Following the new tariffs instated by the Trump administration, the original April 9 pre-order date for the Nintendo Switch 2 has been postponed. The new pre-order day hasn’t been set, and will be shared by Nintendo at a later date. Its June 5 release date is unchanged. The original article follows below. While it’s possible that Nintendo has done everything in its power to ensure that it can meet demand,...

After many months, if not years, of leaks and speculation, it’s finally official: Nintendo has announced and fully revealed its next console. It’s called Nintendo Switch 2, and as the name implies, it’s a very similar design to the Switch — a hybrid handheld console with detachable controllers that can be connected to a TV via a dock. While it may seem an obvious move, the iterative system is an...

All of DC Comics’ Absolute titles have been swinging for the fences. The line, featuring classic characters reinvented for a darker universe than the main DC timeline, has been packed with stellar work. This past Wednesday, though, the final pages (or… page?) of Absolute Martian Manhunter #1 took things to a whole new level. Writer Deniz Camp and artist Javier Rodríguez wrapped their series launch with an art trick that...

Chengnan An, the lead game designer on Honkai: Star Rail, has worked at parent studio Hoyoverse for a little over nine years, first on Honkai Impact 3rd, and then on the current sci-fi RPG. That means An has been present for much of the company’s worldwide meteoric rise; Honkai Impact 3rd (2016) was an early hit with international audiences that would soon be eclipsed by Genshin Impact (2020). And yet...

Notre Dame is cleaner than we’ve ever seen it before. That’s what stood out to Maxime Durand, Ubisoft’s resident historian, when he saw photos of the newly restored nave. “It’s the first time that we can actually see the full monument with this splendor,” he told Polygon. “Since the industrial revolution, the air pollution has affected the color of any landmark in Europe, and Notre Dame was part of that....

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Death of a Unicorn, a monster flick in which two enraged, predatory unicorns chomp and stomp through a mansion’s worth of exploitative, rich assholes, seems as far as possible from the classic vibe of unicorns as fragile, rare, gently magical creatures. It’s equally as far from the more contemporary My Little Pony-clutching Horse Girl vibe around unicorn-associated concepts: sparkles, rainbows, and friendship.  But in practice, the movie retains an emotional...

Joe Tung, the CEO of indie studio Theorycraft Games, is cool as ice when we meet amid the tense chaos of GDC 2025. Emphasis on tense: From panels to chitchat at local San Francisco bars, developers stressed over funding, PR teams sweating over their next 18 releases, and businessfolk evangelizing about AI with varying degrees of confidence. The recurring theme of the week: With so, so, so many games, how...