Month: October 2024

There you have it folks: Sony has finally announced that oft rumoured PS5 Pro, but you’re not going to like the price.During today’s PS5 Technical Presentation, PlayStation confirmed what we all already knew, which is that there’s a PS5 Pro on the way. Years of rumours, and some teases from PlayStation itself, made it clear this would happen at some point, but PS5 architect Mark Cerny gave us a bit of a deep dive on the souped-up version of the current generation of PlayStation consoles, and exactly what sets it apart from its predecessor.PS5 Pro Technical Presentation hosted by Mark Cerny Here’s the presentation for your own viewing pleasure.Watch on YouTubeMuch like the PS4 Pro before it, the PS5 Pro brings a lot of improvements. The PS5 Pro has a larger GPU, improvements to the ray trac…

As expected, The Witcher 3’s REDkit modding tools have given modders a chance to have a go at doing a lot of complex stuff they couldn’t beforehand. The latest of these looks to be the first ever proper attempt at giving the whole map full-blown seasons, and its creator says they’re planning to see if they can get the time of year to switch dynamically in the future.Yep, stop desperately trying to read into the extra line another modder added into TW3’s best ending the other day while you wait for more news on The Witcher 4. As far as I can tell, this is a step beyond the very good individual mods that’ve, for example, allowed you to see what snowy Toussaint would look like.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Inspired by ‘Seasons of Skyrim’, a mod fro…

Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii, a new Like A Dragon spin-off game coming early next year, has been announced at today’s RGG Summit 2024.The game will be a swashbuckling action-adventure title starring Goro Majima as the sole protagonist for the first time in series history, in a similar style to last year’s Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings The game looks to use a bunch of locations and assets from Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth – being set in Hawaii after Majima mysteriously washes up there having forgotten who he is and meets a boy named Noah Rich – with some new additions, including a pirate hub called Madlantis, which is f**king incredible naming.Set after the events of Infinite Wealth, a…

If you haven’t heard of the name The Forever Winter over the last several months, you’ve likely been recommended a video of/about the game at some point on YouTube. That name may not be memorable, but the main tagline of “you’re not the guy” certainly grabbed the attention of many sci-fi fans.Part extraction shooter, part survival game, The Forever Winter is a third-person shooter set in a war-torn world, where humanity isn’t a key player in the conflict for a change. Players simply try to eke out any resources they can while they try to avoid battling armies engaged in their own conflict.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings That particular pitch is what got many players excited about The Forever Winter leading up to…

Bad news, soldier! Things were looking like a walk in the park for Helldivers 2’s latest Major Order, but through the night UK time, a fresh threat arose for Super Earth to ward off. Just when you thought you’d seen it all, a PlayStation Network outage stopped most players on that platform from reinforcing their PC brethren.Don’t worry though, Turing needs to be held, and those who remained on the front look to have taken on the task of doing so with the kind of gusto you’d expect from a force famous for its roleplaying.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings The October 1 outage, according to PlayStation’s network service status page, has been seeing some players experience issues when trying to sign in to their PSN account, launch games and apps, access…

Disney and Epic Games are still working on their big ole metaverse together, but one thing you can’t expect from it is Mickey Mouse running around with a gun.Earlier this year, the house of mouse made a whopping $1.5 billion investment into Epic to create a “persistent universe” tied to Fortnite, though unsurprisingly we’re yet to see the fruits of that labour. There have been plenty of Disney-owned IPs that have appeared in the battle royale, like numerous Star Wars characters and most recently characters from Incredibles, but this massive metaverse project will still be quite a while away. The Verge recently spoke with Epic Games EVP Saxs Persson about this upcoming project, with the most interesting point shared being about the limits of working with certain IP in a technically quite vi…

Are you excited for Dragon Quest 3 2D-HD, and are curious to learn how it’s been made? You’re in luck, as Square Enix will be releasing a series of videos looking back at the evolution of the game. As such, if you’re interesting in how a game like Dragon Quest 3 2D-HD actually gets put together, then it’ll make for an interesting watch throughout this week.Videos will be releasing everyday on official Dragon Quest channels at 2AM PT / 5AM ET / 9AM GMT / 10AM CEST, over the next five days. The exact nature of what these videos will contain remains a mystery, but given we’re getting what looks like five whole videos dedicated to this evolution, that certainly gets hopes up for a substantial look at the game’s growth up until release.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage …

VariousThere are so many ways to be a Dungeons & Dragons fan these days. The tabletop RPG mainstay has been synonymous with pen-and-paper adventuring for 50 years now, and 2024 marks a major reworking of its core rulebooks to make the game more approachable. Anyone who’s played even just a couple of sessions knows how easy it can be to covet a friend’s set of custom dice, appreciate the care a Dungeon Master has taken in setting the right ambience for a crafted campaign, or even obsess over their choice of pen and notebook — after all, it’s what you’ll be spending a large chunk of time staring into as you ponder your character’s next heroic action.But what’s amazing is that you can be a huge D&D fan without ever touching a character sheet. D&D and the Forgotten R…

Traveller’s TalesAlice Jovanée (she/her) is a commerce writer, and she has been writing about gaming and tech since 2005. Prior to Polygon, she worked at publications such as The Verge.Regardless of how you feel about the current season of Rings of Power, if you’re looking for another way to satiate your Tolkien love you’ll definitely want to check out the current catalog of free games available to Amazon Prime members. Earlier this month, both Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor GOTY Edition, and Lego The Lord of the Rings were made available to Amazon Prime members for free through Sept. 30. However, you can now also pick up Lego The Hobbit for free through Oct. 23. Just head to the corresponding Prime Gaming page and you’ll be presented with a code that you can redeem on GOG.com fo…

Nintendo of AmericaCameron Faulkner (he/him) is Polygon’s commerce editor. He began writing about tech and gaming in 2013, and migrated from The Verge in 2023.One of the best unofficial October Prime Day deals has come early at Woot, where you can get a new Nintendo Switch OLED with either white or neon blue/red Joy-Con for $299.99 ($50 off). It’s not typical for this console to receive any kind of discount, so we’re usually skeptical that there’s something amiss when one pops up, like an iffy warranty, or that it isn’t the U.S. version, which includes a different power adapter. However, there are no strings attached; you’re just getting a great deal.Nintendo Switch OLED$300$35014% off$300Nintendo’s hybrid console still has plenty of staying power, especially with this year�…