SteamOS Update Finally Stops Your Steam Machine From Turning Itself Back On Valve has rolled out a new SteamOS update that addresses one of the Steam Machine's more annoying hang-ups — waking up right after you turn it off. "Fixed an issue where the system could occasionally wake up immediately…
The Road To El Dorado Leaves Netflix Next Month DreamWorks' 2000 fantasy adventure movie that became a cult classic over the years is reportedly set to leave Netflix in a month, giving viewers the window of just a few weeks to catch it on the platform. Netflix's movie roster is an ever-changing…
There is a new #1 best-selling PS5 game on the PlayStation Store in the United States, which means EA Sports College Football 27 has been dethroned and Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has been held off. The former was the previous #1 seller on the PlayStation Store, while the expectation for the…
The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey gives a hopeful update. The Last of Us began development at Naughty Dog in 2009 and was released by Sony Computer Entertainment as a video game in 2013. It was created by writer and director Neil Druckmann and focused on the emotional bond between Joel and Ellie as…
Today marks a major anniversary in pop culture history - the release of a piece of media that spawned one of the most successful franchises of all time, including the creation of several of the best-selling movies ever made. While names like Star Trek, Mission: Impossible or James Bond may come to…
While fans of post-apocalyptic fiction have been well-fed, the genre does have a bit of a problem when it comes to zombies. Just like with horror cinema in the 2010s, hordes of walking corpses or feral infected humans tend to dominate literature about life after the end of the world. These stories…
Having always been favoured by the Grand Theft Auto bosses, PlayStation’s looming console woes might be catastrophic for Sony as the Take-Two Interactive CEO claims streaming is the future for the series. Grand Theft Auto VI was long touted to be the first PS6 game, but misaligned release windows…
Smartly Dressed Games, developer of the wildly popular free-to-play zombie survival sim Unturned, has released the game's source code for non-commercial use. "Unturned's source code and project files are now freely available!" the developers wrote in a Steam post. "Whether you have a new feature or…
Making Of PS5 And Xbox Discs Is An "Industry Secret", Nobody Was Allowed To Speak On Record You’d think that sharing information about how PS5 and Xbox Series game discs are made would be simple, but no one was allowed to speak on record about it in a new report. As you’re no doubt aware based on…
Dr Doom is finally about to arrive in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, setting up some ideal future villains along the way. The MCU timeline is building towards the arrival of Doctor Doom, and if the trailers for Avengers: Doomsday are anything to go by, he will be every bit as formidable as hoped.…
The most turbulent game release build-up is almost over; after ten years of development, multiple delays, and unparalleled levels of anticipation, it is now reaching its climax. Grand Theft Auto VI is by far the biggest game release that we've ever expected, and a huge community of gamers has been…
Each of the seven companions in Dragon Age: The Veilguard has a unique set of skills that can be mixed and matched to create powerful combinations in combat. Companion skills are divided into five trees available in the Companion menu. Like Rook, each companion can only have three skills active at…
Catch it on Hulu. The best thing about an anthology show is that, if one season or episode is bad, there's no reason not to skip it. After all, nobody can force you to watch True Detective season 2 or that one Black Mirror episode with Miley Cyrus in it. But sometimes, the most underrated entry in…
Death is rarely permanent in comic books, and it seems the same can be said for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In Marvel Comics, heroes return from the grave, villains crawl back from apparent destruction, and entire universes are rebooted whenever continuity becomes inconvenient. There is even a…
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Spider-Man: Brand New Day.Scarlet Witch's perfect replacement has been officially introduced in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Elizabeth Olsen debuted Wanda Maximoff in the franchise over a decade ago in Avengers: Age of Ultron, alongside her twin, Pietro Maximoff.…
Behaviour Interactive has just answered a lot of big questions about the immediate future of Dead by Daylight updates. During a special DBD Q&A on the game's Reddit page, several developers from the team fielded community queries, and revealed a range of plans for the multiplayer game. Among them…
Marvel Tokon's PC Port Is So Rough That A Tournament Has Been Forced To Play On PS5 Only Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls’ PC port is still so broken that it’s caused a tournament to cancel its PC bracket and play on PS5 only to “ensure a positive and smoother experience”. A new licensed tag fighter…
The hits keep stacking up 2026 is the Switch 2’s year to lose Switchboard is Polygon's weekly newsletter for all things Nintendo, sent on Thursdays and published on the site on Saturdays. You can subscribe here. For the first half of 2026, the Switch 2 was in an unusual position. Just when players…
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Spider-Man: Brand New Day sees the MCU officially label Yelena as the franchise's next Black Widow, and in doing so covertly explains why she wasn't immediately officially referred to by that title. The MCU timeline is just…
After a boom of pirate TV and movies in the early 2000s, the genre slowed down for quite some time ahead of one series, which, despite a rough first season, improved exponentially and deserves more praise. By the time Black Sails premiered on Starz in 2014, pirate stories felt somewhat overplayed…
Like any good storyteller, James Gunn puts a lot of thought into the big and small details that make up his movies. For example, hints of Rocket's past are shown in the first Guardians of the Galaxy well before they were fully explored in the third movie, and Peter Quill's alien lineage was also…
Growing up around performers, storytelling was always central to Emma's life. Add in a nerdy older brother who introduced her to Marvel at far too young an age, and her love for entertainment led her to pursue a Journalism degree at Indiana University, where she discovered her passion for…
Pokémon Emerald EX Is A Huge New Fan Game With 16 Gyms Known as 'Cyberpunk 2077's' biggest fan, Angharad is a Welsh games writer who thrives in anything related to digital storytelling. If a video game explores the intricacies and horrors of womanhood, she is there. Thanks to previous work at…
Canadian officials are now investigating how a Skyrim username mix-up landed a man in prison for 18 months. As reported by Dexerto, the Nova Scotia Attorney General, Scott Armstrong, has requested a briefing from the Public Prosecution Service as part of an investigation into the mix-up, assuring…