Polygon Minimap

Polygon Minimap episodes:

• 03.11.2016

  The Division, Watch Dogs, The Crew and Ubisoft's future

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - The Division isn't just Ubisoft's next game, it's the company's future (http://www.polygon.com/features/2016/3/8/11179934/ubisoft-division-interview-future-watch-dogs-2) ###...

  
• 03.09.2016

  Doom, Chewbacca, Ori, The Division and the future of Ubisoft

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES Doom, Chewbacca, Ori, The Division and the future of Ubisoft - Doom's multiplayer...

  
• 03.09.2016

  Star Wars Battlefront, Mario Kart, 38 Studios, Coleco, Fable Legends refunds

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Another Star Wars Battlefront update arrives, adds another new map (http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/8/11178932/star-wars-battlefront-march-update-new-map) - Nintendo...

  
• 03.08.2016

  Fable Legends, Lionhead, Overwatch, Coleco, Harmonix, Mad Catz, Mass Effect, Night in the Woods

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Microsoft cancels Fable Legends, plans to shut down Lionhead Studios (http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/7/11172408/fable-legends-canceled-lionhead-studios-closing) - Overwatch...

  
• 03.05.2016

  Nintendo announces everything, Epic's co-founder takes on Microsoft, Cap'n America, The Dark Tower

  ### THE BIG STORIES - Nintendo Direct March 2016: Paper Mario on Wii U, a new Monster Hunter and SNES on 3DS (http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/3/11157710/nintendo-direct-march-2016) - Epic co-founder: Microsoft is plotting to monopolize game making on Windows 10 (http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/4/11159584/tim-sweeney-windows-10-monopoly-interview) - Joss Whedon will return to...

  
• 03.02.2016

  Uncharted 4, Homefront: The Revolution, Mass Effect Andromeda, Star Wars Battlefront

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Uncharted 4 delayed again, coming to PS4 in May (http://is.gd/r5Qaso) - Homefront:...

  
• 03.02.2016

  PS4 on Mac and PC, Dark Souls 3 details, Xbox One upgrades, Quantum Break, Disney Infinity 2016

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Next PS4 update will let you play your games on Windows PC...

  
• 03.01.2016

  Gaben, Vive, HoloLens, PlayStation TV, PSP, Nintendo discounts

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Valve boss Gabe Newell fires host and production company after problems at...

  
• 02.27.2016

  The Super Bowl of Tecmo Super Bowl, Blizzard's sounds, A Brief History of Pokémon

  Minimap is your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. On Fridays, it transforms into Polygon Minimap: Worldmap Edition. These special episodes include on-staff experts who not only...

  
• 02.26.2016

  New Pokémon, Fallout 4's brutality, Alan Wake's rumored return, more Resident Evil

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - The next Pokémon games might be Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon (http://is.gd/T3ACa6) -...

  
• 02.24.2016

  Fire Emblem sales, CS:GO prizes, Doom censorship, Uncharted thievery, Threes clones, Yee's sentence

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Fire Emblem Fates has series' biggest stateside debut ever (http://is.gd/oVX4Fi) - Valve boosts...

  
• 02.24.2016

  Doom, Star Wars Battlefront, Nintendo, Marvel, Fallout 4

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Doom pre-orders on Xbox come with original games for free (http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/23/11098920/doom-pre-orders-backward-compatible-doom-free-xbox-one) - Star...

  
• 02.23.2016

  Metal Gear's no-show award, HTC Vive's price, Tecmo Madison comes to an end

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Why neither Konami nor Kojima accepted Metal Gear Solid 5's DICE award...

  
• 02.20.2016

  Hearthstone and its radical future, explained

  Today on Polygon Minimap: Worldmap Edition, Phil Kollar returns to tell us what he learned when Blizzard searched for brutal honesty by asking fans about Hearthstone's future. ### WORLDMAP STORIES - Hearthstone and community: Inside Blizzard's radical new approach to working...

  
• 02.19.2016

  Bethesda, Hitman, Xbox, League of Legends, free Sega games, DC's Rebirth

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Bethesda has three projects in the works 'different from anything we've done...

  
• 02.18.2016

  CastAR, Warren Spector, The Division, Miitomo, Mass Effect, Kojima, Dark Souls, Fallout 4 DLC

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - CastAR looks to turn augmented dreams into reality (http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/17/11033542/castar-looks-to-turn-augmented-dreams-into-reality) - Warren Spector joins...

  
• 02.13.2016

  Minimap: Worldmap Edition takes on Overwatch and Daniel Bryan

  Minimap is your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. And today, it transforms into Polygon Minimap: Worldmap Edition. These special episodes include on-staff experts who not only...

  
• 02.12.2016

  Fallout 4, Call of Duty, free anime, Watch Dogs, Quantum break, a new Pokémon

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Fallout 4's survival mode to get 'complete overhaul' (http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/11/10973512/fallout-4-survival-mode-dlc-announcement) - New Call of...

  
• 02.10.2016

  Overwatch returns, Mad Catz lays off, Star Trek revives, Oculus gets PCs, Gigantic pauses

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Overwatch's closed beta is back with some big changes (http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/9/10951180/overwatch-beta-february-2016-blizzard-entertainment) - Mad Catz...

  
• 02.09.2016

  Mad Catz, Hitman, GameTrailers, Red Dead Redemption, Unsung Story

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Mad Catz CEO and chairman resign day before earnings report (http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/8/10939752/mad-catz-executive-board-changes-rock-band-4-earnings) - The...

  
• 02.06.2016

  Worldmap Edition: Decades of VR with Ben Kuchera

  Special guest Ben Kuchera joins the Polygon Minimap: Worldmap Edition to discuss his many years covering virtual reality, with a focus on the differences between Valve and HTC's Vive and the Oculus Rift. ### WORLDMAP STORIES - This is how Vive...

  
• 02.04.2016

  Hitman, Godus Wars, amiibo, Dust 514, Overwatch, Batman and DRAGONFORCE!

  DRAGONFORCE! DRAGONFORCE! DRAGONFORCE! DRAGONFORCE! DRAGONFORCE! DRAGONFORCE! DRAGONFORCE! DRAGONFORCE! DRAGONFORCE! DRAGONFORCE! DRAGONFORCE! DRAGONFORCE! DRAGONFORCE! DRAGONFORCE! DRAGONFORCE! "Through the Fire and Flames" by Dragonforce on iTunes: http://is.gd/g7UbwC Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related...

  
• 02.03.2016

  Nintendo, The Witness, Tales of Symphonia, Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens, LeBron James' tattoos

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Friends' deception, not strippers, sank Ant Simulator, developer says Update (http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/1/10889756/ant-simulator-eteeski-strippers-liquor-allegations-video) -...

  
• 02.02.2016

  Song of the Deep, Ant Simulator, Metal Gear Online, Xbox One sales, Fallout 4 fixes, Ubisoft v EA

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Insomniac Games reveals Song of the Deep (http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/28/10854186/song-of-the-deep-insomniac-games-gamestop) - Friends' deception, not strippers,...

  
• 01.29.2016

  Sony™ woes, Deadpool's ripoff, Molyneux rumor, The Division underground, WWE deal, GOG early access

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Sony's attempt to trademark 'Let's Play' dealt critical blow by gaming law...

  
• 01.28.2016

  Star Wars Battlefront, PlayStation, Umbrella Corps, Bungie, Destiny, Evo, EA

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Star Wars Battlefront DLC details: Cloud City, Death Star maps on Season...

  
• 01.26.2016

  Rumsfeld's game, Freddy pulled, Mighty No. 9, Walking Dead delays, DC Rebirth, Street Fighter story

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Donald Rumsfeld debuts first game, promises more to come for Churchill Solitaire...

  
• 01.23.2016

  A game dev's mistake, a boss and a writer leave, X-Files' creator talks, a banned game

  Here's what we're covering in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Five Nights at Freddy's World launched 'too early,' missing key features (http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/22/10815892/five-nights-at-freddys-world-release-rushed-scott-cawthon) -...

  
• 01.22.2016

  Undertale, Five Nights at Freddy's World, Overwatch, Rock Band, Xbox One, Sega, Destiny

  Here's what we're covering today in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Undertale's first patch claims to fix bugs, but fans found hidden...

  
• 01.21.2016

  Zelda, Wii U, 3DS, VR, Uncharted and Star Wars: Episode VIII

  Here's what we're covering today in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - The Legend of Zelda amiibo unlock a bunch of stuff in...

  
• 01.19.2016

  Metal Gear, Minecraft, NCAA Football, Tomb Raider and the Supreme Court

  Here's what we're covering today in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Metal Gear Online PC leaves beta, officially launches (http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/19/10789750/metal-gear-online-pc-official-launch-date) - Microsoft acquires...

  
• 01.16.2016

  Jan 15: Call of Duty, Doom, Star Wars, The Division, Pokkén Tournament, Arrow, Flash and Netflix

  Here's what we're covering today in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Call of Duty surpasses 250 million games sold worldwide (http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/14/10773162/call-of-duty-surpasses-250-million-games-sold-worldwide) - You...

  
• 01.14.2016

  Jan. 14: Hitman morphs, Hearthstone missteps, Netflix blocks, Xbox & EA unlock, Kickstarter earns

  Here's what we're covering today in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Hitman changes release structure again, now 'fully episodic' (http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/14/10770628/hitman-dlc-fully-episodic) - Hearthstone dev...

  
• 01.14.2016

  Jan. 13: Desert Bus 2.0, Activision's movie hire, Marvel's Dead No More, Hitman canceled (sort of)

  Here's what we're covering today in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Desert Bus 2.0 coming to Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR, Penn...

  
• 01.12.2016

  Jan. 12: Pokémon, Psychonauts, Steam sales, Amazon savings, Sony's trademark, Homefront

  Here's what we're covering today in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Pokémon celebrates its 20th anniversary with a New Nintendo 3DS bundle...

  
• 01.11.2016

  Jan. 11, 2016: Speedrunning, VR, Shovel Knight's amiibo, Bowie's in Heaven

  Here's what we're covering today in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Awesome Games Done Quick 2016 calls time (http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/10/10745254/awesome-games-done-quick-2016-calls-time) - Palmer Luckey: Virtual...

  
• 01.06.2016

  Neko Atsume and the confessions of a self-described 'crazy cat lady'

  Neko Atsume is a strange game to describe. It's a strange game to play. And it's the game that, more than any other, Polygon reporter Allegra Frank thought about when she looked back on 2015. Today on Polygon Minimap: Worldmap...

  
• 01.04.2016

  Worldmap Edition: Kojima, Konami and Metal Gear's bizarre year

  In 2015, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times for Metal Gear. Charles Dickens wrote that (we think), and he was right: It was a weird year for Hideo Kojima, Konami and the Metal Gear...

  
• 12.29.2015

  Why do so many people play so much Destiny?

  You’ve heard about Destiny. How could you not? Stories about Bungie’s first-person shooter/massively multiplayer online role-playing game were a constant in 2015’s news stream, including on Minimap. Why? Because Destiny is a fascinating and popular game that’s in a constant state...

  
• 12.28.2015

  Tackling the fascinating, innovating, boring, Rocket League-fueled year in sports games

  Welcome to Polygon Minimap: Worldmap Edition, a roundtable discussion about the most interesting gaming, entertainment and pop culture news of the day. Today, Owen Good joins the roster to talk about the year in sports video games — and it's not...

  
• 12.22.2015

  Star Wars: The Force Awakens Episode III “A scared teenager with a deadly weapon”

  Welcome to Polygon Minimap: Worldmap Edition (http://www.polygon.com/minimap), a roundtable discussion about the most interesting gaming, entertainment and pop culture news of the day. Today, we conclude our discussion of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in Episode III, “A scared teenager with...

  
• 12.21.2015

  Star Wars: The Force Awakens Episode II "Come on, you dumbass!"

  Welcome to Polygon Minimap: Worldmap Edition, a roundtable discussion about the most interesting gaming, entertainment and pop culture news of the day. Today, we continue our discussion of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in Episode II, the middle chapter of our...

  
• 12.19.2015

  Star Wars: The Force Awakens Episode I

  The Force has awakened, and we're talking about it — all of it — in a trilogy of in-depth episodes, beginning today. Here in Episode I, join special guests Charlie Hall, Ben Kuchera and Susana Polo alongside your host Dave...

  
• 12.16.2015

  Worldmap Edition takes on the Star Wars saga

  On the eve of Star Wars: The Force awakens, we have an epic episode — and Minimap's longest to date — about what we like, what we don't so much like, how we came to Star Wars and more. Polygon...

  
• 12.16.2015

  Dec. 15: Destiny’s money, Netflix and My Little Pony, Hideo Kojima, Rock Band 4, Noby Noby Boy

  Here's what we're covering today in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - You can now pay $29.99 to boost to level 25 in...

  
• 12.15.2015

  Dec. 14: Star Citizen, System Shock, holiday deals and Pokémon’s next legendary

  Here's what we're covering today in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Star Citizen Alpha 2.0 is now available (http://www.polygon.com/2015/12/12/9974300/star-citizen-alpha-2-0-is-now-available) - System Shock 3...

  
• 12.12.2015

  Dec. 11: Xbox sale and PC controllers, Irrational’s clue, Nintendo’s tantilizing patent

  Here's what we're covering today in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Xbox One bundles come with $50 gift card at Best Buy...

  
• 12.11.2015

  Dec. 10: EA esports, Fallout Shelter, Bethesda Montreal, League of Legends records

  Here's what we're covering today in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - EA launching esports division, will be led by Peter Moore (http://www.polygon.com/2015/12/10/9888556/ea-competitive-gaming-division-esports-peter-moore) -...

  
• 12.10.2015

  Dec. 9: Xbox sales, Kickstarter stats, Destiny's bug, Game Awards, Fallout 4 patch, YouTube's stats

  Here's what we're covering today in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - All Xbox One bundles $50 off through Christmas (http://www.polygon.com/2015/12/9/9882210/xbox-one-bundle-holiday-discount-sale) - Nearly 1...

  
• 12.08.2015

  Dec. 8: Destiny's microtransactions, League of Legends' real sports influences, Netflix's big plans

  Here's what we're covering today in your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV. ### THE BIG STORIES - Destiny's future isn't in paid expansions but in microtransaction-based events, Bungie...