Too many games!

As the industry crumbles, its output looks better than ever.

Our top pick of the week: Too many games! You might think, in a year with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur's Gate 3, Diablo 4, the Resident Evil 4 and Dead Space remakes, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Final Fantasy 16, Pikmin 4, Street Fighter 6, Starfield, Mortal Kombat 1, and others, now might be a good time for the game industry to take a breather. You know, a little rest before Spider-Man 2 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder come out.   The industry had other plans.   While things have been highly unstable behind the scenes, this week just added a bunch of new stuff to your backlog: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty almost corrects the past Counter-Strike 2 is now available, replacing CS:GO The puzzle game Cocoon is impossibly good Resident Evil 4 remake's DLC is just as lavish World of Warcraft Classic's permadeath mode makes a 19-year-old game feel new Payday 3 needs more time to escape the shadow of its predecessor El Paso, Elsewhere - hectic monster blasting with killer style Polygon's Patch Notes is a weekly newsletter that shares the best stuff to watch, play, and read. Let our band of editorial experts simplify your plans. Subscribe here. Polygon on TikTok | 86 spotlight | If you like big mechs or Armored Core 6, watch this anime. 6 stories to read Taylor Swift Easter eggs are more than a puzzle — they're a lifestyle | Of course her fans broke Google's puzzle vault.   Johnny Cage can never die | Mortal Kombat's lovable asshole is the heart of Mortal Kombat.   Expend4bles' director wants you to have as much fun watching the movie as he did making it | 'It feels like an amusement ride, right?'   One Piece's complex musical world-building sets a tone for season 2 and beyond | Composers Sonya Belousova and Giona Ostinelli break down the earworms that bring the Straw Hats to life.   6 major takeaways from Hollywood writers' new WGA contract | WGA's big win has implications across the industry.   The 10 most outrageous traps from the Saw franchise | Want to play a game? 8 things to watch Gen V on Prime Video | Get clout or die trying.   The Creator in theaters | Gareth Edwards' futuristic AI epic is a gorgeous letdown.   Reservation Dogs on Hulu | The best show on TV taught us how to be with each other.   Fionna and Cake on Max | Adventure Time continues to prove that adventure time belongs to everybody and every time.   Sex Education on Netflix | Sex Education's big romantic ending leaves something to be desired.   No One Will Save You on Hulu | Groot, Minority Report, and Contact all helped Brian Duffield clarify his mystery box.   Spy Kids: Armageddon on Netflix | Robert Rodriguez had to bring video games back for his new Spy Kids.   The Boys spinoff Gen V, Netflix's Castlevania sequel, and more new TV to watch this week | Here's the best of new TV to watch this week. 7 games to play Cocoon | An impossibly good puzzle game from former Limbo developers. Available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.   Ticket to Ride Legacy | The classic family-friendly board game has been effectively converted into a fantasy game. Available in board game stores.   Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty | The base game has come a long way since launch, and the new DLC makes it even better. Available on PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X.   Resident Evil 4 remake DLC | Capcom fleshes out the story of RE4 with a surprisingly strong add-on. Available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X.   World of Warcraft Classic | Hardcore servers are a brilliantly simple bit of social engineering. Available on Windows PC.   Payday 3 | A thrilling heist simulator with an identity crisis. Available on PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X.   El Paso, Elsewhere | A Max Payne-inspired, story-driven indie action game. Available on Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.  Free game of the week Counter-Strike 2 | There are free-to-play games, and then there are free-to-play games. Counter-Strike 2 falls in the latter category. Available on Steam. The best of the rest There: A new Devil May Cry anime is coming to Netflix. Are: Netflix reveals the first look at its new Tomb Raider series. So: Castlevania: Nocturne's trailer reboots the Netflix series without Warren Ellis. Many: Netflix's Onimusha resurrects Toshiro Mifune as a demon-slaying samurai. Of: A year ago, Netflix earned its place in the cyberpunk canon. These: Netflix is leaning hard into video game adaptations. This email was sent to reunisoft.cryptonews@blogger.com. Manage your email preferences here: unsubscribe     View our Privacy Notice and our Terms of Service. Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2023. All rights reserved.