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.
After a brief stint celebrating American holidays, we're back and ready to deliver on the news of today and yesterday. With the Higgs boson discovered, a new PlayStation 3 uncovered, and Galaxy Nexus sales shuttered, Joshua Topolsky is back in the...
Thinking about importing Atlus' upcoming fighting game set in the Persona series? You may want to think again, as Persona 4 Arena will be region-locked on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Atlus says.
That's a rarity on the PS3. Unlike its competitors – and previous PlayStations – the system was designed to be largely region-free for games, meaning PlayStation 3 owners can play almost all...
THQ Australia is honoring all Darksiders II pre-order DLC bonuses purchased through now-defunct retailer, GAME Australia, the publisher announced today.
GAME Australia had offered those who pre-ordered Darksiders II a free DLC pack titled 'Deadly Despair'. The retailer went into liquidation last month, meaning that it will be unable to fulfill this pre-order bonus. THQ Australia stepped in today and announced that it will be honoring the DLC bonus for those who email their receipt of their original pre-order from GAME along with a new pre-order receipt from any other retailer to: enquiriesau@thq.com.
Once THQ receives this, customers' 'Deadly Despair' code will be sent out in the days following the launch of Darksiders II.
Don't despair, Darksiders
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will get a free, updated version of the MW2 Terminal map on July 17th, Mark Rubin confirmed via Twitter today.
The map will be available for Call of Duty: Elite preminum subscribers on Xbox 360, with non-members receiving the map pending Microsoft approval the...
An early build of Star Wars: Battlefront 3, the Free Radical-developed game that LucasArts canceled due to budget concerns, shows potential in an hour-long video captured by Past to Present Online.
The footage focuses mainly on the Cloud...
Skyrim’s “Dawnguard” expansion has a lot to live up to.
Bethesda's open-world RPGs have set a precedent. The best expansions explore entirely new lands, unlike those explored in the main game. Oblivion’s “The Shivering Isles” was twisted, alien; "Point Lookout"...
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NiGHTS into dreams..., a flight-based platformer released for the Sega Saturn 16 years ago today, is coming this fall to XBLA, PSN, Steam and...
High Moon Studios moved up the release dates for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron to August 21st in North America and the 24th in the UK, Activision announced this morning.
Fall of Cybertron was...
Marvel vs. Capcom Origins will bundle Marvel Super Heroes and Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes together on XBLA and PSN this September, according a press release from Capcom.
The downloadable title will include updates like HD graphics, dynamic challenges for in-game achievements, unlockables and replay saving. Underneath the hood, M...
Real-time strategy (RTS) isn't a gaming genre known for its hardware — fans of Command & Conquer or StarCraft are more likely to care about keyboard shortcuts and pointer precision than the details of physical gamepads. But that's not to say that a custom controller can't be built. In response...
The next update to Minecraft, version 1.3, is set to change the game's fundamental structure on August 1st, developer Mojang announced today.
Single-player Minecraft will no longer exist on its own; instead, it will live as a "shell" atop the multiplayer mode. This sets the stage for the modding API, which has been pushed back to the 1.4 update, and makes it much easier for Mojang to fix bugs.
However, this change also means that "the game needs to be able to both simulate and emulate the world" during single-player gameplay, an exercise that increases Minecraft's system requirements. The studio is working on optimizations to rendering,...
This week Blizzard revealed the upcoming pet and mount due to be available with the release of World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Collector's Edition.
As made public on the official Facebook page for the massively multiplayer game, users will receive an Imperial Quilen and Lucky Quilen Cub with the purchase of the Collector's Edition.
Last month, data files found in the Mists of Pandaria beta revealed the Quilen pet and mount were due to become available in this edition; however, no models were presented until now.
A release date for World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria is yet to be...
Namco Bandai announced a new fighting game today, a stylised anime-esque title called JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle.
The game, which was announced at a Namco press conference today, is being developed by CyberConnect 2 and is planned...
When we saw the announcement this week of a $99 Android game console called the Ouya, it made us wonder if we’d ever see a real iOS-powered equivalent. Sure, AirPlay lets you mirror iOS games on your big screen, but for a lot of games, tapping...
Disney is spending £3 million ($4.7 million) on an internet safety campaign around its massively-multiplayer online game for kids, Club Penguin, the game's co-founder Lane Merrifield announced today.
The internet safety campaign will target more...
Australian indie studio Pixel Elephant released its much-loved action-puzzler Monstaaa! on Android this week along with a new update for iOS users.
The one-man team behind Pixel Elephant, Maciej Sawitus (formerly of Blue Tongue Entertainment),...
The first Lego Batman had issues to rival the Dark Knight himself. It was the first stumble in Lego’s cute, kid-friendly line of brand reinventions, tripped up by bland level design and a lack of iconic scenes to draw from for the series’ trademark dialogue-free humor. I swore off Lego games for the next few years after Lego Batman.
Now, after a four year break, the caped crusader is back to seek justice for past misdeeds, and much has changed on the streets of Lego Gotham.
Lego Batman 2 address all of its predecessor's biggest problems and serves as the most significant step forward...
