Cuphead players are running into a glitch that sounds pretty terrible: The Windows 10 version of the game will sometimes delete save files after leaving the game with a simple keystroke. And for a game that can take hours to progress through a single world, that’s not a great bug to run into. “I preloaded the game prior to release through the Windows Store, and successfully installed the game yesterday,” wrote one Reddit user affected by the bug. We’ve reached out to Studio MDHR for further deta

Cuphead players are running into a glitch that sounds pretty terrible: The Windows 10 version of the game will sometimes delete save files after leaving the game with a simple keystroke. And for a game that can take hours to progress through a single world, that’s not a great bug to run into. “I preloaded the game prior to release through the Windows Store, and successfully installed the game yesterday,” wrote one Reddit user affected by the bug. We’ve reached out to Studio MDHR for further deta

Destiny 2’s seemingly weekly bout of downtime for server maintenance is coming Tuesday instead of Monday this week, with a new update scheduled to launch during it. The maintenance window is set to begin at 11 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Oct. 3, six hours after the weekly reset. After all, clan engrams represent loot that you didn’t earn yourself: It’s awarded for feats that other people in your clan have accomplished. We’ll update this post with details on how the maintenance is progressing. For more

Destiny 2’s seemingly weekly bout of downtime for server maintenance is coming Tuesday instead of Monday this week, with a new update scheduled to launch during it. The maintenance window is set to begin at 11 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Oct. 3, six hours after the weekly reset. After all, clan engrams represent loot that you didn’t earn yourself: It’s awarded for feats that other people in your clan have accomplished. We’ll update this post with details on how the maintenance is progressing. For more

After Valve pulled more than 200 of the company’s titles off Steam last week, notorious “fake game” seller Silicon Echo Studios tells Polygon that it has been forced to leave the development industry. In an email to Polygon, a representative for Silicon Echo spoke out against Valve’s decision to abruptly remove the studio’s games from the storefront. Another thing is — why did all the older games which passed Greenlight by the choice of Valve Business Team and Steam users also get banned now? Ev

After Valve pulled more than 200 of the company’s titles off Steam last week, notorious “fake game” seller Silicon Echo Studios tells Polygon that it has been forced to leave the development industry. In an email to Polygon, a representative for Silicon Echo spoke out against Valve’s decision to abruptly remove the studio’s games from the storefront. Another thing is — why did all the older games which passed Greenlight by the choice of Valve Business Team and Steam users also get banned now? Ev

But while the majority of players seem focused on destroying the aliens’ massive ships, others are trying to understand their unique markings. Some think it could be the first step in decoding the game’s alien language. Called “logograms” or “lexigrams,” they’ve been found by players before on Thargoid wrecks throughout the Milky Way. The last theory is the outer symbols are the name of the ship or Thargoid, but this has no evidence yet. Players are being encouraged to contribute to the analysis

Metroid 2 for the original Game Boy may have been an important game for the lore of the Metroid series, but as a game it hasn’t aged as well as some of the other games in the franchise. Metroid 2 has also been remade twice: once by fans with AM2R: Another Metroid 2 Remake, and once by Nintendo with Samus Returns. Both of the later versions of the game tried their best to bring Metroid 2 closer to the Metroid ideals now that the game has been freed from the limitations of its original hardware, b

Metroid 2 for the original Game Boy may have been an important game for the lore of the Metroid series, but as a game it hasn’t aged as well as some of the other games in the franchise. Metroid 2 has also been remade twice: once by fans with AM2R: Another Metroid 2 Remake, and once by Nintendo with Samus Returns. Both of the later versions of the game tried their best to bring Metroid 2 closer to the Metroid ideals now that the game has been freed from the limitations of its original hardware, b

Little Orbit announced this weekend that Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Unsung Story are in the works. Unsung Story’s new developer Little Orbit, which officially took over the project in August, said the current-generation console versions of the game are being developed for a reason close to their hearts. Scott said that Little Orbit was also canceling or changing some of Unsung Story’s backer rewards. Similarly only 52 backers selected the Kindle version of the main g

Little Orbit announced this weekend that Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Unsung Story are in the works. Unsung Story’s new developer Little Orbit, which officially took over the project in August, said the current-generation console versions of the game are being developed for a reason close to their hearts. Scott said that Little Orbit was also canceling or changing some of Unsung Story’s backer rewards. Similarly only 52 backers selected the Kindle version of the main g

Moonduck TV has announced the dates and teams for Midas Mode, their economics-driven Dota 2 tournament. The event will take place November 18-28, 2017, with four teams from Europe and four from North America. Midas Mode was announced in February by Moonduck as a full-fledged custom tournament with its own “monetary” ecosystem. Teams can also earn money back through “bounties,” which are official tasks chosen by either Moonduck or the community. Below is the video describing the event, though det

To hype the launch of the SNES Classic Edition, Nintendo has been posting interviews with developers of the games that appear on it. For example, we get the real story on why Star Fox 2 was canceled. Dylan Cuthbert of Argonaut Software previously speculated that it had to do with the imminent launch of the Nintendo 64. Shigeru Miyamoto said launching Star Fox 2 on the Super Nintendo would have required another chip, the Super FX 2 (successor to the Super FX developed for the first Star Fox) and

OpTic Gaming, one of the most widely-known “endemic” esports organizations, announced their acquisition of North American professional stack The Dire on Monday. The team is most known as the “PPD stack” for featuring The International champion Peter “PPD” Dager, most recently CEO of Evil Geniuses. While competition in North America has been tough, especially for a squad built from scratch, they managed to secure a spot at the fan-favorite Dota Summit 8 Minor later this season. They will also be

Immortals, the multi-game esports organization, has officially announced their acquisition of Team Phoenix, the Korean Dota 2 team composed of MVP Phoenix’s roster from The International 6. As part of the announcement, the organization released a “hype trailer”/announcement video featuring all five players of the team. “Team Phoenix has a long history of competitive success at the highest levels and was the first Korean team to advance to The International,” Immortals stated in a press release.

With all the teams finally locked in to the 2017 World Championship, it’s time to find out who exactly will play each other in the Play-in round of the tournament. To do that, Riot is hosting the first of its two World Championship Draw shows on Tuesday. The draw will include all 12 teams competing in the Play-in stage. These groups will determine the opponents that teams have to play in the first round of the Play-in stage to determine who advances to stage two and as what seed. If all this sou

Most years when we head into the LCK playoffs, there is a clear favorite to win the tournament. Before a single playoff game is played, Longzhu Gaming are the number one seed and favorite to win the 2017 LCK Summer Split. And with world class teams like Samsung Galaxy and kt Rolster sitting at second and third place, this is the most consistent and talent filled LCK playoffs ever, with great match ups in every round no matter who wins. This post will be updated with results as the tournament pro

This week on The Polygon Show, we reveal our pro-mayonnaise agenda, peruse Overwatch’s new summer beach party skins, and open up about making real friends in virtual worlds. Woman of leisure. The Polygon Show will be available for you to listen to every Friday on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. Have any serious or just plain strange questions that you want answered on the show? Email us at polygonshow@polygon.com and we might read it on the next episode.

Day four of the 2017 International Dota 2 Championships saw dramatic swings and even more western teams exit the tournament ahead of today’s upper bracket final. The day began as EU-based Team Liquid played in the third round of the lower bracket against Russian Team Empire. How to watch The International 2017 Twitch As with just about any competitive video game now, the easiest way to watch The International is probably Twitch . The Chinese team managed to regain some momentum, and OG’s dreams

Batman: The Enemy Within, Telltale’s latest installment in its Batman series, does not waste time in reminding the player of what Telltale brings to the nearly eighty-year tradition of Telling Stories About Batman. The framing is made most clear in the episode’s most consequential choice, where players once again have the option to interrogate a suspect as Bruce Wayne or as Batman. While The Enemy Within definitely continues the Telltale Batman trend of making you feel like you’re making weighty