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Following last week's news of a June release date for Nightdive Studios' long-in-the-works System Shock 2 remaster, the developer's been talking about the future of the beloved series - suggesting a full-blown System Shock 2 remake could potentially also be on the cards.

Lenovo has the honor of releasing the first SteamOS handhelds not made by Valve, and it looks like you won't have to wait long to get them. Legion Go S handhelds with SteamOS ship May 25, according to a new Best Buy listing spotted by The Verge, but go for at least $50 more than the original $499.99 price Lenovo promised. The Legion Go S powered by SteamOS now starts at $549.99, which gets you an 8-inch, 120Hz OLED display, comfortable controls, a fingerprint reader / touchpad, 16GB of RAM and t...

MindsEye tells a tale of power and corruption in the near-future metropolis of Redrock City.

What if there was a woman in your yard, sitting pensively in an austere, lacy black mourning veil, just… waiting? It wouldn’t take very long for you to feel unnerved, whether she did something or not. This is the very basic setup of the (appropriately titled) The Woman in the Yard, the new Blumhouse horror...

With the second release candidate of iOS 18.4 that Apple seeded out today, the company finally provided us with release notes that give a full rundown on what to expect. There's an Apple Vision Pro app, new Apple Intelligence features for notifications and additional language support, plus an Apple News Food feature for ‌Apple News‌+ subscribers, and several updates that should improve the functionality of the Photos app. Apple's release notes are below. Apple Intelligence (All iPhone 16 models,...

Monster Hunter Wilds has been keeping me busy since its drop a few weeks back. I’m working on boosting my hunter rank in the high-rank environments, and vacillating quickly on which new armor set I’m going to craft next. (Right now I’m hunting gnarly Jin Dahaad, but the armor-plated Gravios armor — perfect for my...

Console cheating is uncommon, yet the platform takes the brunt of the blame from players.

I cannot believe I’m saying this, but: I’m thrilled that Assassin’s Creed is huge again. That’s not a remark on the launch window buzz for Assassin’s Creed Shadows (3 million players in a week) nor the cultural cachet earned by its social media managers (so far, at least one vindictive billionaire defenestrated on his own...

Shadow Labyrinth invites players to "become the apex predator."

“Tea Bowls for Rikyu” is a quest in Assassin’s Creed Shadows that you can pick up in Yamashiro after you unlock Yasuke. It’s part of the People of Yamashiro Objectives board. Tea Master Sen no Rikyu is setting up a new tea house and he needs tea bowl collections for it. You’ll have to find...

Pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch 2 will open on Wednesday, April 2 — if you believe retailer Best Buy Canada, which announced that pre-order date in a blog post (and then quickly pulled it) on Thursday. A new report from Insider Gaming, citing documents from an unnamed “large U.S. retailer,” says pre-orders for Switch 2 will...

YouTube is testing turning off notifications from channels viewers don't engage with in attempt to tame the number of notifications they receive. The video platform says the test will specifically impact viewers who've chosen to receive "All" notifications from a channel. During the experiment, notifications will still appear in the notification inbox, but "viewers who haven’t recently engaged with a channel despite having been sent recent push notifications will not receive push notifications,"...

There are eight weapons in Assassin’s Creed Shadows — not including the infamous hidden blade of the Assassins. Each weapon has its own style, and can only be used by one of the game’s two playable protagonists, Naoe or Yasuke. In this Assassin’s Creed Shadows guide, we’ll go over the list of weapons available to...

Schedule I may look cartoony, but so far it's a great sim with engaging systems and well-paced progression.

There's only one way to make a baby, at least for now.

Death of a Unicorn, a monster flick in which two enraged, predatory unicorns chomp and stomp through a mansion’s worth of exploitative, rich assholes, seems as far as possible from the classic vibe of unicorns as fragile, rare, gently magical creatures. It’s equally as far from the more contemporary My Little Pony-clutching Horse Girl vibe...

Grab a few buds and light up the battlefield.

Wizards of the Coast has released a new Chaos Vault Secret Lair drop. The Chaos Vault Oishii Tokens drop contains cute-looking Japanese food.

Which ones will you be buying? Just in case you need a little reminder of which games were showcased during the recent Direct showcase, Nintendo has once again created a handy infographic. Displaying most major announcements from the 30-minute presentation, we've got the likes of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Everybody's Golf Hot Shots, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, Rhythm Heaven Groove, and many more. The Direct might have felt somewhat underwhelming for some of you, but you can't deny that Nint...

The Amazon Big Spring Sale is offering discounts on fun accessories that can help shake up any desk. Whether that’s a new keyboard, a pair of orb-shaped speakers, a chunky electric screwdriver, or just a tiny friend for your desk, there’s plenty of stuff on sale to help you do your best work, wherever that...

This story was first published in Switchboard, a newsletter from Polygon that delivers all the latest Switch 2 news, reporting, and rumors directly to your inbox. Sign up here to get it weekly. This time next week, we’ll know a lot more about the Nintendo Switch 2. A new Nintendo Direct showcase dedicated to the top-secret handheld...

If you want your Zoi in InZoi to live a life of luxury, they’ll need to get to work at a job. There are a few different career paths and jobs work a bit differently from what you may be used to in The Sims. Luckily, we’ve tested out a bunch of stuff in InZoi...

While fans of its predecessor would’ve no doubt locked in their purchase of Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 before it released, those that jumped on it post-launch after seeing its glowing reviews will have missed out on a pretty awesome pre-order bonus. The Lion’s Crest bundle provides Henry with some awesome weaponry and one of the coolest armor sets - even his trusty steed gets a look-in, with an imposing caparison. It was certainly an enticing incentive to pre-order KCD 2, but now it’s available ...

In The Mouth of Madness is rightfully considered one of John Carpenter’s best films. Inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft (and a little Stephen King), the 1994 supernatural thriller stars Sam Neill as an insurance investigator who is slowly yet surely driven mad through the power of a novel penned by an enigmatic and...

The latest image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, pictured above, also happens to be a stunning illustration of Einstein's theory of general relativity. So much so that the cosmic phenomenon is called an "Einstein ring."  Einstein rings happen when light from one distant object is bent around the mass of another, slightly closer and even larger object. The effect is normally too subtle to observe up close on a local level, "but it sometimes becomes clearly observable when dealing with cur...

One of the most twisted characters in all of Fullmetal Alchemist can now be yours with the Shout Tucker and Chimera Nina figures, now available for pre-order from Good Smile Company for 6,800 yen (around $45 USD). The pre-order window ends on April 23, and the items will ship sometime in October. You remember Shou...

The initial estimate of six months was a little bit off the mark.

The end of 2024 was a huge moment for Microsoft’s Game Pass subscription service. The day-one arrival of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the biggest possible blockbuster to add, felt like the climactic endpoint of Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. And it was swiftly followed by another huge Microsoft release: Bethesda’s Indiana...

Call of Duty’s Ricochet anti-cheat has become something of a pantomime villain in recent months. During Season 1 of Black Ops 6, players were incredibly vocal after Ranked Play was swamped by hackers, and they were appearing in Warzone in their droves too. The Ricochet team promised that improvements and new features were coming, and now a new blog post shows a little bit of what it’s been working on. It also reveals that more than 200,000 cheating bans have been dished out since BO6 launched la...

Elma's world. We got a little distracted with the Nintendo Direct yesterday and ran out of time to take a look at the latest Japanese charts — sorry! Fortunately, Famitsu's latest numbers paint a chart picture that's worth the wait. There has been quite the shake-up this week, with a bunch of newbies arriving in the top 10. Expectedly, Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition comes out on top of them all, putting up 74,689 sales and pushing the reigning champ, Monster Hunter Wilds, down into f...

The Destiny 2 "Lightbearer" cosmetics are out now.

Score another one for regulatory scrutiny. Following a 2022 Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation, Google said on Friday that it's adding the UK to the list of countries where it supports user choice billing. This lets Android developers in the nation allow users to pay for in-app purchases using alternative billing systems. Google says the UK will get user choice billing beginning on March 29. It will start with non-gaming apps, which aligns with how Google has handled these rol...

Kofuns are dungeons in Assassin’s Creed Shadows that hide many secrets — that is, if “secrets” means “legendary gear.” These short dungeons tend to be poorly lit byzantine mazes, but powerful items await those capable of completing their challenges. Each kofun is designed to be completed by a specific character. You may have to parkour...

With the best armor in Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Yasuke and Naoe become nearly invincible. As you explore feudal Japan, you’ll find many fabulous body armors, helmets, robes, and headbands, but some are worth wearing more than others — and we’re not just talking about looks. Armor and headgear of “legendary” quality comes with a unique...

The best weapons in Assassin’s Creed Shadows give you the proper tools to smack all the nasty ronin and unfriendly bandits you’ll come across. As each legendary weapon has a unique gameplay perk — not to mention the usually higher stats — they’re typically more useful than lower-quality weapons. Together with the best armor in...