Month: October 2024

What were you up to on Friday night? Well, Concord players were busy watching it go offline for the time being following an error message which signaled the race to grab its platinum trophy was up.Since we learned that the game would be disappearing into the ether, there’s been a lot of chatter about whether Concord will actually return in the future, with one industry analyst having called the game’s current state of play an “unprecedented situation”.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Back when the news of Concord’s impending shutdown arrived, Circana executive director Mat Piscatella said he thinks what’s happening to the Sony shooter is pretty unique. “What’s happening with Concord is unprecedented,” he wrote on Bluesky (thanks, IGN). “I’m seeing …

Apologies to those of you hoping to escape to a cosy Hobbit life, but Tales of the Shire has been delayed into 2025.While there’s a seemingly infinite number of cosy games to play at any given moment, Lord of the Rings fans were unsurprisingly particularly excited by Tales of the Shire. You get to be a Hobbit and do things like fish, farm, cook, and explore the world of Lord of the Rings in a low-stakes manner, what’s not to love? It was originally due out sometime this year, but as the year gets closer and closer towards its end, Wētā Workshop Game Studio has some bad news: the game has been delayed into 2025. It’s obviously not the news you’d want to hear, especially when one of the most recent video game entries in the world of Middle-earth was The Lord of the Rings:…

You know that one meme? The one with the dog, surrounded by fire, stating “this is fine” despite all the non-ideal stuff going on around him? It’s a popular little comic, one that has cemented itself on the internet as an all-timer reaction image. For most memes, that’s where it ends. But the original creator of the comic the meme comes from, in partnership with Numskull Games, is now making a video game called This Is Fine: Maximum Cope, based on the dog Question Hound and his battle against various nasty creatures.This reveal went live recently on YouTube and social media, with a short announcement video explaining that a Kickstarter for the game would be going live later this month of September 26. The page is already live, though you can’t throw money at the game yet. It does provide a…

After launching on Xbox and PC back in January 2024, Pocketpair has finally brought monster-collector Palworld to PS5.Announced during today’s State of Play (September 24), those waiting to catch pocket-sized creatures and start putting them to work in their bases don’t have to wait a moment longer, with the game being made available on Sony’s console immediately.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings So yep, it seems that recent Tokyo Game Show listing was actually hinting at the game hitting PS5 soon, rather than just being an oversight.Recently, Pocketpair shared that Palworld will remain a premium title, so you’ll still have to fork out some cash to play the game. Additionally, after months of debate as to whether or not it wo…

It turns out that Sony was not particularly confident in the original PlayStation doing all that well.As it stands, the original PlayStation is the sixth best selling console of all time. It’s not quite as popular as the PS4 or the console that takes the number one spot, the beloved PS2, but it’s still a very impressive feat. And despite all 102.49 million of those sales, before the console actually launched, according to Ken Kutaragi, the former Sony SIE CEO who is also known as “the father of the PlayStation”, Sony didn’t actually have all that much faith in it, and neither did anyone else. Kutaragi recently made an appearance during the 2024 Tokyo Game Show official keynote, where he spoke about the lead-up to the launch of the console (thanks, GamesRadar).【TGS2024】Official Program …

Look, the vast majority of you 16-24 year olds (and older folks, let’s be honest) can’t afford a mortgage. But, thanks to a new Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 promotion, one lucky player out there will be able to net £100,000 towards their first house as part of the safehouse challenge.This safehouse challenge, which starts today, revolves around several influencers competing in their own dedicated safehouse. Players can vote only on who they reckon will win, and one of the people who voted for the correct winner will recieve that top prize. Like a gameshow, but with a massive house deposit on the line.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings That £100,000 isn’t all you get either. Activision Blizzard will cover an additional sum to sort out your ne…

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…