Month: October 2024

Neil Gaiman was accused of sexual assault earlier this year, and it’s now being reported that as a result production on Good Omens season 3 is being paused.Back in July, a report was released alleging that Nail Gaiman had committed sexual assault against multiple women, one of which allegedly had signed a non-disclosure agreement following her experience with the author, others having previously served as nannies for his child. Currently, Gaiman has denied the allegations against him, but earlier this week Deadline reported that production has been paused on the Amazon Prime and BBC adaptation of Good Omens, a popular show based on books he co-wrote with Terry Pratchett.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings While a spokesperson provided no comment to De…

Donald Glover, the actor behind young Lando Calrissian in Solo: A Star Wars Story, is hoping he can put some “fun” back into the sci-fi series.With the way that people talk about Star Wars, it’s easy to forget that the original is just kind of this silly trio of films with big explosions, nonsensical plot twists, and tiny green puppet men giving surprisingly sage advice. There’s plenty of room in its universe for some serious moments too, but it seems like a baseline feeling of fun is more reserved for the games these days, with shows like The Mandalorian and The Acolyte leaning more towards the dramatic most of the time. And it seems like actor Donal Glover, also known for his music under his Childish Gambino pseudonym, is hoping his upcoming Lando film will be able to make Star Wars feel…

While, Helldivers 2’s most recent patch tweaked a whole bunch of weapons, there were naturally some guns that didn’t make the cut. Thankfully for those who might be a bit concerned their favourite bug blaster is missing out, Johan Pilestedt’s now confirmed that at least one will be buffed in the game’s next patch.Yep, after casually revealing that the jump pack will be getting tweaked in this next update as he acknowledged a shield generator bug which was making folks impervious to melee damage prior to being fixed, Pilestedt’s been at it again. Hey, anything to keep the dude occupied so he doesn’t have to tell the team to get rid of the latest glitch folks actually want to stick around.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings “Can we get a MASSIVE buff to…

Great news, StarCraft fans. StarCraft Remastered and the campaign for StarCraft II are coming to PC Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass for Ultimate tier subscribers. Players using those services can download both on November 5 later this year.These classic Blizzard Games appear to be the latest Activision Blizzard-based benefit to Xbox following that aquisition you probably didn’t hear much about late last year. While their multiplayer modes are free-to-play, this means the single-player elements of StarCraft: Remastered and StarCraft II: Campaign Collection will be “available to anyone with a PC Game Pass or Game Pass Ultimate subscription” from the date specified above.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings This announcement came during Xbox’s 2024 Tokyo Gam…

Nintendo Switch emulator Ryujinx has seemingly ceased development and been pulled offline, following an alleged reach out to its creator from Nintendo itself.This news would follow the high-profile shutdown of another Switch emulator – Yuzu on that occasion – earlier this year, with that instance seeing Nintendo go the full lawsuit route and come to a settlement that saw Yuzu’s creator agree to a settlement which predicated on the project ceasing to be a thing.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings After users noticed that Ryujinx’s Github and download pages were beginning to return error messages or in the case of the latter, a literal blank space, a message on the emulator’s Discord server from a developer with the handle riperiperi that seemingly expl…

I’m not exactly sure what Sega’s gameplan here is, but the developer has another live-action adaptation in the works, this time about Shinobi.These days, it’s all about IP. Exploiting it, flogging it like a dead horse, whatever, if it’s a pre-existing IP, someone will find some way to make it even bigger and adapt it to whatever medium it already isn’t. Sega is clearly all in on that right now, finding a lot of success with its live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movies, a third one due out this year, and it’s also trying out a Yakuza TV series later this month on Prime Video. But it also has bigger ambitions than just the series that everyone still talks about now, as according to Deadline, a live-action film adaptation of its classic hack-and-slash series Shinobi is in the works at Universal.…

Venom’s in-world creator Knull is set to appear in The Last Dance, but according to the film’s director, he won’t be the main baddie.As Tom Hardy himself recently confirmed, Venom: The Last Dance will be the last entry in the Sony series, and as much as I love those dumpster fire films, it’s probably for the best. Except, well, that doesn’t matter all that much, as for some reason Sony has decided to put Knull, the creator of Venom and symbiotes more broadly in the comics, in the third and final film, while also not making him the main villain. Ok! Director and co-writer Kelly Marcel recently spoke with IGN about the upcoming film, and Knull’s role in it, where she explained what you can expect from Knull in The Last Dance, or I guess how much you can expect from him going forward.To see t…

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�…