Sega is giving Yakuza 2, first released in 2006 on PlayStation 2, the “extreme” high definition remake treatment. Yakuza Kiwami 2, the follow up to this year’s remake of the first Yakuza, will be released in Japan on PlayStation 4 this December. Like its predecessor, Yakuza Kiwami 2 will feature completely remade visuals of its characters and the cities of Tokyo and Osaka. Yakuza Kiwami 2 will also feature new scenarios, including the option to play as Goro Majima in addition to Kazuma Kiryu. Se

They star in the three-table Universal Classics Pinball highlighting the upcoming launch of Pinball FX3, which will overhaul a seven-year-old platform serving more than 65 tables. Six aren’t coming to Pinball FX3, all due to licensing. But Grafl, considered the studio’s pinball guru for his proficiency on real life tables, said Pinball FX3 will make improvements that affect its existing lineup too. Pinball FX3 will launch on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One. The Universal Classics Pinball

The NA LCS Summer Split semifinals kick off on Saturday with a match up between number two seed Immortals, and number three seed, Counter Logic Gaming. CLG will most certainly enter the series as underdogs, but we have seen them perform well in that role in the past. With Choi “Huhi” Jaehyun playing better than he ever has and the meta shifting into AD Carry Trevor “Stixxay” Hayes wheelhouse, Counter Logic Gaming could prove to be in just the right place to pull off the upset against Immortals.

Meanwhile, CLG are going to look for Darshan to split push with Viktor and Xayah going for wave clear. CLG: Jax, Maokai, Viktor, Xayah, RakanBans: Jarvan, Tristana, Twitch, MorganaIMT: Gnar, Gragas, Cassiopeia, Kog’Maw, BardBans: Zac, Kalista, Aurelion SolThe first match of the NA LCS Summer Split semifinals will be between second seed Immortals, and regular season third seed Counter Logic Gaming. Immortals enter this series in a fantastic place with a full two weeks of rest and preparation. For

The Polygon Show’s international correspondents Allegra Frank and Chelsea Stark phone in from Gamescom in Germany to give us the hottest scoops on Monster Hunter: World, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Kölsch tallboys and pushed-together twin beds. Chelsea Stark – Managing editor. The Polygon Show will be available for you to listen to every Friday on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. If you like what you hear, don’t forget to rate and review The Polygon Show on Apple Podcasts. Have any serious or just plain s

But the basic appeal remained the same — no matter what it’s called, a hidden role game lets you figure out how good you and your friends are at lying to each other. When I DreamDesigner: Chris Darsaklis Price: $39.99, available fall/winterI was first drawn to the table where Asmodee’s When I Dream was being demoed by the sight of a player wearing a heavy sleep mask as a blindfold. Red Scare is confusing and chaotic, and the glasses can hurt your eyes if you’re wearing them for too long. I start

Fnatic have formally announced their Dota 2 roster for the upcoming competitive season, bringing in three American and European players into the SEA region. Jacky “EternaLEnVy” Mao and Johan “pieliedie” Åström have been brought in from Team NP/Cloud9, and Steve “Xcalibur” Ye has been brought back in from Europe to rejoin the organization. Brought into Fnatic as well from that team is Åström, who joined NP briefly before the TI7 Qualifiers. Meanwhile, Steve “Xcalibur” Ye is a European core who’s

After an exciting and unexpected Summer Split, the LCK Finals are here at last with SK Telecom T1 facing off against Longzhu Gaming. Mirroring closely the mid lane match up, are the stakes for both teams as they enter the Finals. For Longzhu this series represents a chance to advance to their first ever World Championship. Over the last two months SK Telecom have been hounded relentlessly by the struggles of their season. But the LCK Finals are a chance for SKT to put that narrative to bed and t

Star Citizen’s most ambitious new feature is something called Face Over Internet Protocol (FOIP), which uses motion capture to mirror players’ expressions and facial movements in-game. Our players’ facial expressions will be translated onto their avatars’ face. When FOIP is combined with the similar voice over IP, Star Citizen becomes even more bizarre. For people who expect Star Citizen to be the most realistic fictional space drama ever, FOIP is a magnificent step in that direction. When will

ET — Longzhu take down SK Telecom T1 in 25 minutes in game 4 to become the LCK Summer Split champions! ET — Longzhu take down SKT’s Nexus towers at 23 minutes, leaving them with almost no way back into the game. ET — Longzhu pick up a second infernal drake and suddenly things are looking pretty grim for SKT. ET — Pick and Ban Game 4SKT’s comp is a disjointed mess of three different styles, while Longzhu is focused on poke exclusively. ET — SKT keep taking strong fights, but Longzhu are getting a

Netflix has become a battlefield for directors and actors as they debate a heated topic: is the streaming service hurting the movie industry? The question comes after Christopher Nolan vowed to never work with Netflix on a movie. Nolan called into question the entire purpose and reasoning behind Netflix’s distribution method, pointing out that not having theatrical releases was a threat to the industry at large. “I don’t think I would work with them on a movie that was meant for theatrical distr

As an employee of the Wasteland Express Delivery Service though, your truck is all you need to navigate its perils and even earn a buck or two along the way. Wasteland Express Delivery Service is the latest title from Pandasaurus Games and made a huge splash at Gen Con this year in Indianapolis. He’s free right now.’ We couldn’t believe it.”One of my favorite mechanics in Wasteland Express is how it handles movement and momentum. Combat in Wasteland Express is very simple — players roll two dice

Warner Bros. has turned this week into one of the most exciting for fans of its DC universe. The Joker movieThe biggest news out of the Warner Bros. camp is that Martin Scorsese and Todd Phillips (The Hangover) are working on a stand-alone Joker movie. Harley Quinn spinoff will be like “When Harry Met Sally on benzedrine”The most fascinating details to emerge from Warner Bros. this week are in a Hollywood Reporter story about Margot Robbie and Jared Leto’s Harley Quinn spinoff. So why are all th

What can’t the giant Pikachu do? And now, it turns out that the squad of costumed Pokémon are fantastic dancers, too. To promote the next Pokémon trading card game set, Sun and Moon — Burning Shadows, the Pokémon Company has pitted the giant Pikachu troupe against Team Skull, the fresh-as-hell antagonists of Pokémon Sun and Moon. Anyway, Guzma, his admin Plumeria and some grunts tear it up against a quintet of very contented Pikachu. It doesn’t matter if you’re into Pokémon cards, or even Pokémo

On top, a guided tour of the very first mission of Pandemic Legacy: Season 2. Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 is one of the very best board games ever made. It will also spoil the end of Pandemic Legacy: Season 1. The first thing you’ll do in Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 is make a character. Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 is expected to be out later this year.

Not only did we get a Developer Update from Jeff Kaplan, but Blizzard have shared some additional skill rating changes via Community Manager Lylirra. We’re going to see shorter competitive seasons, with the duration being shaved down to two months from three. The day after the Developer Update went live, Lylirra shared some additional skill rating changes currently in the works that will hit with Season 6. SKILL RATING UPDATES We’ve adjusted the calculations that determine how much skill rating

A Snapchat photo that was uploaded to Imgur claimed to catch a truck in the background of a scene in the latest Game of Thrones episode. Secrecy is key to Game of Thrones doing what it’s done best for seven seasons — surprising people. In 2014, a promotional photo for Downton Abbey included a plastic water bottle on the mantle in the background of the shot. Considering the show takes place between 1912 and 1926, the chance of a plastic water bottle being left carelessly around the house is prett

BoJack Horseman is missing. In the first trailer for the series’ fourth season, the show’s protagonist — and oftentimes antagonist — has been gone for three months. There is also a mysterious new addition to the cast this season: a teenage girl who shows up on BoJack’s door. With BoJack Horseman set to return to Netflix for its new season in less than a month, it’s unlikely that we’ll get another new trailer before that. BoJack Horseman’s fourth season will be available to stream on Sept. 8.

[Warning: The following contains spoilers for Game of Thrones season seven.] Game of Thrones is good, but it’s good in a boring wayNone of this is objectively bad by itself. Game of Thrones is still one of the most aggressively enjoyable shows on television, and it’s not like interest has waned in watching or discussing each week’s episode. What they’re saying, when you get down to it, is that Game of Thrones used to be a show that pretended such things were important. Game of Thrones isn’t surp

It was around the 20-hour mark that I realized I had been playing XCOM 2: War of the Chosen completely wrong. But War of the Chosen has transformed XCOM 2 into a taught, nearly roguelike experience. [EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a review-in-progress highlighting Charlie’s thoughts on his first 20 or so hours with XCOM 2: War of the Chosen. War of the Chosen is effectively a total conversion for XCOM 2, but the core of the original game is still there. The original XCOM 2 was a sort of race against the