Polygon Minimap

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

- Blizzard hiring engineers to restore StarCraft, Warcraft 3 and Diablo 2 'to glory' (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/4/9670900/blizzard-starcraft-warcraft-3-diablo-2-modern-operating-systems)

- League of Legends to receive its biggest update in six years (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/4/9669642/league-of-legends-update-alpha-2016)

- Star Wars Battlefront's free trial on EA Access: 10 hours with the whole game (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/4/9668792/star-wars-battlefront-ea-access-trial-time-limit)

- Amazon is doing midnight deliveries of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/4/9671630/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-midnight-shipping-amazon-prime)

- Two professional poker players will face off in Hearthstone at BlizzCon (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/5/9673970/hearthstone-blizzcon-professional-poker-players-exhibition-match)

- How esports fans spend their time, and their money (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/5/9676764/how-esports-fans-spend-their-time-and-their-money)

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

- Fallout gets its own 'CHAT' app that lets you send Vault Boy and irradiated poop emoji (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/3/9666464/fallout-chat-app-ios-android)

- Epic Games announces Paragon, coming to PC in 2016 (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/3/9664854/epic-games-paragon-pc)

- Hearthstone going co-op for the first time (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/3/9665228/hearthstone-co-op-tavern-brawl-unite-against-mechazod)

- Apple TV Beat Sports impressions: It's pretty much Wii Sports, and that's fine (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/4/9646270/apple-tv-beat-sports-impressions)

### THE BEST OF THE REST

- The new Apple TV: What it gets right and wrong (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/4/9669722/new-apple-tv-good-bad)

- Apple TV's best new app is Gilt (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/4/9668978/apple-tvs-best-new-app-is-gilt)

- Nintendo didn't create the next Wii — Apple did (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/4/9669880/nintendo-didn-t-create-the-next-wii-apple-did)

Here's what we're covering today on your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV.

### THE BIG STORIES

- Activision buys Candy Crush maker King for $5.9 billion (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/2/9662230/activision-buys-candy-crush-maker-king)

- Overwatch trademark suit settled between Blizzard, app maker (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/3/9663094/overwatch-trademark-lawsuit-settled-blizzard-innovis)

- Fallout 4 includes five original songs by Lynda Carter, who also stars in the game (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/2/9658986/fallout-4-soundtrack-lynda-carter)

- Konami confirms closure of Kojima Productions Los Angeles studio (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/3/9667230/konami-kojima-productions-los-angeles-studio-closed-metal-gear)

### THE BEST OF THE REST

- The completely airtight, absolutely foolproof case for Jar Jar Binks: Sith Lord (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/2/9657792/star-wars-jar-jar-sith-lord)

Here's what we're covering today on your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV.

### THE BIG STORIES

- Sonic games won’t suck anymore, Sega promises (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/30/9640190/sonic-the-hedgehog-sega-coo-quality-sonic-boom)

- Report: Star Trek will return to television (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/2/9658156/new-star-trek-tv-show)

- How playing a classic game helps a son cope with his grief (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/2/9622464/game-helps-son-cope-with-grief)

### THE BEST OF THE REST

- I'm afraid to play Fallout 4 (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/30/9645834/im-afraid-to-play-fallout-4)

- This battery commercial reveals bigger secrets than the Star Wars trailers (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/1/9655600/star-wars-secrets-duracell-battery-commerical-c3po-red-arm-rey-force)

- Watch that guy who does every video game voice impersonate that other guy who does every video game voice (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/1/9655794/watch-that-guy-who-does-every-video-game-voice-impersonate-that-other)

- Let's talk about Apple TV, Atlas Reactor and Nintendo's big week (http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/1/9653902/minimap-oct-30-apple-tv-atlas-reactor-nintendo-mobile)

It's a Worldmap takeover today on Polygon Minimap! Special guests Charlie Hall, Phil Kollar and Allegra Frank join Minimap to discuss three enormous stories in one epic episode.

### WORLDMAP EDITION STORIES

- Apple TV is a radical rethinking of your relationship with the hardware and games you own (http://www.polygon.com/features/2015/10/26/9604068/apple-tv-app-size-limit-technology-slicing-tags-200-mb)

- Atlas Reactor: How an MMO studio set out to create the next great competitive game (http://www.polygon.com/features/2015/10/28/9629428/trion-labs-atlas-reactor-feature-gameplay-video-mmo-studio-behind-the-scenes)

- Nintendo announces first smartphone title Miitomo, delays launch to 2016 (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/28/9633174/nintendo-miitomo-first-smartphone-game-delayed)

- Club Nintendo is dead, long live new rewards program My Nintendo (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/29/9634556/my-nintendo-rewards-club-nintendo)

- New Nintendo accounts will support cloud saves, Facebook, Twitter sign-in (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/29/9634508/new-nintendo-accounts-will-support-cloud-saves-facebook-twitter-sign)

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

- Nintendo announces first smartphone title Miitomo, delays launch to 2016 (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/28/9633174/nintendo-miitomo-first-smartphone-game-delayed)

- Club Nintendo is dead, long live new rewards program My Nintendo (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/29/9634556/my-nintendo-rewards-club-nintendo)

- New Nintendo accounts will support cloud saves, Facebook, Twitter sign-in (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/29/9634508/new-nintendo-accounts-will-support-cloud-saves-facebook-twitter-sign)

- Titanfall goes mobile: Respawn and Nexon team up for iOS and Android spin-offs (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/29/9630926/titanfall-mobile-ios-android-respawn-nexon)

### THE BEST OF THE REST

- Battleborn is Borderlands-meets-MOBA — but don’t call it that (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/27/9617758/battleborn-impressions-moba-borderlands-gearbox-software)

- Longform returns with stories about Apple TV's wild tech and PS Vita's unlikely success (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/29/9637158/polygon-longform-apple-tv-playstatin-vita-shahid-ahmad)

Here's what we're covering today on your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV.

### THE BIG STORIES

- Wild will have 'Bloodborne-style' multiplayer, male and female protagonists (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/28/9631430/wild-ps4-story-details-bloodborne-multiplayer-gameplay)

- Uncharted 4 multiplayer won't have dedicated servers, will have microtransactions (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/28/9628536/uncharted-4-multiplayer-microtransactions-no-dedicated-servers)

- Sony says no JRPGs in development, remains silent on PS classics (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/28/9630210/backward-compatibility-ps4-ps3-playstation-classics-shuhei-yoshida)

- Metal Gear Solid wasn't sued over Escape From New York ties because Kojima's 'a nice guy' (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/28/9625556/metal-gear-solid-escape-from-new-york-lawsuit-kojima-john-carpenter)

- Batman: Arkham Knight back on Steam, WB giving away free Arkham games (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/28/9629768/batman-arkham-knight-back-on-steam-pc-rocksteady-free-games)

- Xbox 360 free games will be backward compatible on Xbox One beginning in November (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/28/9628116/xbox-games-with-gold-november-2015-list-backward-compatibility)

- Report: Nintendo’s first mobile game to launch this year, Nintendo Directs returning (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/28/9626896/nintendo-mobile-game-release-date-nintendo-direct-return)

### THE BEST OF THE REST

- Disney Infinity 3.0 review: a new hope (http://www.polygon.com/2015/8/28/9217477/disney-infinity-3-0-review-ps4-playstation-4-xbox-one-wii-u)

- The Flash recap: The Fury of Firestorm (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/28/9624806/the-flash-recap-the-fury-of-firestorm)

Here's what we're covering today on your daily audio tour through the world of video games, related technologies and pop culture like comics, movies and TV:

### THE BIG STORIES

- New Xbox One Experience and Xbox 360 backward compatibility launch Nov. 12 (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/26/9618794/xbox-one-experience-xbox-360-backward-compatibility-release-date)

- Boundless heading to PS4, watch the trailer here (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/27/9621850/boundless-ps4-announcement)

- Explore Dreams, Media Molecule's latest, with a first look at gameplay (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/27/9622130/explore-dreams-gameplay-first-look-ps4)

- Quantic Dream reveals Detroit (and the return of 'Kara') for PS4 (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/27/9622386/quantic-dream-detroit-ps4)

- Gran Turismo Sport announced for PS4, beta coming in early 2016 (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/27/9622244/gran-turismo-sport-ps4-trailer-beta)

- Matterfall coming to PS4 from Housemarque (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/27/9622084/matterfall-trailer-ps4-housemarque)

- No Man's Sky coming June 2016, watch the new trailer (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/27/9622040/no-mans-sky-release-date)

- Street Fighter 5 launching Feb. 16 on PS4, Dhalsim confirmed for roster (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/27/9621854/street-fighter-5-release-date-ps4-dhalsim-trailer)

- Tekken 7 coming to PlayStation 4 (update: with PlayStation VR support) (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/27/9621848/tekken-7-ps4)

- Until Dawn: Rush of Blood announced exclusively for PlayStation VR (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/27/9622194/until-dawn-rush-of-blood-ps4-playstation-vr)

- Wild lets you summon giant snake women and more in new footage (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/27/9622350/wild-lets-you-summon-giant-snake-women-new-footage-ps4)

- J.J. Abrams addresses Luke's absence from Star Wars trailers (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/27/9620798/star-wars-the-force-awakens-luke-where)

### THE BEST OF THE REST

- Avicii comes to PlayStation with Avicii Vector (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/27/9621898/avicii-vector-playstation-4)

- DriveClub gets motorcycles in stand-alone expansion DriveClub Bikes today (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/27/9622102/driveclub-bikes-motorcycle-expansion-ps4)

- Gravity Rush 2's trailer shows off lunar, Jupiter gravity and destructible environments (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/27/9622112/gravity-rush-2s-trailer-shows-off-lunar-jupiter-gravity-and)

- Horizon: Zero Dawn takes on robotic dinosaurs in new gameplay footage (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/27/9622080/horizon-zero-dawn-new-gameplay-footage-ps4)

- Star Wars Battlefront's latest gameplay trailer picks up where the beta left off (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/27/9621980/star-wars-battlefront-october-trailer-paris-games-week-ps4)

- See Uncharted 4's wild, mystical multiplayer in action (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/27/9622136/uncharted-4-multiplayer-gameplay-video-ps4)

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

- Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare's unexpected success is shaping its sequel (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/23/9571197/plants-vs-zombies-garden-warfare-2-preview-hands-on)

- Nintendo wanted GoldenEye sequel and less violence, says developer (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/26/9615126/nintendo-goldeneye-007-sequel-shigeru-miyamoto)

- Fallout 4 preload coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/26/9617072/fallout-4-preload-coming-to-xbox-one-ps4-pc)

- Fallout gets its own official beer (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/23/9603730/fallout-4-beer)

- Darth Maul video game developer wants a second chance with Electronic Arts (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/25/9611182/darth-maul-video-game-electronic-arts)

- Batman: Arkham Knight for PC re-launches on Steam Oct. 28 (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/24/9607846/batman-arkham-knight-pc-steam-launch-broken-bugs)

- Jared Leto says playing the Joker in Suicide Squad was 'very painful' (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/26/9616140/jared-leto-says-playing-the-joker-in-suicide-squad-was-very-painful)

### THE BEST OF THE REST

- Halo 5: Guardians review (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/26/9553081/halo-5-guardians-review-xbox-one)

- Let's stop pretending Halo 5's story matters (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/26/9616468/halo-5-story-ending)

- Apple TV is a radical rethinking of your relationship with the hardware and games you own (http://www.polygon.com/features/2015/10/26/9604068/apple-tv-app-size-limit-technology-slicing-tags-200-mb)

On today's special episode, Polygon's executive editor, Brian Crecente. joins us for an in-depth discussion about Steam Machines — what they are, what he likes, what confuses him, and what they could mean for the video game ecosystem. Also, whether he'd recommend one to his dad.

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

- PlayStation Store adds wishlist function (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/22/9599650/playstation-store-wishlist-browser-ps4-ps3-vita)

- Sony offers sneak peek at what's coming to PlayStation Experience 2015 (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/22/9600222/playstation-experience-2015-lineup-sony)

- You have exactly 12 months to play one of the year's best board games (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/23/9599740/you-have-exactly-12-months-to-play-one-of-the-years-best-board-games)

- New play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the official 'eighth story' (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/23/9602596/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-is-the-official-eighth-story-in-the)

### THE BEST OF THE REST

- Crimson Peak review (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/22/9596084/crimson-peak-review)

- Assassin's Creed Syndicate survival guide: how to get the most out of your time in London (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/23/9602152/assassins-creed-syndicate-survival-guide-tips-walkthrough)

- Jessica Jones gets dark in first official trailer (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/23/9602852/jessica-jones-gets-dark-in-first-official-trailer)

- Watch 7 minutes of 3D Realms' Duke Nukem successor Bombshell (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/23/9600190/watch-7-minutes-of-3d-realms-duke-nukem-successor-bombshell)

### WORLDMAP STORIES

- What Valve got right and wrong with the Steam Machine (http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/15/9536047/steam-machine-alienware-hands-on-video)