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'Not a fun time': Quebec video game industry in limbo as studios cut back
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A couple of weeks ago I blogged about the end of Destiny 2, but oddly once I had re-completed the quests of Season 2 of Marathon I booted up Destiny 2 again. A game that I hadn't touched since 'The Final Shape' DLC released back in June of 2024. It…
Video game remakes have officially reached a point of no return
Patch Notes is a weekly newsletter bringing you the best of Polygon, sent on Fridays and published on the site on Sundays. You can subscribe here. This week, Disney released a live-action remake of Moana, its wonderful animated movie.
These 5 Video Game Villains Are Worse Than Anything in Movies
Movies have produced some of the most iconic villains in fiction. From slasher icons to crime lords and galaxy-conquering tyrants, cinema has spent decades raising the bar for what makes a truly unforgettable antagonist. Video games, however, have…
Forget 'Yellowstone,' This Western Video Game Series Could Be Your Next Obsession, but There's a Catch
Ever since Yellowstone went off the air, folks have been wondering what sort of Western tale would be able to take its place. In the debate, some have turned to video games for the answer. Since the release of Red Dead Redemption 2, many have been…
6 Forgotten Spider-Man Video Games That Are Way Better Than You Think
The one and only Marvel golden boy, Spider-Man, has had an exceptional career in the video game industry. While he's most well-known for games like the Spider-Verse spanning Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, the ultimate adventure of Ultimate…
Expensive Games Are Fueling Steam's Most Lucrative Year
The video game industry is in dire straights. Years of mismanagement and atrophy of the cultural ecosystem has resulted in non-stop closures, cancellations and collapse. Does that mean the money's gone? No, no. It seems the money is still there.
Pokémon Go at 10 and the millions still trying to catch 'em all
Laura Cress Technology reporter Pokémon fans have spent the past three decades trying to catch 'em all - and since the beginning this hunt has often taken place outside the home. The popular series started out on Nintendo's portable Game Boy…
Pokémon Go at 10 and the millions still trying to catch 'em all
Pokémon fans have spent the past three decades trying to catch 'em all - and since the beginning this hunt has often taken place outside the home. The popular series started out on Nintendo's portable Game Boy console in 1996, and has found…
Who Owns Epic Games?
It's near impossible to talk about Epic Games without mentioning 'Fortnite.' It is one of the biggest and most successful video games of all time. There are several ways to play it such as on the Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo Switch…
GTA 6 Boycott Exposes A Much Bigger Problem
The video game industry couldn't be more different and dystopian than it was before we knew about Grand Theft Auto 6 's Standard and Ultimate editions, including how much they would cost, what would be paywalled in the latter, and that neither…
Hideo Kojima Officially Responds to PlayStation's Execution of Physical Media
The video game industry is never far from controversy, although it seems that, lately, there have been more controversies than usual. The biggest of these came last week, when PlayStation announced it would stop producing physical game discs…
Tech stocks feel like the only game in town. Here's why they are so hard to abandon
So many times when I want to write about something other than technology companies, I get hung up, not just on the size of tech — something my colleague David Faber often reminds me of — but how wonderfully robust tech is versus other…
John Romero discusses Xbox cuts at id Software: Stresses digital preservation, history importance
With the gaming industry experiencing turbulence, the recent announcement of division-wide layoffs at Xbox has sent shockwaves throughout the sector, particularly impacting the renowned Doom studio, id Software. This comes just as the studio was…
Over 170,000 signatures on petition against Sony's plan to end PlayStation physical discs
The recent uproar following Sony's decision to cease the production of physical discs for PlayStation games by January 2028 has sparked a significant backlash, underscored by a rapidly growing Change.org petition. Dubbed “Don't Kill the…
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