FromSoftware’s Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon launches next week, but it’s never too late for some new details. It’s announced a new showcase on August 18th at 4 PM PDT to highlight the lore, PvP and mission gameplay.
01.08.2023 - 12:27 / polygon.com
Even with Netflix’s recommendation algorithm serving you new movies, new TV shows, and original programming tailored to your viewing habits, the streaming service’s firehose of content makes what’s coming and going difficult to parse.
Netflix is once again trying to make a live action anime adaptation happen, with One Piece premiering at the end of the month. But before then, take some time for family, family, family, family, as five Fast and Furious movies race onto the platform. If that’s not enough family for you, check out Paddington, The Bee Movie, and The Monkey King.
August is also the perfect month to do a double feature of the remarkably similar 2011 movies Friends With Benefits and No Strings Attached, where Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher star in two completely separate movies about friends who start to casually hook up (with Justin Timberlake and Natalie Portman, respectively).
Guns & Gulaabs (Netflix Series)
From Netflix: In the cartel-run town of Gulaabgunj, an unprecedented opium deal pulls a big-city cop and a lovesick mechanic into its chaotic clutches.
Risqué Business: Taiwan (Netflix Series)
Shin Dong-youp and Sung Si-kyung embark on a laughter-filled journey to Taiwan, aiming to gain a deeper understanding of its sex culture and business.
Untold: Volume 3 (Netflix Documentary)
From Netflix: The critically acclaimed docuseries UNTOLD returns with Volume 3, a four-week summer event that pulls back the curtain on epic tales from the wide (and wild) world of sports. From boxing to football to doping scandals, these new stories go well beyond the headlines and upend what we thought we knew. Premiering weekly, each character-driven story hinges on candid, intimate first-person accounts from those who lived it – to reveal the grit, resilience, heartbreak, triumph, and even humor beneath the sweat. Jake Paul gets up close and personal as he tries to transcend YouTube stardom to revolutionize the fight world. Johnny Manziel, the Texas A&M quarterback hailed as “Johnny Football,” burns bright until he flames out under pressure. Victor Conte and his supplements company Balco spin a dark web that tangles up top athletes in a steroid controversy. And the story of the Florida Gators’ stunning rise and fall in college football from 2005 to 2010 – featuring Coach Urban Meyer and star players such as Tim Tebow, Brandon Siler and Brandon Spikes – is finally told in the definitive document of what really happened.
Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child (Netflix Documentary)
From Netflix: At 26, is Jake Paul the boxing world’s new savior or a “delusional” promoter who packs more punch in his marketing skills than in his right hand? It depends on whom you ask in UNTOLD: Jake Paul the Problem
FromSoftware’s Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon launches next week, but it’s never too late for some new details. It’s announced a new showcase on August 18th at 4 PM PDT to highlight the lore, PvP and mission gameplay.
NetEase Games has announced the creation of a new development studio in Austin, Texas.
Palia is a life simulator in which humanity has suddenly reappeared in the idyllic farming community of Kilima Village. Players can hunt, mine ore, build cozy houses, and grow crops on their properties. The game entered open beta on Aug. 9, and developer Singularity Six has now released a patch for the game with more main quest progress, found item quests, balance changes and bug fixes, new items, and even pets.
The Taiwanese ratings board has seemingly revealed the identity of two upcoming PlayStation Plus Classics titles.
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We still haven't seen traditional Baldur's Gate 3 cheat codes and console commands appear, but that doesn't mean you can't take a few shortcuts in the RPG. There are already mods that increase your carry weight, let you earn XP twice as fast, and even increase your party size from four to eight.
Microsoft has announced the new additions to Xbox Game Pass for the second half of August 2023, and it’s a decent mix: two beloved, thoughtful indies of the last few years, and two interesting prospects debuting on day one.
Microsoft has revealed the titles they’ll be adding to Xbox Game Pass on PC and consoles in late August, and they’re serving up a solid array of Day 1 releases. Subscribers can look forward to the latest asymmetric multiplayer game The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, open-world space shooter Everspace 2, throwback RPG Sea of Stars, and more.
Microsoft has announced the next wave of titles coming to Xbox Game Pass for console, PC and Xbox Cloud Gaming.
Xbox has announced the remaining set of games to be added to the Game Pass library over the next couple of weeks.
While the majority of the Polygon staff is fixated on finding more stuff to throw in Baldur’s Gate 3, we’ve been busy rounding up deals you should definitely check out this weekend. Some of our highlights this week include franchise bundles for Doom and Quake available on Steam, in addition to some cool discounts on vinyl for the true audio gourmand.
Every year there are various space missions conducted to study the mysteries of the solar system. One such mission was launched by NASA nearly 17 years back to study the Sun. The spacecraft, known as the STEREO-A, collected data and was instrumental in unveiling various discoveries over the years. It had a partner too in the form of STEREO-B craft, but communication was lost with it. Now after 17 years, the STEREO-A spacecraft is rushing towards a rendezvous with the Earth. Notably, NASA has taken this opportunity to make STEREO-A further study the Sun from this vantage point in order to collect new information about our closest star.