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Code Name: STEAM review: off the rails

Code Name: STEAM has a truly bizarre premise: Abraham Lincoln fakes his own death so he can build a steampunk army of famous literary characters like John Henry and the Cowardly Lion to battle an...

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April 13, 2015: Xbox One, Mortal Kombat, Golf Club, Halo, Destiny, GTA 5, Game of Thrones

Welcome to Polygon Minimap, a daily audio tour through the latest news about video games, related technologies and culture. Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Here's what...

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Minimap March April 9, 2015: Zynga, Lego, Wolfenstein, Eve Online, Code Name: STEAM, YouTube, True Detective

Welcome to Polygon Minimap, a daily audio tour through the latest news about video games, related technologies and culture. Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Here's what...

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Nintendo updates Code Name: STEAM to address the game's painfully slow turns

Nintendo released a software update for Nintendo 3DS strategy game Code Name: STEAM today that is designed to address one of the game's biggest shortcomings: the lengthy downtime players spent...

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Code Name: STEAM will let you fast-forward enemy turns with new update

Code Name: STEAM will receive an update that will allow players to fast-forward during enemy's turns, ostensibly fixing one of the strategy title's biggest issues, Nintendo revealed during today's...

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Code Name: STEAM is up on our game review show, Quality Control

In each episode of Quality Control, Polygon managing editor Justin McElroy talks to a critic after they review a new game and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did...

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Wil Wheaton will voice Abraham Lincoln in Code Name: STEAM

Actor and professional geek icon Wil Wheaton provides the voice for Abraham Lincoln in Nintendo's upcoming 3DS release Code Name: STEAM, Nintendo of America confirmed over Twitter. The company...

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3 ways Code Name: STEAM will dominate the 3DS in March

Code Name: STEAM is a third-person action/turn-based strategy hybrid game, set in a wacky steampunk universe. There's nothing about it that feels like a traditional strategy game, and that's...

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The new Nintendo 3DS XL handles like a dream

The New Nintendo 3DS XL is launching in about a month, on Feb. 13. At a recent preview event for the new hardware, I was able to get hands-on time with the unit, while playing new builds of The...

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These are Nintendo's spring 2015 amiibos and their compatible games

Nintendo has six new amiibos scheduled for release this spring, and the NFC-powered figures will be compatible with multiple games. EarthBound's Ness, Fire Emblem's Robin and Lucina, Pokémon's...

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More Marth amiibo coming to US 'later this year,' Nintendo says

Those who missed out on picking up a Marth amiibo last year are in luck: Nintendo is bringing more of the Fire Emblem figures to the U.S. "later this year," said Nintendo's Bill Trinen during...