“This update marks the two year anniversary of No Man’s Sky, and a lot has changed,” the developer wrote in the introduction to version 1.5, called Next. • The site features points of interest in the No Man’s Sky Euclid Galaxy, and will grow in functionality and expand over time, in part through your feedback. Community is a major focus of No Man’s Sky next phase, as made clear by the emphasis on new community missions, tools and weekly content. Another important part of No Man’s Sky is explorat

There was supposed to be a selection of challenges to celebrate Fortnite’s first birthday included with this morning’s patch, but some players are reporting that the challenges are missing from the game. Epic Games has cleared up the mystery: If you don’t have the challenges yet, they’ll be added when the shop refreshes tonight. “It looks like the Birthday Challenges are late to the party for some Battle Royale players,” Fortnite’s official Twitter account explained. You’ll be given 5,000 XP, a

No Man’s Sky, the action-adventure survival game from indie developer Hello Games, is getting an an Xbox One release today as well as a content update. Just in time for the new gameplay, a No Man’s Sky PC download is on sale at GameStop for $29.99 (usually $59.99). There was a lot of hype surrounding the original release that No Man’s Sky couldn’t possibly live up to. A No Man’s Sky PC download is half off at GameStop, while PS4 owners can pick up a physical copy for $19.97. A PC download at Gre

A new film by Masaaki Yuasa, the director of acclaimed anime like Mind Game, The Tatami Galaxy and Netflix’s Devilman Crybaby, is heading to theaters in August. First released in Japan back in 2017, The Night is Short, Walk On Girl will screen for just two days in select theaters across the country. That seems to be crucial to the story The Night is Short, Walk On Girl is telling. The Night is Short, Walk On Girl is only playing nationwide on Aug. 21 and 22, making this an extremely short theatr

Significant All Terrain Kart (ATK) performance improvements. All Terrain Kart (ATK) audio improvementsImproved All Terrain Kart (ATK) audio attenuation fall-off. Added a unique sound when the All Terrain Kart (ATK) is destroyed. Added sounds for when the All Terrain Kart (ATK) is in water. The correct actions are now shown on the HUD when you get into a Shopping Cart for the first time after being in an All Terrain Kart (ATK).

NBA Playgrounds 2 has a new publisher — 2K Sports. The arcade-style basketball game will thus be rebranded as NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 when the game launches this fall. He added that the sequel will have “a bit of added NBA 2K flair.”That may explain why NBA Playgrounds 2 was abruptly delayed one week before its original launch date, which was supposed to be in May. “Everyone feels that 2K gives the NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 the best chance for success and future growth,” he said. NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 wi

Fortnite’s latest update brings some interesting balance updates to the game as well as a few other changes that have may have gone otherwise unnoticed when you first scan the change list. This is a pretty beefy update, and fan reaction was decidedly mixed before the servers came back online so people could actually see the changes in action. The risk is that Fortnite’s building mechanic may be de-emphasized to the point where gunplay becomes much more important than building skill. It’s hard to

Konami released an update for Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain today that adds new features to the game’s online competitive multiplayer mode, FOB missions, including the option to play as the sniper Quiet. In FOB missions, Quiet has extremely fast movement speed and can quickly close in on enemies with her dash move. Those new items can only be used in FOB missions. More details on today’s update are available at the Metal Gear Solid 5 website. Today’s update for Metal Gear Solid 5: The Pha

Dragon Ball FighterZ already includes two different playable versions of Goku and Vegeta in the roster, but neither of them are the classic, basic versions of the characters. The game’s premium downloadable content pass is going to fix that next month, with the release of both Base Goku and Base Vegeta — and their debut trailers show designs faithful to the anime’s early days. Meanwhile, Base Goku retains the lighthearted spirit of the character that slowly dwindled as Dragon Ball Z continued on

A new entry in the Phantasy Star series, Idola: Phantasy Star Saga, is coming to mobile devices in Japan later this year, Sega announced today. It’s the first new title in the role-playing game franchise since 2014’s Phantasy Star Nova for PlayStation Vita. Idola: Phantasy Star Saga looks more inline with the traditional Phantasy Star role-playing games than the more recent Phantasy Star Online titles. The main characters of Idola: Phantasy Star Saga are Stella, the leader of the Aries Knights,

Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon is no longer on Twitter after an offensive, 10-year-old sketch resurfaced online, catching the attention of 4chan, far-right bloggers and The_Donald subreddit. Harmon hasn’t issued a statement; Polygon has reached out to both him and Adult Swim, which airs Rick and Morty, for comment. “Daryl” is a two-part spoof on Showtime’s popular series Dexter that aired in 2009 during a monthly comedy sketch festival called Channel 101. What happens on 4chan doesn’t stay

Batman: The Animated Series is coming to Blu-ray in its entirety later this year with remastered visuals. FeaturettesThe Dark Knight’s First Night Pilot Promo: Hosted by Bruce Timm (Featurette) – Witness the 1991 Batman promo reel as producers Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski discuss the origins of Batman: The Animated Series. – Witness the 1991 Batman promo reel as producers Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski discuss the origins of Batman: The Animated Series. – Discussing Batman’s key nemesis are Paul D

TheC64 Mini was released in Europe a few months back, and has been available to North American consumers via imports since then. Clearly inspired by the NES Classic Edition and SNES Classic, it’s a small version of the Commodore 64, the iconic home computer that was such a huge part of the 1980s gaming scene. The package comes with 64 games including classics like California Games, Speedball II, Street Sports Baseball, Temple of Apshai Trilogy and Uridium. Engadget took issue with the “stiff” jo

The person behind the meme account, however, told Polygon that turning ligma into a meme was a community effort. Here’s how Ninja and a community of meme accounts managed to turn a quick, offhanded joke into an actual death hoax. The meme community on Instagram took full credibility for turning ligma into something more than an offhanded joke. This is what Instagram’s meme community does; and they’re good at it. “I’d consider myself a niche meme page if that makes sense.”Instagram’s meme communi

The Eisner Awards are held each year to recognize the best of comics, both past and present. This makes her the first female mangaka, and only fourth overall, to receive the Eisner’s biggest honor. Monstress author Marjorie Liu became the first woman ever to win Best Writer, much to her own surprise. I’m … the first woman to win the Best Writer award? I’m…the first woman to win the Best Writer award?

In the open air of San Diego’s marina docks, DC Comics’ star writer Tom King asked a key question about his new book, Heroes in Crisis. Reporters at the Heroes in Crisis event and a lucky group of fans at the Tom King Spotlight panel were given replicas (left). But every story needs an inciting conflict, and Heroes in Crisis is no exception. We already knew that Heroes in Crisis would be a murder mystery, but at San Diego Comic-Con King revealed the scale of that mystery. “I do think the power o

With season two of Brand Slam in full swing, it was only a matter of time before Patrick Gill and Brian Gilbert would use WWE 2K18’s horrifically granular character creator to destroy the perfectly crafted relationships of Friends. But even with this expectation, it’s jarring to watch three wonderful friends annihilate each other in the ring. You can tell from the character creation that the hosts know very little about the show, so office Friendspert (Friends expert) Julia Alexander joins Brand

This week on The History of Fun, we’ve brought in a special guest, senior entertainment editor Matt Patches, to talk about one of the longest-running and most enjoyable action film series ever: Mission: Impossible. If you have a favorite Mission Impossible movie or a ridiculous opinion to share (like Patches’ take that “Mission: Impossible 2 is actually kinda good!”), do so in the comments or in our reviews on Apple Podcasts. Enjoying The History of Fun? New to The History of Fun? Every Monday,

Vigor, an early access survival game for Xbox One announced at this year’s E3, is an ambitious new title from Bohemia Interactive. Bohemia opened Vigor up to a small group of players last week. Once spawned into the game round, I had about 20 minutes before a cloud of radiation drifted over the area and killed me dead. In Vigor, anything you have on you when you die is lost, either left behind or taken by other players. Melee feels unfair, and like other Bohemia games that have come before it, i

Next month, QuakeCon 2018 will offer fans of Bethesda and id Software new looks at upcoming games like Fallout 76 and Doom Eternal, as well as the usual esports and BYOC competitive multiplayer competitions. While QuakeCon 2018 will run Aug. 9-12, the event’s keynote doesn’t happen until Friday, Aug. 10. Bethesda promises updates on Quake Champions, Rage 2, The Elder Scrolls Online and Doom Eternal. Marty Stratton and Hugo Martin from id will be on hand to show off gameplay from Doom Eternal, th