Nintendo Switch Online
Few consoles can match the Super Nintendo’s library, and Nintendo Classics, part of Nintendo Switch Online, currently offers a healthy selection of 77 of its games. Unfortunately, the console’s best third-party titles are mostly missing. You won’t find Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6, or Street Fighter 2 Turbo on the service. The omission hardly matters,...
M. Night Shyamalan’s Nicholas Sparks Adaptation Remain Starring Jake Gyllenhaal Set for 2027 Release
M. Night Shyamalan has never stopped making movies. But his recent work has lived in the shadow of the films that made him one of Hollywood’s best-known directors. After The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs, he made a string of increasingly divisive projects. His newer thrillers have struggled to match the same cultural reach. Old...
Cyberpunk 2077 Hits Record 2.8 Million Mod Downloads in 24 Hours on mod.io After Update 2.5
Cyberpunk 2077 mods were downloaded 2.8 million times in a single day on mod.io. Many players welcomed the official mod support and rushed to download mods. On October 22, CD Projekt RED returned to Cyberpunk 2077 with the large 2.5 update. It added content in the style of the anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, new features...
Bloodborne Meets Deus Ex: Human Revolution in the Best Sleeper Hit on Game Pass
It’s hard to believe how long ago it feels, but 2025 turned out to be an unusually crowded year for new games. Kirby Air Ride finally received a sequel after more than twenty years. Battlefield 6 turned out to be genuinely great. Blue Prince reinvented what a puzzle game could be. And Clair Obscur: Expedition...
Blizzard’s 2012 Action RPG Is Still the Best Co-Op Game on Game Pass
Among Diablo devotees (the people who follow Blizzard’s grim action RPGs, not the residents of hell), one entry is held up as the one to admire: Diablo 2. Few people argue the point. The 2000 release is the series at its bleakest and most punishing, yet it still feels vast. It has remarkable staying power...
Nintendo Switch 2 Hacked, Emulator Built, and Files From FromSoftware’s The Duskbloods Under Analysis
A Caltech student and security researcher who goes by pepsipu says they used artificial intelligence to hack the Nintendo Switch 2. It is not a full kernel-level exploit. It is a “tethered jailbreak,” which stays active only until the device is rebooted. Using this firmware 23.0.1 bypass, pepsipu modified Mario Kart World and made backups...