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Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Sounds Significantly Better Than the Original
Switchboard is Polygon’s weekly Nintendo newsletter. It goes out to subscribers on Thursdays and appears on the site on Saturdays. Subscribe here. Nintendo is still firmly committed to physical games. That shouldn’t surprise anyone, but it made headlines this week when a Nintendo executive in Latin America said so in passing. Bill van Zyll pointed...
Windows 11 Runs Faster in Games After 26H2 Update, but Not for Everyone
The Windows 11 26H2 update improves gaming performance, with the biggest gains in CPU-heavy games. Microsoft is continuing to optimize Windows 11 for gaming. Tests of the 26H2 update showed a small performance increase, especially in games that put heavy load on the processor. On PCs with 8 GB of RAM, the system should also...
Saros Beats Major Game Brands in Three Categories
Housemarque’s Saros took home three Music + Sound Awards 2026, beating Ghost of Yotei, Borderlands 4, Diablo IV, and 007 First Light. The game from the Finnish studio Housemarque won in three categories at the ceremony, with those titles among the games it outpaced. The jury recognized the music during gameplay, the soundtrack for story...
PlayStation Developing Technology to Predict Players’ Movements, Sony Says
Sony has patented a frame generation technology for PlayStation that predicts player actions from controller data and prepares images in advance to reduce latency. Unlike existing Frame Generation systems, Sony’s technology analyzes not only frames that have already been rendered but also controller input, trying to anticipate the player’s next actions. Current frame generation inserts...
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride Returns to Streaming
Independent studio Laika is the first name that comes to mind for beautiful, high-quality stop-motion animation. Its hand-crafted puppetry and 3D-printing technology have brought stories to life for years, from Coraline to ParaNorman. Each film leans toward adult themes and gothic undertones while keeping a strong focus on family dynamics. Laika’s most recent film, Travis...
D&D’s Arcana Unleashed Officially Solves One of the Game’s Most Frustrating Problems
Imagine Kellnor, a hulking, Conan-esque Barbarian with a formidable weapon in each fist. In one hand is a demonic blade he seized from the Cult of Asmodeus. In the other is Azuredge, a radiant battleaxe forged by the legendary archwizard Ahghairon. A sentient weapon, it houses the spirit of Lady Lauroun, a celebrated hero of...
True Detective Season 5 Casts Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas as Leads
True Detective Season 5 has two leads and a location. Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas will star as the headlining duo. What we know about True Detective Season 5 True Detective has a reputation as one of the best and most influential crime dramas on television. Its influence showed up most recently in DC Studios’...
US Lawmaker Proposes Plan to Protect Digital Game Ownership
U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres is preparing to introduce the Power To The Players Act, a bill meant to strengthen consumer protections by giving players true ownership of the digital games they buy. If it becomes law, the Federal Trade Commission would be able to write rules that stop companies from pulling games from sale, retiring...
Ghost of Yotei Nearly Matches Ghost of Tsushima in Revenue Despite Fewer Copies Sold
Ghost of Yotei has generated an estimated $407 million in revenue, according to Alinea Analytics. That nearly matches Ghost of Tsushima at a comparable point in its sales, even though the first game sold noticeably more copies. About 5.4 million people have bought Ghost of Yotei, compared with almost 7 million for its predecessor. The...
Pokémon GO Minior Shower Schedule
Minior, the meteor Pokémon, is arriving in Pokémon Go with its assortment of vibrant cores. It can only be found during real-world meteor showers. These events happen only a few times a year, so stay alert when they do. Minior also turns up more often in the evening, so keep a particularly close watch then....
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey Remaster Launches December 8 on PS5, Xbox Series and Switch 2, Free for Existing Owners
A remaster of Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, rebuilt on Unreal Engine 5, will launch on December 8, 2026. Owners of the older versions will receive it for free. The overlooked game will arrive in an updated edition on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch 2. Owners of the PS4 and Xbox One versions can...
Could GTA 6 Compete for Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2026?
The Game Awards website now lists a clear eligibility deadline that lets GTA 6 compete at The Game Awards 2026. A game must be commercially available to consumers by November 21. The relatively late release date of GTA 6 had raised questions about its chances of being nominated for awards at the end of 2026....
Native PS5 Game Launch on PC May Be a Month Away as Enthusiasts Near Finishing Decryption
If the current pace holds, the AnyPS5 developers will finish their work in 24 days. After that, PS5 games could run natively on PC without emulation. The developers of the AnyPS5 project have decoded 100% of the PlayStation 5’s graphics shader instructions. Their study of the console’s system libraries is 89.44% complete. At the current...
5 Years On, One Game’s Blood Sacrifice Mechanic Still Haunts Me
Most of the time, a card game doesn’t carry much weight. You might wager a little money, or you might just be playing for bragging rights. Even a loss rarely does any real harm. Inscryption (2021) is different. Daniel Mullins Games developed this deckbuilding horror game and Devolver Digital published it. It opens with a...
Microsoft Turns Windows 11 Into an Xbox and Speeds Up PC Games
Microsoft is testing an updated Xbox app for Windows 11 with an interface modeled on the Xbox Series X/S, while also working to improve system performance in games. Windows Central journalists have already tried an early version of the app. They noted a “huge performance improvement over its predecessor.” The changes were also assessed on...
Nintendo to Raise Switch 2 Repair Prices
Nintendo will raise prices for out-of-warranty repairs of the Switch and Switch 2 in Japan starting November 16, citing higher component costs. The cost of replacing the motherboard in the new console will rise from about $170 to more than $230. The increase applies to both the original Switch and its successor. The listed amounts...
Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Sounds Significantly Better Than the Original
Switchboard is Polygon’s weekly Nintendo newsletter. It goes out to subscribers on Thursdays and appears on the site on Saturdays. Subscribe here. Nintendo is still firmly committed to physical games. That shouldn’t surprise anyone, but it made headlines this week when a Nintendo executive in Latin America said so in passing. Bill van Zyll pointed...
Windows 11 Runs Faster in Games After 26H2 Update, but Not for Everyone
The Windows 11 26H2 update improves gaming performance, with the biggest gains in CPU-heavy games. Microsoft is continuing to optimize Windows 11 for gaming. Tests of the 26H2 update showed a small performance increase, especially in games that put heavy load on the processor. On PCs with 8 GB of RAM, the system should also...
Saros Beats Major Game Brands in Three Categories
Housemarque’s Saros took home three Music + Sound Awards 2026, beating Ghost of Yotei, Borderlands 4, Diablo IV, and 007 First Light. The game from the Finnish studio Housemarque won in three categories at the ceremony, with those titles among the games it outpaced. The jury recognized the music during gameplay, the soundtrack for story...
PlayStation Developing Technology to Predict Players’ Movements, Sony Says
Sony has patented a frame generation technology for PlayStation that predicts player actions from controller data and prepares images in advance to reduce latency. Unlike existing Frame Generation systems, Sony’s technology analyzes not only frames that have already been rendered but also controller input, trying to anticipate the player’s next actions. Current frame generation inserts...
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride Returns to Streaming
Independent studio Laika is the first name that comes to mind for beautiful, high-quality stop-motion animation. Its hand-crafted puppetry and 3D-printing technology have brought stories to life for years, from Coraline to ParaNorman. Each film leans toward adult themes and gothic undertones while keeping a strong focus on family dynamics. Laika’s most recent film, Travis...
D&D’s Arcana Unleashed Officially Solves One of the Game’s Most Frustrating Problems
Imagine Kellnor, a hulking, Conan-esque Barbarian with a formidable weapon in each fist. In one hand is a demonic blade he seized from the Cult of Asmodeus. In the other is Azuredge, a radiant battleaxe forged by the legendary archwizard Ahghairon. A sentient weapon, it houses the spirit of Lady Lauroun, a celebrated hero of...
True Detective Season 5 Casts Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas as Leads
True Detective Season 5 has two leads and a location. Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas will star as the headlining duo. What we know about True Detective Season 5 True Detective has a reputation as one of the best and most influential crime dramas on television. Its influence showed up most recently in DC Studios’...
US Lawmaker Proposes Plan to Protect Digital Game Ownership
U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres is preparing to introduce the Power To The Players Act, a bill meant to strengthen consumer protections by giving players true ownership of the digital games they buy. If it becomes law, the Federal Trade Commission would be able to write rules that stop companies from pulling games from sale, retiring...
Ghost of Yotei Nearly Matches Ghost of Tsushima in Revenue Despite Fewer Copies Sold
Ghost of Yotei has generated an estimated $407 million in revenue, according to Alinea Analytics. That nearly matches Ghost of Tsushima at a comparable point in its sales, even though the first game sold noticeably more copies. About 5.4 million people have bought Ghost of Yotei, compared with almost 7 million for its predecessor. The...