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Polygon Ranks the Five Best Book Releases Since 1990
Literary classics tend to bring to mind Austen and Shelley, Joyce and Steinbeck. These authors lived and died long ago, and their work keeps their legacy alive. Plenty of great writers are still publishing today, though. Some of the books they have released over the last three decades may become the classics of the future....
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s pay falls 6% to $90.6 million as Xbox misses a proxy target
Xbox’s missed performance target reduced Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s annual pay, according to materials prepared for the company’s shareholder meeting. Nadella will receive $90.6 million, which is $5.8 million less than a year earlier. The figures come from documents prepared for the annual shareholder meeting. The gaming division was the only Microsoft unit that failed...
“Street Fighter” Gets Digital Release Date
The big-screen adaptation of the Street Fighter video game is set to arrive on international digital platforms on December 1, according to the website DVD Release Dates. Paramount has yet to confirm the date. The film opened in theaters last week and has earned $57 million worldwide. It follows a karate fighter who, in the...
The Witcher’s Geralt Returns in New 2026 Release
Witcher fans have plenty to anticipate. A remaster of The Witcher 3 is on the way, along with the Songs of the Past expansion. The Witcher 4 is expected sometime in 2028. Those fans likely know that the games are based on an iconic book series, as is the Netflix show. They may be glad...
Fatekeeper Becomes a Steam Hit With 500,000 Sales From a 13-Person Team
Fatekeeper, a first-person fantasy RPG from the small studio Paraglacial and publisher THQ Nordic, has sold more than 500,000 copies on Steam. The game is still in Early Access. Only 13 developers work on Fatekeeper. The game lets players explore the ruins of ancient civilizations, disaster sites, and dangerous corners of a fantasy world. Players...
RTX 4070 Runs Bloodborne in PS4 Emulator, and Fans Show Sony What Players Want
A fan-made PC version of Bloodborne with NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation support runs at more than 200 FPS on a GeForce RTX 4070. On PS4, the game is capped at 30 FPS. The YouTube channel MxBenchmarkPC tested the unofficial port by Super Medo. At 4K with DLAA, the game averages around 40 FPS. With DLSS...
Enthusiast Ports GTA IV to PS5, With Part of the Work Done by AI
GTA IV now runs on a modified PS5 using a fan project and an Xbox 360 disc image. It is not a full port, and AI handled part of the work. Graphic designer Ruben Ripalda adapted OZORDI’s Liberty Recompiled project for a hacked Sony console. The solution lets players run the game from an Xbox...
Media Confirm Sandra Hüller’s Participation in the New “Avengers”
Oscar nominee Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest) will make a cameo in the blockbuster Avengers: Doomsday. Variety has confirmed the rumors about the actress’s involvement. Her name appeared in the film’s stunt performer listings in September. Marvel still has not commented on Hüller’s casting or on any details of her...
Marvel Post-Credits Scenes That Have Yet to Lead Anywhere
For 18 years, Marvel Studios has cared about the continuity of its ongoing mega-story as much as the content of any single superhero film. The 23-film Infinity Saga built toward Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. The two-part blockbuster event brought the entire sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe together for one grand battle royale. The Infinity...
NDP Leader Avi Lewis Criticizes EA Over BioWare Closure, Calls for Federal Support for Employee Buyout
Avi Lewis says BioWare employees should pool their money and buy the studio from EA so they can make great games with government backing. Avi Lewis, leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP), criticized Electronic Arts after reports that BioWare is being shut down. He said the studio’s employees should get the chance to buy...
Trailer for Canceled Mass Effect 5 Leaks Online, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier Says It Is Real
BioWare was working on the game right up until the studio closed. What appears to be a genuine trailer for the next Mass Effect, which BioWare was developing before the studio shut down, has surfaced online. The video, titled Mass Effect: Universe, was posted on Reddit the day after news broke that the studio had...
Cloverfield Begins Streaming on Peacock in the US on October 1
In early 2006, J.J. Abrams was in the middle of a generational run. Alias was about to end. Lost had become a cultural phenomenon. Abrams was traveling the world to promote his directorial debut, Mission: Impossible 3, and he was only getting started. At Paramount’s 2007 San Diego Comic-Con panel, Abrams said he had visited...
Capcom Had to Improve RE Engine for Onimusha: Way of the Sword’s New Enemy Dismemberment System
The dismemberment system from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance did not fit the pace of Onimusha: Way of the Sword. The developers of Onimusha: Way of the Sword have described the technology behind the game’s realistic sword-fight animation and dynamic enemy dismemberment. According to game director Satoru Nihei, Capcom had to do more than create a...
Saber Interactive Head Calls AA Games Like Hellraiser: Revival the Future of the Industry
Less financial risk, more creative freedom. Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch says AA games with relatively modest budgets could be one of the key factors in the games industry’s survival and continued growth. In his view, developers should pay more attention to these projects because they carry less financial risk and can deliver a higher...
Two Skyrim-Themed Elder Scrolls Online Add-Ons Now Free in Base Game
Bethesda has launched Season 2 of The Elder Scrolls Online – Echoes of Skyrim. The season adds about 30 hours of free content and opens up add-ons that were previously paid. ZeniMax Online and Bethesda built the update around the snowy province of Skyrim. Players can already claim the Greymoor chapter and the Wolfhunter DLC...
Filming Wraps on the New “Fisher”
The streaming service Wink has announced that production on the fourth season of «Fisher» is complete. The new episodes, subtitled «Black Avenue», will premiere in 2027. The cast includes Evgeny Tsyganov, Oliver Raymond Mara, Viktoria Isakova, Sergey Gilev and others. Sergey Taramaev and Lyubov Lvova return as showrunners. In the story, a young Moscow investigator...
Polygon Ranks the Five Best Book Releases Since 1990
Literary classics tend to bring to mind Austen and Shelley, Joyce and Steinbeck. These authors lived and died long ago, and their work keeps their legacy alive. Plenty of great writers are still publishing today, though. Some of the books they have released over the last three decades may become the classics of the future....
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s pay falls 6% to $90.6 million as Xbox misses a proxy target
Xbox’s missed performance target reduced Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s annual pay, according to materials prepared for the company’s shareholder meeting. Nadella will receive $90.6 million, which is $5.8 million less than a year earlier. The figures come from documents prepared for the annual shareholder meeting. The gaming division was the only Microsoft unit that failed...
“Street Fighter” Gets Digital Release Date
The big-screen adaptation of the Street Fighter video game is set to arrive on international digital platforms on December 1, according to the website DVD Release Dates. Paramount has yet to confirm the date. The film opened in theaters last week and has earned $57 million worldwide. It follows a karate fighter who, in the...
The Witcher’s Geralt Returns in New 2026 Release
Witcher fans have plenty to anticipate. A remaster of The Witcher 3 is on the way, along with the Songs of the Past expansion. The Witcher 4 is expected sometime in 2028. Those fans likely know that the games are based on an iconic book series, as is the Netflix show. They may be glad...
Fatekeeper Becomes a Steam Hit With 500,000 Sales From a 13-Person Team
Fatekeeper, a first-person fantasy RPG from the small studio Paraglacial and publisher THQ Nordic, has sold more than 500,000 copies on Steam. The game is still in Early Access. Only 13 developers work on Fatekeeper. The game lets players explore the ruins of ancient civilizations, disaster sites, and dangerous corners of a fantasy world. Players...
RTX 4070 Runs Bloodborne in PS4 Emulator, and Fans Show Sony What Players Want
A fan-made PC version of Bloodborne with NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation support runs at more than 200 FPS on a GeForce RTX 4070. On PS4, the game is capped at 30 FPS. The YouTube channel MxBenchmarkPC tested the unofficial port by Super Medo. At 4K with DLAA, the game averages around 40 FPS. With DLSS...
Enthusiast Ports GTA IV to PS5, With Part of the Work Done by AI
GTA IV now runs on a modified PS5 using a fan project and an Xbox 360 disc image. It is not a full port, and AI handled part of the work. Graphic designer Ruben Ripalda adapted OZORDI’s Liberty Recompiled project for a hacked Sony console. The solution lets players run the game from an Xbox...
Media Confirm Sandra Hüller’s Participation in the New “Avengers”
Oscar nominee Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest) will make a cameo in the blockbuster Avengers: Doomsday. Variety has confirmed the rumors about the actress’s involvement. Her name appeared in the film’s stunt performer listings in September. Marvel still has not commented on Hüller’s casting or on any details of her...
Marvel Post-Credits Scenes That Have Yet to Lead Anywhere
For 18 years, Marvel Studios has cared about the continuity of its ongoing mega-story as much as the content of any single superhero film. The 23-film Infinity Saga built toward Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. The two-part blockbuster event brought the entire sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe together for one grand battle royale. The Infinity...