Month: October 2024

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is still yet to get its first trailer, but Marvel has announced a prequel comic to coincide with the animated series.Despite the fact that Marvel’s animated take on everyone’s favourite web-slinger, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, is due out in about two months, we haven’t seen all that much of it. Even still, an upcoming prequel comic run has been revealed that essentially serves as an origin story for this version of Peter Parker, with Marvel describing it: “In this new comic book series, you can take the very first steps along with him as he discovers his powers, decides to become a hero, and even picks out his name and costume. Now Peter’s gotta survive an entire Freshman year as a newbie crime-fighting vigilante…and if you thin…

A new year, a new list of songs that you’ll listen to as you experiece the highs and lows of doing a virtual football. EA Sports FC 25’s soundtrack has been revealed, with both yer das, not quite yet yer das and non-yer das all currently busy offering their two cents as to whether it features enough of what they consider indie bangers.You can find the full tracklist on Spotify, with EA having helpfully also put out a graphic outlining it which you can check out below. The developer says this year’s collection of 117 tunes, three of which will be arriving via post-launch updates, “spotlights an eclectic range of genres”.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings “FC 25 is a global celebration of new music that erases borders, embraces multiple genres, and del…

A good number of you Stardew Valley console players have been waiting for the 1.6 update to come to consoles, and thankfully, your time is nearing.Stardew Valley updates are like a mini-Christmas for the farm lovers out there, but much like the real world the main celebrations don’t all happen on the same day. The 1.6 update for the game arrived earlier this year, all the way back in March in fact, and console players have been waiting for their turn to, uh, drink mayonnaise (amongst other things). But, as much as fans have been constantly asking developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone for some kind of a release window, there hasn’t been one until this week, where the developer shared on his personal Twitter account that the 1.6 update is coming to console and mobile this coming November 4.To…

Paddington is one the nicest big-screen chaps in recent memory, so we’re understandably excited for the new movie, Paddington in Peru, which arrives in November. Meanwhile, StudioCanal is letting everyone know it’s pretty bullish on the property, as another movie and a new series are confirmed to be in the works now.Via The Hollywood Reporter, the Brand Licensing Europe 2024 convention (held in London) brought news that the company is doubling down on the IP, as Paddington has gone “from a classic character to a worldwide cultural phenomenon.”To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Of course, there’s always the risk of running something good into the ground, and that may very well happen eventually with everyone’s favourite CGI bear. For now, however, it …

Things will certainly be different in the DCU under James Gunn, as the latest project to be announced is a mixed-media film about two different Robins.While it’s yet to be confirmed as to whether it’s a part of the main DCU continuity or if it’ll be siloed off in the universe’s Elseworlds banner, James Gunn announced another film coming under his tenure at DC Studios: Dynamic Duo, a film that features both Dick Grayson and Jason Todd, the first two incarnations of Batman’s classic sidekick Robin. “Over the moon excited to announce the newest DC Studios/ Warner Bros Pictures Animation greenlit film for theaters, Dynamic Duo, the story of Robin… or should I say, Robins, as in Dick Grayson and Jason Todd,” wrote Gunn on Twitter. Over the moon excited to announce the newest DC Studios/W…

It’s sounding like Christopher Nolan has a new film in the works, but you probably won’t be surprised to hear that early details are a little slim.Earlier this year, Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan finally won an Oscar for best director with his biographical drama following the titular J. Robert Oppenheimer. It was essentially a “this is his time” moment, kind of like when Leonardo DiCaprio won his Oscar, but one little Academy Award (well, more than one) hasn’t let Nolan start slacking around, as according to Deadline, his next film already has a release date. Sources that spoke with Deadline told the outlet that Nolan will be continuing his relationship with Universal following Oppenheimer’s success for the director’s next film, and that it will have an Imax release on July 17, 20…

A lot of the new DCU’s projects haven’t had many updates in a while, but DC Studios co-head James Gunn wants you to know that doesn’t mean they’ve been cancelled.So far, since the new DCU was announced a couple of years ago, the projects we’ve heard most about are Gunn’s Superman film, the Supergirl film, the Lanterns show, Peacemaker season 2, and Creature Commandos, the first project in the revamped film universe that is due out later this year. But, there are a whole bunch of projects that have been announced since the new DCU was revealed that haven’t had all that many updates, like Swamp Thing, which is set to be helmed by Logan director James Mangold, and Batman film The Brave and the Bold, which for some reason is being directed by The Flash’s Andy Muschietti (we’ll put that one dow…

VariousThere are so many ways to be a Dungeons & Dragons fan these days. The tabletop RPG mainstay has been synonymous with pen-and-paper adventuring for 50 years now, and 2024 marks a major reworking of its core rulebooks to make the game more approachable. Anyone who’s played even just a couple of sessions knows how easy it can be to covet a friend’s set of custom dice, appreciate the care a Dungeon Master has taken in setting the right ambience for a crafted campaign, or even obsess over their choice of pen and notebook — after all, it’s what you’ll be spending a large chunk of time staring into as you ponder your character’s next heroic action.But what’s amazing is that you can be a huge D&D fan without ever touching a character sheet. D&D and the Forgotten R…

Traveller’s TalesAlice Jovanée (she/her) is a commerce writer, and she has been writing about gaming and tech since 2005. Prior to Polygon, she worked at publications such as The Verge.Regardless of how you feel about the current season of Rings of Power, if you’re looking for another way to satiate your Tolkien love you’ll definitely want to check out the current catalog of free games available to Amazon Prime members. Earlier this month, both Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor GOTY Edition, and Lego The Lord of the Rings were made available to Amazon Prime members for free through Sept. 30. However, you can now also pick up Lego The Hobbit for free through Oct. 23. Just head to the corresponding Prime Gaming page and you’ll be presented with a code that you can redeem on GOG.com fo…

Nintendo of AmericaCameron Faulkner (he/him) is Polygon’s commerce editor. He began writing about tech and gaming in 2013, and migrated from The Verge in 2023.One of the best unofficial October Prime Day deals has come early at Woot, where you can get a new Nintendo Switch OLED with either white or neon blue/red Joy-Con for $299.99 ($50 off). It’s not typical for this console to receive any kind of discount, so we’re usually skeptical that there’s something amiss when one pops up, like an iffy warranty, or that it isn’t the U.S. version, which includes a different power adapter. However, there are no strings attached; you’re just getting a great deal.Nintendo Switch OLED$300$35014% off$300Nintendo’s hybrid console still has plenty of staying power, especially with this year�…