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If it's indies you want, you're in luck (as long as you're specifically wanting them on Switch); Nintendo has aired another instalment of its Indie World showcase, this time bringing news of a canceled Shantae revival, plague-themed turn-based tactics, a launch date for developer Inkle's gorgeous hiking adventure A Highland Song, news of Outer Wilds' long-awaited Switch release, and more. If you're looking to catch up on the excitement, or simply need a reminder, you'll find a full breakdown of everything featured during the show below.

Even vampires deserve treats. One of the many sacrifices that people make in exchange for eternal life in vampire lore is flavor. They can only eat one thing for the rest of their elongated lives, and it’s a metallic, salty, sinister thing. We all know this. We accept this. But vampires shouldn’t have to give up texture, too. So, in 2013, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch was brave enough to create a vampire with the vision to turn that blood into something good to eat: Eve and her blood Popsicles in Only Lovers Left Alive.

From to, Stefanie Joosten has had a storied career in the video game world. However, recently the actress has expanded her creative projects to the music realm, releasing her first album last year. This month Joosten's sophomore album was released continuing her exploration of sound and lyricism.

505 Games’ parent company Digital Bros has said that it expects to cut approximately 30% of its workforce.

Publisher Humble Games and Italian studio Memorable Games have announced On Your Tail, a story-driven life simulation game coming to Switch and PC via Steam in 2024.

After years of accelerating growth, Europe's electric car sales appear to be entering a go-slow zone as drivers wait for better, cheaper models that are two to three years down the road.

The first trailer for The Garfield movie is here – and the internet has mixed reactions to our first look at Chris Pratt's performance as the titular animated orange cat. 

After a blockbuster turn as the voice of Mario, Chris Pratt, the man of at least two voices, will bring Garfield to life in next summer’s The Garfield Movie. In the first trailer for Garfield’s third major cinematic outing, we get an origin story for the grumpy orange cat and his obsession with (or deep emotional attachment to) Italian food.

Rebellion are bringing their Sniper Elite series back to Meta Quest this month, with Sniper Elite VR: Winter Warrior coming out across Quest 2, Quest 3 and Quest Pro on 30th November 2023.

Rebellion are bringing their Sniper Elite series back to Meta Quest this month, with Sniper Elite VR: Winter Warrior coming out across Quest 2, Quest 3 and Quest Pro on 30th November 2023.

Paramount Plus is now available on both Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One consoles in several new markets, including the UK and Ireland.

Google — under fire in court for allegedly resting on its laurels thanks to its 90% market dominance — only made an effort to beef up the quality of its search engine in the European Union after being hit by a record antitrust fine, according to internal documents revealed in the US Justice Department's monopolization case against the tech giant.

 Google — under fire in court for allegedly resting on its laurels thanks to its 90% market dominance — only made an effort to beef up the quality of its search engine in the European Union after being hit by a record antitrust fine, according to internal documents revealed in the US Justice Department's monopolization case against the tech giant.

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If you’re a video game enthusiast, chances are you share a passion for real-world cars as well. While not necessarily on a professional level, you’re likely to turn your head when a Ferrari sports car or an elegant Rolls Royce gracefully passes by.

Next week marks the third year since PS5 launched and we wanted to take this opportunity to thank the more than 40 million players who’ve joined our global PS5 community. In these first three years, PlayStation Studios and third-party developers have introduced more than 2,500 PS5 games for players to enjoy, including fan-favorite titles in recent months like Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Final Fantasy XVI.

Ever since Sora was announced for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Kingdom Hearts fans have been eagerly awaiting a Sora amiibo figure. Just when fans had nearly lost all hope, the figure was announced during a Nintendo Direct back in September.

In an interview published on SEGA's own website, Second Division Manager Osamu Ohashi shared some lofty goals for the Sonic franchise: surpassing Mario.

Happy Friday, Polygon readers! Each week, we round up the most notable releases to streaming and video rental, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.

Concern is being voiced after an AI bot showcased its insider trading and deception abilities; The capital of Italy, Rome is set to host the next international AI conference during Italy's G7 presidency; Artists have rebelled against AI plagiarism threat; India has prioritised AI safety alongside growth and innovation- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.

Norm Macdonald, that mordant rapscallion, once relayed a story about Matthew Perry saying that he had invented a new kind of comedy with Chandler Bing; Macdonald, in that wily way of his, responded: “You invented sarcasm?”

Vampire: The Masquerade — Justice  is here to offer a new narrative RPG experience in VR. 

Wave 6 of the Booster Course Pass for adds eight more tracks to the game by bringing back and remastering favorite maps from past titles. This is the last of the Waves included in the Booster Course Pass and possibly will be the last DLC added to at all considering the rumors of Nintendo's next console being in development. All tracks added with this Wave come from past games, including one from the original that started it all on the SNES.

It's 4 p.m. on a wet Monday in southeast London, and we're trying to parallel park uphill, a necessary if unpleasant rite of passage for any city driver. Our electric car, a bright red Ora Funky Cat, has been through a battery of such rites today — hauling furniture, ferrying passengers, avoiding pedestrians — and takes to London's streets like it was made for them. On the slippery surface of a narrow road, the Ora EV excels: At just over 4 meters (13 feet), it's easy to parallel park. 

Sonic was always intended to be Mario's rival, the Pepsi to his Coca-Cola. Yet, despite being famously fast, the Blue Blur never caught up to the Italian plumber, forever remaining in his now-literally-Elephant-sized shadow. That doesn't mean Sega has given up on its aspirations, though.

The Sniper Elite VR game has been out for a while now, with some mixed reception. But thanks to a new trailer, some life has been breathed back into the gory action game.

 War Thunder’s Kings of Battle update is here, with new vehicles, new game mechanics, and a brand new map.

By Jon Porter, a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer tech releases, EU tech policy, online platforms, and mechanical keyboards.

Earlier this year, Sony unveiled two new PlayStation accessories in the form of the Pulse Explore wireless earbuds and the Pulse Elite wireless headset, and now, the company has confirmed when both of them will be releasing.

Sony has finally confirmed release dates for its wireless audio devices, announced during the PlayStation Showcase in May. The Pulse Explore wireless earbuds will be out December 6, followed by the Pulse Elite wireless over-ear headphones on February 21, 2024. Both devices follow a similar PS5 white-and-black theme and will be initially launched in the US and other European countries before slowly rolling out worldwide in the following months. Pre-orders go live on November 9 at 10am local time and as usual, there are no concrete details on India availability yet.

Update:  Pulse Explore wireless earbuds, Pulse Elite wireless headset, and additional PlayStation Link USB adapters will be available to pre-order starting Friday, November 24th. Preorders will be available through PlayStation Authorized Dealers and Sony Centres in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam. 

Rishi Sunak plans to hold a live-streamed conversation with Elon Musk after his AI summit wraps up Thursday, lending some star power to an event that the British prime minister hopes could shape regulation of the emerging technology. 

US unveils unprecedented global initiative for AI safety; UK PM rolls out initiative to invest in AI classroom tools to ease teacher workloads; UK gears up to host international summit for AI leaders; Japan newspaper association advocates regulations on generative AI- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.

It’s not an official theme or anything, but this week’s TV is all about fighting. There’s the two sides of superhero coming-of-age stories on Prime Video alone: the season finale of Gen V and the season premiere of Invincible. Over on Netflix there’s Blue Eye Samurai, a new show about one woman’s quest for revenge in Edo-era Japan, while on Paramount Plus the new Taylor Sheridan-produced show about Bass Reeves (David Oyelowo) is sure to bring on some Wild West violence. Throw in Love Island Games, and it seems like no matter which platform you turn to, you’re gonna get some clashes.

has been available on most platforms for many months now, but development for the game has had a staggered release for the less powerful console versions, with Nintendo Switch being the last scheduled to launch. This edition has struggled with several delays and unexpected issues as the team at Avalanche Software has worked to bring the massive and graphically intense design of to the technologically underpowered Switch. Despite the problems the studio has encountered, it is still coming, and Nintendo players don't have much longer to wait.

EA has released stats about the performance of FC 24 in its first 24 days since launch, releasing a whole host of stats. EA has stated that players in over 200 countries are playing EA Sport FC 24, with over 1.6 billion matches played and over 4.1 billion goals scored since launch day. The addition of women to Ultimate Team has been successful too with over 739 million women players being used in squads.

One of the best features of the series is its painstaking efforts to bring real-world locations to life, and a direct comparison can help showcase just how well the games pull this off. Things aren't always entirely one-for-one, as landmarks in-game might need some slight tweaks like additional handholds for an Assassin to grab when climbing, but the overall likenesses are often astonishing. Unfortunately, it isn't exactly easy to get up and visit every location for the sake of the perfect side-by-side.

If you're a fan of 2D platforming games, you've likely already had your head turned by Super Mario Bros Wonder, Nintendo's new side-scrolling adventure for the iconic Italian plumber and his colourful cast of compatriots.

It’s been a long time coming, but Reverse 1999 has finally arrived on Android across the globe. It launched today on Google Play, and you can grab it right now.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder seems to be a resounding success for Nintendo. Today, the European Twitter (X) account revealed that the newly released 2D platform game is now the fastest-selling Mario title ever in Europe for the first three days of sale.

Nestled in a cozy backstreet in the heart of Central London, the compact headquarters of British esports group EXCEL forms the unlikely backdrop for the launch of a new hardware brand.

Google's latest subsea cable endeavor will connect the US, Fiji, French Polynesia, and Australia in the South Pacific.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder fans are now comparing the quality of Mario’s new voice actor with his old one. This is due to Kevin Afghani taking over the Mario role from Charles Martinet in Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

Mario is an Italian plumber with no ass and legs that can run like the wind. In this year’s Super Mario Bros. Movie, he has a bumbling personality. However, in the hands of a deft player, Mario can become a lean, mean pipe-jumping machine. The most skilled players can complete Super Mario 64, a game that typically takes 12 to 20 hours to complete, in under two hours. For these players, no amount of fireballs and Thwomps will stop them from finishing the game as quickly as possible.

We review The Princes of Florence, a tile laying and auction game published by WizKids Games. In The Princes of Florence, players are competing to earn the most victory points over the game's seven rounds.

Snake? Snake?! SNAAAAAAAAA - Oh, there you are, Snake. This is just a quick Codec to let you know that Konami's stealth blockbuster bundle Metal Gear Solid - Master Collection Volume 1 is now available to buy. Did you ever play Metal Gear Solid, Snake? It's this sprawling philosophical epic about war, surveillance, AI, nationalism and anti-heroism, a baroque metafictional saga spanning generations that is also a complex series of videogame design experiments. I know - it's a lot to take in, Snake, but you can sort of boil the series down to the difference between two varieties of wall. There are the ones you hide behind, so as to get the drop on your foes, and there are the ones you break, because they're fourth walls, Snake. Do you see?

Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 launches this week with a number of issues, Konami has said. Post-launch updates are planned to address them.

In what turned out to be another interesting day in the artificial intelligence universe, this emerging technology touched diverse areas from policy making to medtech. The UK's AI Summit might be in trouble. After German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Joe Biden too may skip UK PM Rishi Sunak's AI meet. In other news, three music publishers have filed a lawsuit against Anthropic AI for using their copyrighted lyrics to train its Claude chatbot. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.

War Thunder’s big Kings of Battle update is on the way, and Gaijin Entertainment has begun revealing some of what’s to come, with a new teaser and details.

Today — Friday, Oct. 20 — two wildly clashing and yet somehow complementary works from creators at the top of their game, both sitting right at the intersection of art and commerce, arrive at the same time. It’s Barbenheimer all over again, but this time it’s just for me. Today, we are blessed with both Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon.

It's been three years since Ubisoft announced it was working on a VR instalment of Assassin's Creed, and with the game — now officially titled Assassin's Creed Nexus VR — nearing its release, the company has shared an extensive eight-minute gameplay breakdown to get players in the mood ahead of its November launch on Meta Quest 2, 3, and Pro.

Amazon has been trialing drone deliveries across California and Texas, and it will now expand its Prime Air service to customers in the UK, Italy, and a third city in the US by the end of 2024.

Part of me would love a VR headset, but the rest of me lives in a flat, which means I'm usually thankful that most VR game trailers don't do much for me. Besides Half-Life: Alyx and Superhot, there aren't many games that have me wishing I had an Index or Quest.

Video game sales across Europe were down in September compared with the year before, according to the latest figures from GSD.

Italian studio Stone Shelter has announced CTRL-U, a science-fiction first-person parkour action adventure game for PC (Steam). A release date was not announced.

Netflix has shocked its fans, again! In a double whammy, first, Netflix launched a crackdown against password sharing on its platform. Now, it has increased the prices of its subscription plans. Earlier, the streaming platform disabled password sharing which resulted in an increase in the number of subscribers. The change led to a jump in subscribers by about 9 million in the third quarter, reports indicate. The price hike will come as a nasty shock to Netflix users as the company has been changing its policies and prices frequently. Check out the new Netflix subscription prices here.

A free update arrives for the classic Spookypasta-themed game.

By Nathan Edwards, a senior reviews editor who's been testing tech since 2007. Previously at Wirecutter and MaximumPC. Current fixations: keyboards, DIY tech, and the smart home.

I’ll admit I entered my hands-on demo with Assassin’s Creed Nexus with a bit of pessimism – could Assassin’s Creed work as a first-person VR game? And then I found myself repeatedly answering that key question with “Yes!” for an entire hour. Not only does Assassin’s Creed Nexus seem to be a full-featured Assassin’s Creed game that incorporates stealth, combat, and parkour, but from what I played so far, each of those pieces works surprisingly well and comes together to capture the entire assassin fantasy with shocking efficacy. I brought a lot of skepticism onto that demo floor, but by the time I left it I was grinning ear-to-ear.

Data.ai’s latest report on the mobile games market in Q3 highlights the success of Monopoly Go and other IP-driven games. However, top titles still have a grip on the worldwide rankings.

The EA FC 24 Amazon Prime Gaming Twitch packs are now rolling out, providing plenty of opportunities for Prime subscribers to take home some major goodies to help improve your Ultimate Team Squad.

The gaming industry was once famously ridiculed as “just a passing fad” by Michael Moon, an official representative of the board game maker Milton Bradley in 1977. However, that history is proof that is far from the case, with the videogame industry now worth a staggering $200 billion in 2022. Video games have become the ultimate form of entertainment not just for kids, but for adults too, enabling them to fulfill all their fantasies in the virtual world which would be impossible otherwise. Be it Spider-Man and save New York City against the Sinister Six? No problem. Want to be part of the Italian Mob and take on rival gangs in 1930s Chicago? Of course. Video games allow you to be just about anything imaginable. It is due to this that the virtual world of gaming has been highly successful so far, with video games raking in millions of dollars. However, some of them stand above the rest.

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name will launch with only Japanese voice acting at first, with English dubbing expected to be added after release.

Are you ready for some amazing deals? The Amazon Sale 2023 has something for everyone. Whether you need electronics, kitchen items, fashion, beauty products, and more, you'll find fantastic discounts. If you have an SBI card, you can enjoy an extra 10% off during the Amazon Great Indian Festival sale. Now, looking at the weather, and as winter approaches, a water heater becomes a must-have, and we've compiled a list of the best water heaters in India just for you.

It’s official: we have a new voice actor for Mario! And no, it isn’t Chris Pratt. Rumors swirled about who might take up the Italian plumber’s big shoes after longtime voice Charles Martinet announced his departure from the role. Well, it’s now confirmed that Mario, as well as Luigi, will be played by voice actor Kevin Afghani in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. It’s unknown if he will play the role in future titles.

Picture this: You’re in a small European village, there’s an ominous church, and you don’t quite know where to go. This could be the setup for countless Italian horror films. It’s also where we find our protagonist at the beginning of the Saturnalia demo, which went live as part of Steam Next Fest. The demo sets you free to complete simple objectives that eventually open up into a larger, interwoven mystery. It’s all vaguely interesting from the start, but it’s the off-kilter sketchbook visuals that make me want to explore further.

Some people out there may already know who the new voice of Mario is.

Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery — which bundles together all three entries in developer Worm Club's endearingly silly sleuthing series — will be launching for PlayStation, Switch, and Xbox (including Game Pass) on 27th October.

Sony has announced that PS5 cloud streaming for PlayStation Plus Premium goes live on October 17th in Japan, October 23rd in Europe and October 30th in North America. There will be several titles from the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog to stream, with “hundreds” of PS5 titles to support the same later.

Two months after PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers began receiving invites to a PlayStation 5 cloud streaming beta, Sony has announced the feature will be getting its full launch on on 23rd October in Europe and 30th October in the US.

PlayStation 5 cloud streaming for PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers will launch on October 17 in Japan, October 23 in Europe, and October 30 in North America, allowing users to play PlayStation 5 games without having to download them, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced.

, like almost all Action RPG games, is filled to the brim with hidden details and unanswered questions. As DLC has seemingly been confirmed by job listings made by the game's developer, Neowiz Games, it is possible that a number of these most pressing questions could soon be definitively answered. Though some unanswered questions are of little real importance, there are a few ambiguities, queries, and mysteries that are unaddressed in the base game, which are of incredible significance to the lore of the city of Krat and its numerous inhabitants — with any luck, DLC will clear some things up.

Ravensburger has announced it’ll be rolling out Disney Lorcana to ten more regions later this year, ahead a third set confirmed for early 2024.

Nighthawk Interactive will release Pui Pui Molcar Let’s! Molcar Party! for Switch on November 21 in North America and Europe for $39.99, the publisher announced. It will feature English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch language options.

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GTA 5 came out in 2013 and was an instant success, ultimately becoming the second-best-selling video game of all time. However, nearly a decade has passed and while there were rumours about its successor, GTA 6, being in development, there was no official information about it. That was the case until last year. Rockstar Games suffered a major leak last year when 90 early development footages of GTA 6 were leaked online, and the publisher finally put out a statement confirming the game's development, although there is no certainty over its release date. It is safe to say that the leaked footage has generated a lot of hype for GTA 6, especially after what Rockstar did with Red Dead Redemption 2.

may take place in 9th century Baghdad, but there's an Easter egg that will likely remind longtime fans of Ezio Auditore, the famed assassin who lived roughly 800 years later during the Italian Renaissance. During Basim's story in, the Brotherhood of Assassins has yet to be established, still known as its precursor organization, the Hidden Ones. The Hidden Ones would become the Assassins in the following centuries, giving them a shared history, and through this has hinted at the origins of an iconic weapon best associated with Ezio.

Throughout 's story, Pinocchio encounters a series of bosses that must be defeated to progress the story — he will also come upon a number of bosses whose defeat is optional. Despite their status as non-mandatory opponents, many of these optional bosses are difficult to best and offer excellent rewards — primarily in the form of costumes and accessories. These rewards and the experience of battle certainly justify the time and effort involved in engaging with 's optional bosses.

NASA’s next spacesuits might arrive runway-ready.

The next multiplayer hit to blow up on Steam describes itself as a “destructible open-world sandbox” that’s full of cosplaying balls, which is pretty much all I need to hear right now.