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4 days ago | 
polygon.com | Austin Manchester
Image: FromSoftware/Bandai NamcoAustin Manchester Austin Manchester is an NYC-based journalist covering all things gaming for Polygon. FromSoftware announced via X on Tuesday that Elden Ring Nightreign will officially receive a two-player mode “at a later date.” This comes after director Junya Ishizaki admitted the developer “overlooked” a duos mode during development. The lack of two-player co-op has led to some frustration from players.
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6 days ago | 
polygon.com | Austin Manchester
Image: id Software/Bethesda Game Studios via PolygonAustin Manchester Austin Manchester is an NYC-based journalist covering all things gaming for Polygon. Heading into Doom: The Dark Ages, I thought the game being a prequel to the 2016 series reboot would make a good entry point for the series.
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1 week ago | 
polygon.com | Austin Manchester
On Wednesday, EA both shuttered its studio Cliffhanger Games and cancelled the Black Panther game it was developing. Since it was originally announced in 2023, we hadn’t heard much about the game, other than that it would have been an open world adventure starring the titular hero. Now, a new report from Bloomberg has shed some light on what exactly Cliffhanger was working on, and I’m both sad and angered all over again.
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1 week ago | 
polygon.com | Austin Manchester
Elden Ring Nightreign is finally out, and while it’s received a pretty positive reception so far, there’s a contingent of players voicing their complaints that the game isn’t balanced well for solo play. The developers at FromSoftware appear to be listening, and they’re set to release a patch next week to make the solo experience a little more forgiving. (Though it’ll surely still be ludicrously difficult.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Austin Manchester
For the most part, it has never been a question whether a part of any FromSoftware game was canon or not, another story within that same world. Dark …
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1 week ago | 
polygon.com | Austin Manchester
[Warning: This article includes full spoilers for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.]Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been on my mind a lot lately. I’m sure you’ve been thinking about it too, even if you’re not playing it. It’s taken over the video game world for the last month and change, and, after selling 3.3 million copies in 33 days, it doesn’t look to be slowing down anytime soon.
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1 week ago | 
polygon.com | Austin Manchester
Nintendo Switch 2 will launch June 5 with an impressive mix of splashy launch titles, from the first-party must-have Mario Kart World to third-party ports of games the Switch couldn’t run, like Cyberpunk 2077. With the launch of a new generation also comes the possibility of old titles and series getting a renewed spotlight, whether via sequels or full-on remakes, like how the first Switch saw the The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening remake and new versions of Pokémon Yellow.
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1 week ago | 
polygon.com | Austin Manchester
The launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 is just about a week away, yet Nintendo is still drip-feeding news about the Switch 2’s new features that’ll separate it from the original Switch. Via the Nintendo Today app on Tuesday, Nintendo shared that a new set of features on the Nintendo Switch Online platform will make its N64 games both more forgiving and more nostalgic. First up is the ability to rewind gameplay and start again.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Austin Manchester
9 hours ago PS6 release window surfaces online and uh oh, it's soon The PlayStation 6 is a hell of a lot closer than we all collectively assumed, based on recently leaked information regarding a cancelled game from a … Now CNET's Daily Tariff Price Tracker: I'm Keeping Tabs on Changes as Trump's Trade Policies Shift The enforcement of Trump's favored trade tactic, tariffs, can hardly be called consistent up this point but beneath all the noise, I'm looking to track the direct impacts for...
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1 week ago | 
polygon.com | Austin Manchester
Yarghhh it’s Davy Jones’ FPSAustin Manchester Austin Manchester is an NYC-based journalist covering all things gaming for Polygon. The Parasight (Blacktail) has revealed its next game, and it’s shaping up to be “Doom but make it pirates” in all the best ways. Davy x Jones will cast you as the infamous pirate Davy Jones as he tries to escape The Locker, the pirate underworld, after being betrayed and robbed — oh, and beheaded.
