You’ll never play every part of Baldur’s Gate 3 — that’s where TikTok comes in

Six months after confirming that the once-thought-free upgrade to Ark: Survival Evolved would actually cost $60, Studio Wildcard has finally given players a peep at what’s to come – through a simple screenshot that’s already being gently teased by the community.

A Runescape player asked the Old School RuneScape (OSRS) subreddit what should have been a very simple, straightforward question (thanks, GamesRadar). Being the internet, they sure didn't give them a simple or straightforward answer.

Microsoft has announced the next wave of titles coming to Game Pass in October, starting today with Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s Like a Dragon: Ishin! It’s playable on Xbox consoles, PC and cloud.

Loki season 2, episode 2 sees the God of Mischief and Mobius heading to a movie premiere in 1970s London. While there, they bump into Brad Wolfe (AKA Hunter X-5), better known to fans of Marvel’s comics as Zaniac.That character is pretty obscure on his own – and we’ve even got a Zaniac explainer to break down his weird and wonderful comic book history – but that extended sequence featured a reference to an even less-known Marvel character. Enter: The Phone Ranger. (H/T ComicBook.com).

Sony has announced that PS5 cloud streaming will be launching for all PS Plus Premium subscribers later this month, giving remote access to full fat PlayStation 5 games from the PS Plus Game Catalog, support for Game Trials, as well as a selection of games that are owned by members.

While there have been an immense variety of items available in games over the years, there have also been several cool items developed that never made it into the final products. Of course, items aren't the only things to be left behind in development; entire beta Pokémon have gone unused in the past, for better or worse. But beyond the potential additions to the world, these cut items also often hint at encounters and mechanics which could have made playing their respective games very different experiences.

Role-playing games (RPGs) are an excellent vessel for escapism. For many of us, playing games is partly because we want to shed our real-life identities and take on the role of someone else. RPGs give us absolute freedom to be whoever we want— whether we’re an explorer for Constellation or a simple turnip farmer in Pelican Town, booting up an RPG is a chance to escape into a new life.

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

Major companies including TikTok and Nintendo will be meeting games developers at the GI Investment Summit next week.

Resident Evil creator and RE4 director Shinji Mikami teams up with Goichi ‘Suda 51’ Suda, the man behind Let It Die and Lollipop Chainsaw, for a slick, psychedelic, and terrifying Capcom horror game about invisible monsters and two gods fighting for control of reality. It’s an excellent pitch, but somehow, in the history of the greatest games ever made, Killer7 is often forgotten. Originally released in 2005, if you haven’t played it yet, or need an excuse to go through it again, you can get Killer7 right now for just under $5, and even play it on Valve’s superlative handheld the Steam Deck.

Companions play an important part in , with the party at the core of the game's mechanics. Two companions whose stories are deeply intertwined are Wyll and Karlach, with one sent to hunt the other in Act One. While Karlach is certainly a desired member in the party, it comes at a cost of Wyll, but there is a practical workaround to this issue.

Baldur’s Gate 3 gives players so many possibilities to roleplay and express creativity. But within that astounding freedom, I must insist on one spell every player should have: Speak to Animals. It’s one that I always immediately cast the minute I complete a long rest. Animals are some of the game’s best characters; and numerous fans have pointed out the critical number of quests animals can give you — as well as silly interactions you can have — when you can speak to Baldur’s Gate 3’s many creatures.