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Clandestine: Anomaly devs announce PS Vita support for ARG on Kickstarter

By Dave Tach on May 22, 2013 05.22.13

Clandestine: Anomaly, ZenFri's augmented reality game currently seeking funds on Kickstarter, is in development for PlayStation Vita, the developers announced today on the game's Kickstarter blog. The developers describe the game on Kickstarter as a "reality expansion pack" that will use portable devices to augment reality with the game. You play as yourself in Clandestine: Anomaly, "an epic, story driven game that you play in your own neighborhood." The game was originally in development for iOS and Android devices. Earlier this year, Sony announced that the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Mobile would support the Unity engine. Early this month, Sony announced that it would waive the publisher license fee for PlayStation Mobile this summer. The...

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Elder Scrolls Online video reveals a new monster, the deadly marsh-dwelling Wamasu

By John Funk on May 22, 2013 05.22.13

A teaser posted by ZeniMax Online for The Elder Scrolls Online introduces a new monster not yet seen in Elder Scrolls lore. The bulky, lizard-like wamasu lives in the Black Marsh where it threatens adventurers and passersby. It has some sort of innate electric power as evidenced by its lightning breath and tendency to crackle with electricity, and can knock enemies down with a powerful tail lash. In a post on the Elder Scrolls Online site, the developers shed some light on the creature's creation. "The wamasu has never appeared in an Elder Scrolls game, and it’s rarely mentioned in existing lore, so we had some freedom to define and flesh out this intimidating foe," reads the post. The post elaborates on how the wamasu fits in to the world of The Elder Scrolls, and how the team...

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Comparison video shows visual improvements from Modern Warfare 3 to COD: Ghosts

By John Funk on May 22, 2013 05.22.13

Activision has released the Call of Duty graphics comparison video that Microsoft showed yesterday at its Xbox One reveal event illustrating the difference in graphical fidelity between Modern Warfare 3 and Ghosts. The Xbox One hardware allows for improved polygon counts, and higher-definition textures, says the video, flipping between shots of Modern Warfare 3 and Ghosts to illustrate its point. Yesterday during Microsoft's stream, the reveal of Ghosts' canine companion in this video became an instant meme, spawning joke Twitter accounts like Call of Duty Dog. Yesterday we learned that Call of Duty: Ghosts would be coming to Xbox One with timed-exclusive DLC.

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Scourge: Outbreak headed to Xbox Live Arcade July 3

By Dave Tach on May 22, 2013 05.22.13

Scourge: Outbreak, Tragnarion Studios' third-person co-op shooter, will be released on Xbox Live Arcade July 3, according to a press release from the developer and publisher UFO Interactive. The Unreal Engine 3 game pits the mercenaries of Echo Squad against the Nogari Corporation, as the plot revolves around a double agent, a mysterious meteorite and a plague. Scourge: Outbreak supports up to four-player co-op, nine weapons and multiplayer modes like Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Capture the Flag over five maps. Scourge: Outbreak will be available for 800 Microsoft Points ($10). The game, a remake of the 2010 PC game The Scourge Project: Episodes 1 & 2, was also released on PlayStation Network last year. You can check out the trailer above to see the game in action.

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Company of Heroes 2 cinematic trailer exacts a high price for victory

By John Funk on May 22, 2013 05.22.13

A story trailer for the single-player campaign in Relic's Company of Heroes 2 shows the brutality of World War 2's Russian Front. After the war, a young officer is under interrogation regarding the contents of a book he'd written about the experiences of his men and how damaging the truth of the matter could be. Scraping out a victory in the devastating five-month Battle of Stalingrad, he and his men advanced on the German lines and pushed them back, but often at a heavy cost. War and death make ordinary soldiers into animals, and the young officer accepts his death if it means revealing what he's seen. Company of Heroes 2 hits Windows PC on June 25.

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Xbox One: Speed Run

By Alexa Ray Corriea on May 21, 2013 05.21.13

Microsoft unveiled its next console today: the Xbox One. New controller, new design, new user interface, new features, new games — and a whole lotta news. Don't worry, we've got you covered. Xbox One: all the news from Microsoft's next-gen debut

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Mobile Watch List - Gravity Guy 2, Trucker Parking Simulator, Can Knockdown 3

By Russ Frushtick on May 21, 2013 05.21.13

Gravity Guy 2 (iOS, Windows Phone 8) Everyone's favorite Gravity Guy returns! This time, instead of flipping gravity, you're raising platforms to propel yourself across gaps. Even though it sounds duller than the original, it's actually a good deal more engaging. Trucker Parking Simulator (iOS) Have you ever wanted to park a truck? Probably not. It sounds really scary. But there's nothing scary about trying to park a truck in a video game, because the worst that can happen is you end up having to restart a level. And damn if I don't find virtual truck parking really satisfying. Call the Teamsters union! Can Knockdown 3 (iOS, Android) Finally a game that lets you take down the efforts of carnies the world over! Best can physics I've ever seen.

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The Xbox One event in under three minutes

By Russ Frushtick on May 21, 2013 05.21.13

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Microsoft execs discuss Xbox One in new video

By Dave Tach on May 21, 2013 05.21.13

Microsoft released a three-minute video today in which the executives behind the next-gen console highlight the Xbox One's features. Check out the video above to see senior vice president of marketing and strategy Yusuf Mehdi discuss TV and Skype integration, corporate vice president Phil Spencer discuss graphics and chief product officer March Whitten discuss the Xbox One's hardware and software. You'll get an overview the console, the hardware and the thinking behind the Xbox One in the video above. For more details, be sure to check out Polygon's StoryStream below.

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Xbox One unveil video gives a close-up look at Microsoft's newest console

By Emily Gera on May 21, 2013 05.21.13

The first unveil video for Xbox One gives a closer look at the console, new Kinect sensor, Xbox One controller and additional features including a personalized homescreen, live TV and Skype. The latest console is being described as an all-in-one entertainment system that combines gaming, music, films and television which can be switched between through voice recognition and gestures.

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Forza Motorsport 5 trailer shows next-gen racing on Xbox One

By Dave Tach on May 21, 2013 05.21.13

A trailer released today for Forza Motorsport 5 shows what racing will look like on Microsoft's next-gen console. Check out the trailer above to see Turn 10 Studios' Forza Motorsport 5 in action. The game will launch alongside the Xbox One later this year. For more on today's event during which Microsoft unveiled the next-gen console, be sure to browse Polygon's StoryStream. Forza Motorsport 5 is one of fifteen exclusives Microsoft said would be available within the first year of the Xbox One's life.

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EA Sports Ignite engine trailer shows the sweaty next generation of sports gaming

By John Funk on May 21, 2013 05.21.13

EA Sports has released the trailer it showed at Microsoft's Xbox One reveal event touting the power of its next-generation Ignite engine. The trailer covers the publisher's four main sports franchises: UFC, Madden NFL, NBA Live and FIFA, where bodies, balls and nets alike bend and deform under impacts and pressure. It's unclear whether this video was running on the Ignite engine in real time or if this was a pre-rendered demonstration. For more on EA Sports' involvement with Xbox One, check out Polygon's coverage here.

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The Xbox Reveal: Polygon + The Verge live shows before and after the event

By Russ Frushtick on May 21, 2013 05.21.13

After months of speculation and rumors, Microsoft will finally pull the tarp off its next-generation Xbox. If you're wondering where to be on that day, wonder no more. Polygon and The Verge will be teaming up with live video shows before and after the Microsoft press conference. Hosted by Polygon's Justin McElroy and The Verge's Joshua Topolsky, the shows will bring you all the latest news as it happens, with live reports from our reporters on the ground at Microsoft's campus in Redmond, Wash. Once the press conference starts, we'll be streaming it here, but we'll also have a live blog hitting all the major news. Here's the schedule of events, so you know just when to be glued to your computer: 12:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. PT - Polygon + The Verge Xbox Reveal Pre-Show 1 p.m. ET / 10...

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Batman: Arkham Origins, Tearaway, PS4, FIFA, Forzavista: Speed Run

By Alexa Ray Corriea on May 20, 2013 05.20.13

We got personal with Batman: Arkham Origins and creative director Eric Holmes to chat about what the game borrows from previous Batman Arkham games and what it does new. We learned how Media Molecule's Tearaway will make use of the PlayStation Vita's rear touchpads — and Pinterest. Sony shared a teaser video for the PlayStation 4 hardware. EA Sports announced it will show "the next generation of FIFA" at Microsoft's event tomorrow, and Microsoft trademarked something called "Forzavista." Batman: Arkham Origins — the lessons learned from City and Asylum Tearaway makes smart use of PlayStation Vita's rear touch pad, Pinterest Sony tantalizes with PS4 design tease, reveal coming at E3 Next-gen FIFA title will be shown tomorrow alongside the new Xbox Microsoft trademarks...

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Waystone gives details on Dawngate, its new 'accessible' and lore-driven MOBA

By John Funk on May 20, 2013 05.20.13

New studio Waystone Games has teamed up with Machinima to shed some light Dawngate, a new MOBA published by EA that was teased last week. "When I look at where [MOBAs are]," says the game's lead producer David Cerra, "It sort of reminds me of where shooters were in the mid-90s. There was a lot of recreation of design over and over again, and then the genre just exploded: larger maps, larger team sizes, vehicles and verticality; all these different dimension came into play. I feel like that's where [MOBAs are] right now." "From the beginning, we said the map itself has to have a story. As has been said often, in a MOBA the map is a [gameplay mode]," says Cerra, "and in a way ... the map is also another character in the game." From the brief glimpses seen in the video, Dawngate...