Month: October 2024

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has been officially released, and proven that its popularity wasn’t a fluke. The game initially became playable over the weekend for those who opted for its gold and ultimate editions, and it managed to attract millions of players, enough for it to reach nearly 135,000 concurrent players on Steam, well ahead of the original Space Marine.Even prior to Monday’s proper launch, those numbers were enough to make it one of Steam’s most popular releases in 2024. Once Monday rolled around and the game unlocked for more players, however, things only got better.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Space Marine 2 has achieved a new peak concurrent on Steam, at 225,690 players. Considering the positive word of mou…

As many fans assumed, Splatoon 3’s Grand Festival was its final Splatfest, so regular updates for the game are coming to an end.Over the weekend, Splatoon 3 held a big Grand Festival, heavily implied to be the finale of the last two years of Splatfests. Now, as announced on the official North America Splatoon Twitter, it’s been confirmed that regular updates are wrapping up, though that doesn’t mean support for the game is ending. “After 2 INK-credible years of Splatoon 3, regular updates will come to a close,” reads the announcement tweet. “Don’t worry! Splatoween, Frosty Fest, Spring Fest, and Summer Nights will continue with some returning themes! Updates for weapon adjustments will be released as needed. Big Run, Eggstra Work, and Monthly Challenges will continue for the time being.”To…

As part of Netflix’s Geeked Week, the streaming giant has released a new trailer for the upcoming Devil May Cry anime, as well as an April 2025 release date.Produced as part of a collaboration between Netflix and Capcom, the anime features Dante (voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch) as he dashes through gunfire and lets lose a variety of distinct Dante-style moves. Big sword, dual pistols, pizza. It’s all there. It’s being directed by Adi Shankar, who you may know from Dredd, Castlevania, and Captain Laserhawk.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings It’s an interesting trailer to dig through for Devil May Cry fans, especially when it comes to when exactly it takes place in the Devil May Cry canon. Some fans have spotted scenes that look like they come from the DM…

The first dub trailer for Dragon Ball Daima is here, and fans of the OG series will be incredibly happy to hear that Stephanie Nadolny is back to voice Goku.Ever since Dragon Ball Daima was revealed, fans have been wondering who will be voicing series protagonist Goku. After all, in this series the beloved Saiyan has been shrunk down to the size of a child (GT forever), so Sean Schemel’s deeper tones might not have been so appropriate. In the Japanese dub, Masako Nozawa voices every incarnation of the character, including adult Goku, so it was no surprise to hear that she was returning for the new series. And while her name hasn’t been explicitly mentioned anywhere just yet, anyone that knows her voice will instantly recognise that the first dub trailer for Dragon Ball Daima features the v…

I would do anything for Moo Deng, but her popularity has astronomically raised the price of a Hippo Calf minion in Final Fantasy 14.You know her, you love her, it’s Moo Deng, Her, the it girl of the summer. Ever since I discovered her, I’ve not been able to stop thinking about her, she is a daily source of joy in my life that I will sorely miss when the internet stops caring about her and the algorithm decides it no longer wants to show her to me. Moo Deng is a little troublemaker, in real life and online, because as it turns out, it’s thanks to her that those of you after Final Fantasy 14’s Hippo Calf minion will now be looking at paying quite the pretty penny for it.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings As shared by some fans online, where the Hippo C…

It’s the end of an era at 343 Industries, as the developer is going by a new name, Halo Studios, with multiple Halo games apparently in development.Just yesterday, in this story about how Halo Infinite is getting a third person mode, I noted how the future of the series is a bit uncertain given its lack of appearance at Not-E3, and then someone at Microsoft decides to pull a prank on me after I packed up my work desk for the day and share what the future of the series is. It was the 2024 Halo World Championship yesterday, and before that all kicked off the developer formerly known as 343 Industries had a video to share which had some pretty big announcements for both it and Halo. A New Dawn | Halo Studios Watch on YouTubeOff the bat, you’ll already have seen that 343 is now called Halo Stu…

Pokemon developer Game Freak has been hit by a massive hack, leaking huge amounts of behind the scenes details, including the Switch 2’s codename.As reported by IGN, over the weekend huge amounts of leaked data from Game Freak was shared in a slightly unprecedented hack of the company. While it was unclear how real any of the contents of the leak were, it was later found that Game Freak had sent out a statement confirming that a data breach had taken place in August of this year. Not only has information regarding many Pokemon games seemigly been leaked, but 2606 cases of employee details, including current, former, and contract staff. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Game Freak also apologised to everyone affected, and said that it has already reb…

VariousThere are so many ways to be a Dungeons & Dragons fan these days. The tabletop RPG mainstay has been synonymous with pen-and-paper adventuring for 50 years now, and 2024 marks a major reworking of its core rulebooks to make the game more approachable. Anyone who’s played even just a couple of sessions knows how easy it can be to covet a friend’s set of custom dice, appreciate the care a Dungeon Master has taken in setting the right ambience for a crafted campaign, or even obsess over their choice of pen and notebook — after all, it’s what you’ll be spending a large chunk of time staring into as you ponder your character’s next heroic action.But what’s amazing is that you can be a huge D&D fan without ever touching a character sheet. D&D and the Forgotten R…

Traveller’s TalesAlice Jovanée (she/her) is a commerce writer, and she has been writing about gaming and tech since 2005. Prior to Polygon, she worked at publications such as The Verge.Regardless of how you feel about the current season of Rings of Power, if you’re looking for another way to satiate your Tolkien love you’ll definitely want to check out the current catalog of free games available to Amazon Prime members. Earlier this month, both Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor GOTY Edition, and Lego The Lord of the Rings were made available to Amazon Prime members for free through Sept. 30. However, you can now also pick up Lego The Hobbit for free through Oct. 23. Just head to the corresponding Prime Gaming page and you’ll be presented with a code that you can redeem on GOG.com fo…

Nintendo of AmericaCameron Faulkner (he/him) is Polygon’s commerce editor. He began writing about tech and gaming in 2013, and migrated from The Verge in 2023.One of the best unofficial October Prime Day deals has come early at Woot, where you can get a new Nintendo Switch OLED with either white or neon blue/red Joy-Con for $299.99 ($50 off). It’s not typical for this console to receive any kind of discount, so we’re usually skeptical that there’s something amiss when one pops up, like an iffy warranty, or that it isn’t the U.S. version, which includes a different power adapter. However, there are no strings attached; you’re just getting a great deal.Nintendo Switch OLED$300$35014% off$300Nintendo’s hybrid console still has plenty of staying power, especially with this year�…