Often times, stories come and go on game sites without a sense of permanence or a proper archive. Especially so when you're crashing on another site's couch while building your own. This is our attempt to change that -- a collection of all the in-depth, research-based feature stories we've been...
Our one-stop guide to all of Polygon's in-depth game industry feature stories.
Nintendo just shared some pretty juicy tidbits of information in its pre-E3 livesteam on Facebook, and now we've got the full video for you to check out. It includes a look at the final Wii U Gamepad, Wii U's online gaming capabilities, and the...
Game of Thrones, the popular HBO series following politics and romance in the high fantasy kingdom of Westeros, has plenty of water-cooler moments. Like, how about when you find out that he and she and he have been doing it this whole time, or when that weird lady gave birth to a stab-happy shadow demon? Those are the days you make a few extra trips for free water in the hopes of bumping into...
The courtroom showdown between the creators of Call of Duty and publisher Activision won't be happening. Attorneys involved tell Polygon that the case won't be going before a jury and that it has been resolved.
An attorney representing Jason West and Vince Zampella, former heads of Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward, says a settlement has been reached in the suit but that the terms of that settlement are strictly confidential.
"We have reached a settlement in this matter as to all parties and all claims," said Daniel Petrocelli, one of the attorneys for West and Zampella. "Dismissals will be filed soon."
While Activision representatives declined to comment, the company did send out a statement announcing the settlement of the litigation.
The terms of the settlement, according to the statement, are "strictly confidential."
The wording...
One of the biggest open questions in Nintendo's Wii U strategy has been its online component. The company has wasted no time in outlining some key aspects of its connected feature set in a pre-E3 presentation. In the (painfully-over-the-top cheesy) video demonstration, after dying in a...
Nintendo has unveiled its Wii U next-generation system at a pre-E3 press conference.
Nintendo has announced at its pre-E3 conference that it will offer a more traditional controller for the upcoming Wii U. Unlike the just-announced (and updated) Wii U Gamepad, the Pro Controller should be quite a bit more suited for more... traditional gaming. At first it...
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Today during a streaming video conference, Nintendo detailed the final version of the Wii U controller, which it is calling the Wii U Gamepad....
Advertising can be a nuisance, but it also has the power to take you back in time — as this massive Flickr album filled with classic video game ads proves. The album is nostalgic for two reasons....
What appears to be an official trailer for the rumored Battlefield 3 Premium service hit Youtube today apparently confirming most of the details previously leaked.
According to the a leaked fact sheet, the Premium package gives access to five - the four listed above, and "Aftermath" - DLC packs two weeks before their release, starting with Close...
Since we launched our Minecraft server back in March, our events have mostly been tame and dance party-related — but that's all about to change. Tonight we'll be opening the server to everyone who has a copy of Minecraft and the nerve to face a world besieged by legions of powerful Ender...
Combat-free horror games have become more prominent over the past few years, with both Limbo and Amnesia delivering plenty of unsettling moments in the context of puzzle-solving or platforming. Home, a short game released on June 1st, looks to skew more towards the interactive fiction side of things: it's a pixelated tale that supposedly changes "subtly, almost imperceptibly to reflect your perspective" as you progress through it. From what we've played so far, it clearly takes stylistic cues from Resident Evil and other early survival horror games, but the gameplay is stripped down to walking around and examining your surroundings while...
It's not all guns and fists out there, as the spread of genres this year can attest.
Downloadable titles, Facebook games, sims, and strategy titles are in abundance at this year's E3. Sony Pub Fund darling and PlayStation Network exclusive Papo & Yo stands out with its deeply personal roots alongside Portal designer Kim Swift's charming puzzler Quantum Conundrum. Rumor has it new Nintendo games will be sneaking onto the show floor, many of them announced at last year's E3, such as Luigi's Mansion 2.
This year at E3, we'll be sorting all of our news and previews from the event into easily...
While we're not totally sold on whether an FPS can work well on a touchscreen, we're open to being convinced. And the trailer for Dead Trigger does a heck of a lot of convincing. Developed by Madfinger, the folks who brought the Gears of War-styled Shadowgun to mobile devices, Dead Trigger seems...
Why go outside when you can play from your couch? With air conditioning?
The gang of E3 2013 sports games have revamped their systems and polished their engines, making for more realistic sporting experiences without having to break a sweat.
This year at E3, we'll be sorting all of our news and...
The combined forces of Spyro, Stealth Elf, Gill Grunt, Chop Chop and the rest of the Skylanders crew have made Activision monstrously richer. As of April 30th, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure is the "#1 best-selling console and handheld video game title" worldwide, Activision said today, based on...
Robert Bowling, former creative strategist and community manager for Infinity Ward's Call of Duty games, has revealed his next-generation game plan. It's a zombie apocalypse survival game named Human Element and it's bound for the next-generation of consoles and mobile devices.
Bowling reveals...
One year after announcing the Official PS3 Wireless Stereo Headset, Sony looks poised to deliver a successor. The latest post at PlayStation.Blog reveals that the company will release the Pulse Wireless Stereo Headset Elite Edition this fall for $149.99. Sony claims the new headphones offer a number of new features and design improvements which lead to improved audio quality and immersion.
First on that list is a technology it's calling BassImpact, which Sony says "translates bass sounds into ‘pulses’ around the earpads of the headset." The company is also promising upgraded speaker...
