Discord’s streaming and screen sharing system will now allow for up to 50 concurrent viewers to help combat some of the excessive boredom brought about by COVID-19 quarantines, the company announced. Normally, Discord screen share can only be viewed by up to 10 people at a time. To help educate our readership, we’ve compiled helpful explanations from our sibling sites The Verge and Vox.com. Viewers can join in by hitting the “join stream” button when they notice somebody is live. Related E3 2020

Overwatch lead writer Michael Chu is leaving Blizzard Entertainment. His writing credits at Blizzard include Diablo 3, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and the in-development Overwatch 2. Chu penned origin stories for many of Overwatch’s characters and fleshed out the universe through comics and short fiction pieces. “Overwatch has been a life-changing experience,” Chu wrote on his personal website. Blizzard is currently developing Overwatch 2, which will feature a story-driven campaign in addition

In the game’s upcoming patch 6.3, PUBG Corp. will add the Panzerfaust bazooka to Karakin, the game’s smallest map. Along with the Panzerfaust, the new patch will also include a few much-needed balance changes that should help out some of the game’s weakest guns. As for PUBG’s other weapons, this patch will take specific aim at the UMP-45, the M249, and the Tommy Gun. Patch 6.3 is available on the PUBG Test Server now, and will be released on live servers as soon as PUBG Corp. feels the patch is

Fans haven’t heard much about Spelunky 2 since Derek Yu and Mossmouth announced in August that the game was delayed. “Content-wise, one of my goals with Spelunky 2 was to make each run feel even more like a personalized adventure,” Yu wrote. Related Why Spelunky is the most important game of the decadeThat means more characters similar to the original game’s Shopkeeper, a guy who could help or hurt you. Grid View Image: MossmouthImage: MossmouthImage: MossmouthImage: MossmouthYu also broadly des

Each difficulty below that becomes more and more accessible… except for the final boss of the Battle for Azeroth expansion. Luckily, a sexy dragon man showed up to help us fight N’Zoth, and the champions of Azeroth constructed a special cloak. A mind controlled player becomes part of the boss fight encounter; they will attack their former allies and must be killed. That’s a real “uh oh, spaghetti-os” moment to contend with, especially because Looking for Raiders aren’t always up to that task.

Immediately following the event’s cancellation, game companies began discussing plans for digital events. Microsoft Xbox boss Phil Spencer tweeted on Wednesday that Microsoft will hold “an Xbox digital event” to showcase the “next generation of gaming.” Details regarding the digital showcase will be announced “in the coming weeks,” Spencer said. Given this decision, this year we’ll celebrate the next generation of gaming with the @Xbox community and all who love to play via an Xbox digital event

PlayStation Plus users can grab a Combat Pack for Call of Duty: Warzone, available as a timed exclusive until Oct. 1. The Combat Pack will give Call of Duty: Warzone players an Operator Skin, Weapon Blueprint, and an in-game watch. Call of Duty: Warzone is a new battle royale game from Activision. It’s a standalone title that’s free even for players without Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Modern Warfare players had access to the game on Tuesday morning, with everyone else unlocking the game at 3 p

It’s a great concept for a game, with novel mechanics, although the story often swings between serious satire and silly slapstick. Some of these will be more immediate, including changes to the way ratings work. In the current build of the game, players must switch away from certain scenes or viewers will tune out and the player will fail from the low ratings that result. NotGames acknowledges that such a scene would probably garner more ratings, not less, and are changing the consequences. Ther

On Tuesday, Epic Games rolled out a new feature on the Epic Games Store — wishlists. It’s a feature that’s become very important for developers on Epic Games Store competitor Steam; games that are “wishlisted” a bunch have more of a chance of getting featured on the Steam marketplace. Players can filter and “smart search” games in their wishlists. You can find your wishlist on the Epic Games Store launcher on the bottom, left-hand side of the screen under “Redeem Code” and “Coupons.” Game pages

Doom Eternal, the sequel to id Software’s critically-acclaimed 2016 shooter, comes out on March 20. On Tuesday the developers released a short new teaser video, which focuses on the fact that the game will have cosmetic skins. It’s called Doomicorn, and it is … majestic. The Doomicorn will be available exclusively to Twitch Prime members who opt to connect their Bethesda.net account to their Twitch account between March 20 and April 21. Doom Eternal will be available on Google Stadia, PlayStat

A new “red band” trailer for Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge, the feature-length animated movie based on the Mortal Kombat franchise, promises “extreme violence, bad language, and a bloody good time.” But if you’re interested in a new spin on the Mortal Kombat story, and additional back story on why Scorpion’s so dang pissed all the time, Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge might be the adaptation for you. (A live-action Mortal Kombat movie reboot is also in the works, but won’t

In early 2020, players discovered that they could use sex workers for a glitch that allows them to duplicate rare cars. The players would then shoot the sex worker, store their car into the MOC, and then drive back out. It works mostly in the same way — players grab a sex worker and park the car in a way that makes vacating impossible. The car and the sex worker will disappear, leaving the player to go inside the MOC to duplicate the car. The sex worker glitch has gained prominence recently beca

The Pokémon Go Safari Zone event scheduled for March 27-29 in St. Louis has been postponed due to concerns over the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19. The St. Louis Safari Zone was to be the first of event of its kind to be held in 2020. Polygon has reached out to Explore St. Louis for more information. In 2018, Pokémon Go players from around the world traveled to Chicago, Illinois for the first ever Pokémon Go Fest. For Wizards Unite, the upcoming Community Day may be postponed for areas “wit

After months of teasing and leaks, Call of Duty: Warzone has finally been revealed. While early speculation pointed to Warzone being a battle royale mode for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, it turns out it’s a completely separate experience. Warzone’s Plunder mode will also take place on the Verdansk map, though it isn’t clear how many players can play in this mode. Just like Modern Warfare, Warzone will feature cross-platform play and unified progression between all of your different accounts. Ca

Todd McFarlane’s Spawn is coming to Mortal Kombat 11 later this month, the final add-on character as part of the fighting game’s Kombat Pack. Spawn will be released on March 17 in early access (for Kombat Pack owners) and on March 24 for everyone else. The end of the trailer also showcases a few new skins coming to Mortal Kombat 11 alongside Spawn, including new looks for Nightwolf, Jacqui Briggs, and Erron Black — Jacqui’s even getting her own Spawn-inspired skin. Spawn is the sixth and final D

The buyer of the prototype “Nintendo PlayStation” is Greg McLemore, an entrepreneur best known for starting the turn-of-the-century tech-bubble bust Pets.com. Forbes reported the buyer’s identity on Saturday. McLemore, 51, has spent 20 years assembling a collection of rare and vintage video games and arcade amusement machines. Pets.com went bust in November 2000, following a marketing campaign that made its sock puppet mascot a minor pop-culture celebrity. McLemore told Forbes he intends to loan

A 2-year-old puzzle for an alternate reality game tied to Destiny 2 has at last been solved. There players found a replica of a Destiny 2 weapon and a cache of Warmind engraved coins, shortly after the expansion arrived. A 2-year-old Destiny puzzle was JUST solved with the help of @bachmanetti. A single puzzle from the Warmind ARG had its solution (“Mechanized”) bruteforced, but the puzzle itself was never properly solved… until today. That led them to a warning sign on Mars that the community h

Fallout 76: WastelandersWho: Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks. When and Where: April 7 on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One. When and Where: March 12 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One. When and Where: March 19 on Windows PC. When and Where: Available now on Windows PC.

Fortnite’s legacy controls setting, which offer an aim assist to gamepad users that some felt was an unfair advantage, will leave the game on March 13, Epic Games announced on Friday. The announcement, made via Twitter and Fortnite’s in-game news feed, said that improvements to aim assist necessitate the scheme’s removal. The legacy settings date to an effort last fall to balance matchmaking across platforms and controller types. When “Use Legacy Look Controls” leaves the game on March 13, playe

The developers of Command & Conquer Remastered face an unusual challenge in a work that’s supposed to polish up players’ 25-year-old experiences and memories, as opposed to remaking them. And that’s what to do about the full-motion video for which the strategy series is so well remembered. And for those looking for new features or content in Command & Conquer Remastered, Vessella is happy to share that this edition will bring to PC the video clips that had been exclusive to the console versions.