With the release of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, the films’ connection with international action cinema has only gotten more integral. More so than the other John Wick movies, Parabellum is packed with attempts to one-up action films from around the world. Alongside the gun-fu that we’ve come to expect from the series, there are direct visual homages to numerous landmarks of action cinema history. note: The following contains mild spoilers for John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.] John Wick:

Battlefield 5 content continues to roll out months after the game’s initial launch, all part of developer EA DICE’s ongoing roadmap. Tides of War Chapter 3: Trial by Fire is scheduled to arrive on May 30, and includes an all-new map set seaside in sunny Greece. The centerpiece of the update is a new map called Mercury, based on the German invasion of Greece and the Battle of Crete during World War II. The next batch of Tides of War content, called Chapter 4: Defying the Odds, is expected in June

The Pokémon Company just announced an unusual new project called Pokémon Sleep, an app that hopes to do for sleeping what Pokémon Go did for walking. In other words, Pokémon Sleep is being designed with the idea of “transforming sleep into entertainment.”Pokémon Sleep is coming sometime in 2020. Pokémon Sleep will utilize a new device being developed by Nintendo called the Pokémon Go Plus Plus. The accessory will “track simple information about how long you sleep,” said Nintendo’s Kazuhiru Maruy

The adventures of Detective Pikachu will continue on Nintendo Switch. Ishihara was unusually vague about what the Switch follow-up to 2016’s Detective Pikachu would be, only saying that it would offer some sort of conclusion to the story of the first game. The official Pokémon Twitter account was similarly mysterious about what the new Detective Pikachu game will be. “Can’t wait to keep sleuthing with [Detective Pikachu]? A spinoff of the core Pokémon franchise, Detective Pikachu explored the ad

Super Mario Maker 2 is, in almost every imaginable way, a massive improvement on the original do-it-yourself Mario game released for Wii U in 2015. The Nintendo Switch sequel will add new themes, new gameplay elements inspired by Super Mario 3D World, the terrifying Angry Sun from Super Mario Bros. 3, and much more. Nintendo recently outlined the sundry changes coming in Super Mario Maker 2 in a 17-minute Nintendo Direct video presentation. While the original Super Mario Maker was a solitary, si

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The new project being revealed today is called Starbase, and it’s a massively multiplayer collaborative space game headed for Steam Early Access. When Starbase launches some time in 2019, players will begin their journey in orbit around what developers are calling a Mega Station. Players will be able to take on small jobs with either faction to build up their reputation and their resources. But the game’s starting spaceships will be pretty slow. Starbase will also launch with a private sandbox m

Ubisoft’s next new title could be Roller Champions, a roller derby-themed multiplayer game. Roller Champions looks to be a Rocket League-type multiplayer experience with character visuals in the cartoon-like style of Fortnite. Art shows players skating around an inclined track. The video shows multiple tracks, including brightly colored beach scenes and moody indoor arenas, at venues scattered all around the world. Unconfirmed reports say that Roller Champions will be available on Nintendo Switc

to try their hand at a very light tabletop RPG in the world of Pokemon (with some magical soundtracking and Foley work by our audio engineer Jelani Carter). The Polygon Show RPG version 0.01b (“light blue”). The Polygon Show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and everywhere else podcasts are found. We also very much appreciate the rating and reviewing us on Apple Podcasts. If you’re gonna be in Nashville, Tennessee May 31 – June 2, we’re gonna be doing our show and a series of pan

And a love of absurdity probably helped as they worked on Second Coming, their comic about Jesus returning to Earth and encountering the superhero known as Sun-Man, because it’s been a rocky road for the series. As of this writing, the petition’s page still declares “Victory!”But Second Coming was resurrected when independent comics publisher Ahoy Comics picked up the series. “It’s good comics,” Pace told me, “because if I can draw Jesus and someone looks at it and goes, Yeah, it’s a drawing of

Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes, the third game in Suda51’s eclectic No More Heroes series, will come to PlayStation 4 and Windows PC (via Steam). Travis Strikes Again launched in January for Nintendo Switch. For those not familiar with Travis Touchdown’s canon, the setup of Travis Strikes Again can sound downright weird, but here we go anyway: The otaku protagonist Travis is in seclusion somewhere in Texas when Badman, a retired baseball player assassin, comes looking for revenge. The two

Epic Games on Friday confirmed that it hired the commissioner of the Overwatch League and he will now oversee the company’s esports efforts. Nate Nanzer announced late Friday, on Twitter, that he was leaving Activision Blizzard. Nanzer was one of the founders of the Overwatch League, which Blizzard announced in late 2016. Vlasteica oversaw Activision Blizzard Esports Leagues, which is building out a franchise-based Call of Duty league that is scheduled to begin play in 2020. Epic has since annou

Star Ocean: First Departure R is coming sometime soon to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. It’s a remake of Star Ocean: First Departure on PlayStation Portable in 2008, which itself was a remake of the first Star Ocean on Super Nintendo in 1996. STAR OCEAN First Departure R, the very first entry in the #StarOcean series – setting course for PS4 and Nintendo Switch. pic.twitter.com/pOyJUVfA16 — STAR OCEAN (@StarOcean) May 25, 2019Star Ocean was noteworthy for requiring special hardware in its ca

Conan Unconquered, the strategy title from Command & Conquer remaster-makers Petroglyph Games, is launching early. It’s only a day early, but still, RTS fans get it May 29, 2019 on Windows PC. Conan Unconquered’s story is inspired by Black Colossus, one of the first short stories in the Conan canon (look, I had to type that, OK) by Robert E. Howard. Black Colossus dates to 1933 and was later adapted by Marvel Comics in the 1970s. Conan Unconquered is available through Steam and from Funcom direc

The World Health Organization today adopted a revision to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11), and that includes for the first time “Gaming disorder,” which is considered an addictive behavior disorder. “Gaming disorder” is listed after “gambling disorder” in ICD-11 and uses that disorder’s language almost word-for-word, replacing “gambling” with “gaming.” Gambling disorder was formerly “pathological gambling” in ICD-10, which the WHO rat

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The recommended Power level for player’s gear is 715 for the raid’s first fight. Contest mode restricts that Power, scaling everyone down to 700 max Power for the first fight instead. But the recommended Power goes up over the course of Crown of Sorrow, just like any other raid in Destiny 2. It’s important to note that in Contest mode, Power scaling only works in one direction. Also, Contest mode won’t stick around forever.

Here’s a list of some of the podcasts we recommend to fill that void now that Game of Thrones has ended. This serialized fiction podcast is a portal fantasy that takes three teens from modern-day Pennsylvania and throws them into a fantastical realm. Alba Salix, Royal PhysicianAlba Salix, Royal Physician is a comedic serialized podcast about a healer to a royal family and their citizens. If that description sounds strange, what’s even stranger is just how much this podcast overlaps with Game of