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Blizzard is getting rid of player-versus-player servers in World of Warcraft

During the “World of Warcraft: What’s Next” panel at BlizzCon 2017, Blizzard revealed major changes coming to how it approaches player-versus-player content, particularly in the open-world. These changes will be coming as part of the game’s next expansion, Battle for Azeroth. Previous to now, if players want to partake in PvP at any point, they would join a PvP server. But the game’s director,… → Read More

World of Warcraft level scaling is expanding to the whole world

It will also increase the level range of full expansions → Read More

Battle for Azeroth: World of Warcraft returns to its roots

The biggest MMO in the world prepares for its seventh expansion pack → Read More

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is the MMO’s next expansion

Blizzard reignites the rivalry between the Alliance and the Horde with WoW’s seventh add-on → Read More

Kobolds and Catacombs is Hearthstone’s next add-on

BlizzCon 2017 kicked off today with an opening ceremony where the developer announced Hearthstone: Kobolds and Catacombs, the next expansion for the popular collectible card game. Hearthstone game... → Read More

Super Mario Odyssey unlocks a ton of bonuses after you beat the game

Oh, you thought you were done once credits roll? Not so fast → Read More

Super Mario Odyssey review

Nintendo’s most iconic character comes to the Switch in one of his best adventures ever → Read More

South Park: The Fractured But Whole review

Whether you love South Park or hate it, Ubisoft has perfectly captured its essence → Read More

The Evil Within 2 review

Bethesda’s horror series finds new life with more open design → Read More

Middle-earth: Shadow of War review

This ambitious sequel improves on the best part of Shadow of Mordor but drops the ball elsewhere → Read More

Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana review

Don’t let the name fool you; this is one of the best action-RPGs of this generation → Read More

Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana Overview

Polygon is a gaming website in partnership with Vox Media. Our culture focused site covers games, their creators, the fans, trending stories and entertainment news. → Read More

Upcoming Hearthstone patch looks to slow down the most dominant decks

Druids are seeing the most damage, as five cards get changed → Read More

Absolver review

A martial arts-focused take on the Dark Souls formula that more than hits its mark → Read More

We’ve played Monster Hunter: World, and it rules

We were excited when Monster Hunter: World got announced during Sony’s press conference at E3 2017. After all, this is the first proper Monster Hunter for consoles since 2013’s Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, and that was an upgrade to a non-HD game. We were even more excited when we got to see Monster Hunter: World in action during a live demo at E3. But hands-off demos can be full of tricks. To… → Read More

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy review

Naughty Dog looks to a new hero to end its part in the Uncharted series on a high note → Read More

Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne launches next week

Single-player missions and 135 new cards being added to the game → Read More

The X-Men face their next great villain: deportation

Marvel takes on the immigration issue in a new story → Read More

Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne card reveal: Prepare for secret mage

If you play mage and you like secrets, you’re gonna want to see this one → Read More

Guild Wars 2: the journey to Path of Fire

ArenaNet reflects on how its MMO has grown and what’s changing for its most content-packed expansion so far → Read More