Month: October 2024

Do you like boxes that can play the video games? Well, if so, you’ll probably want to tune into the PlayStation 5 Technical Presentation that’s set to air later today, September 10, and you can find all the details as to how to do so right here.Sony announced yesterday that this presentation would be taking place and be led by Mark Cerny, oft-referred to as the architect of both the PS5 and its predecessor, the PS4. It didn’t outright confirm then that this whole thing would be the proper reveal of the long-rumoured PS5 Pro, but that’s certainly what folks have concluded.PS5 Pro Technical Presentation hosted by Mark Cerny Watch on YouTubeYou can watch today’s PlayStation 5 Technical Presentation above when it airs at 4PM BST, which is 5PM CEST, 11AM ET and 8AM PT on September 10. Seriously…

Surprise, people who remember the late 1990s, or are somehow really passionate about a time during which they were just a glint in their father’s eye or an actual foetus. PlayStation’s revealed the PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection. This is your chance to try and own a retro-liveried version of either the base PS5 or PS5 Pro everyone thinks is a bit pricey, plus some cool accessories/bits for it.If you do buy it once it comes out on November 21 – with pre-orders starting on September 26 – though, you have to put PlayStation’s rather interesting 30th anniversary playlist on the entire time you’re using your new and also retro tech. Go on, Livin’ La Vida Loca’s waiting. I don’t make the rules.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings “The new limited ed…

Anyone who’s been following Diablo 4 in recent weeks knows that Blizzard has been a little quiet about anything to do with Season 6, the game’s next season kicking off with the release of the Vessel of Hatred expansion.Considering this is Diablo 4’s first major content update since its release last year, the expansion understandably got a lot of airtime. This is going to change next week, however, when Blizzard will finally reveal the first details of Season 6.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Blizzard is calling this one the Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred pre-launch livestream, so we’re expecting it to be big. On Wednesday, October 2 at 11am PT, 2pm ET, 7pm UK, a group of developers will show off even more of the expansion, in ce…

There are a lot of real people in EA Sports FC 25, with the vast majority being of the kicking a ball for a living, used to kick a ball for a living, or paid to tell other people who how to kick a ball variety. However, there’s a set of brothers in this year’s game who don’t both fit into one of those categories. To be clear one of them, QPR defender Morgan Fox, certainly does. He’s a 68 overall kicker of balls you can add to your lineup if you want someone with 60 pace and 69 defending (nice) to dish out challenges on opposing forwards. It’s just his sibling that you won’t find in any packs.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Speaking to the BBC about the group’s inclusion in this year’s game, Oli Fox – a member of UK indie band Good Neighbours – rev…

Three years on and a few bumps in the road later, Halo Infinite is looking to mix things up with… uh, a third person mode!Everyone has their preference over first and third-person shooters (when’s someone gonna make a second-person shooter?), but no one can deny that the defining way to experience Halo is in first-person. It’s never been possible to do so otherwise, sans mods anyway, but it just doesn’t look like Halo unless you’re staring down the barrel of its excellently designed sci-fi weapons. Anyway, 343 Industries has just announced this week that the game’s getting a third-person mode! Yes, really, I’m not pulling your leg here, look there’s even a short trailer you can watch below that proves it’s real from the official Halo Twitter account. Experience a new way to play! 3r…

Discord is obviously the de facto service to use for gamers that want to talk with their friends, and as it turned out, its origin story is quite similar in nature.There are undoubtedly countless Final Fantasy 14 Discord servers out there for all manner of reasons, whether that be for specific game servers or more private reasons. And as it turns out, the co-founder of Discord Stanislav Vishnevskiy isn’t all that different from you Final Fantasy Discord users, as he pretty much created the app because he wanted somewhere to talk about Final Fantasy 11, Square Enix’s original MMO take on the series. Speaking to Famitsu (and roughly translated by Siliconera), Vishnevskiy was asked about how the chat service came to be.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings…

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�…

PaizoAlice 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.While everyone is busy poring over their new $49.99 Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook, I’ll be over here, sitting on a fat, figurative (it’s digital) stack of Pathfinder Second Edition content that costs $15 less. Pathfinder is our favorite alternative to D&D, and right now, you can pick up a bundle that features over 50 rulebooks, adventures, and other extra content for just $35 from Humble.Pathfinder Bundle of the Dead$35$35$35 at HumbleIn addition to boasting the basics, like the Beginner Box, Bestiary, and Gamemastery guide, this bundle includes a generous helping of content from the Lost Omens campa…