Peak’s Mesa Biome is the kind of update that makes you question your life choices. It’s hot, hostile, and full of mirages that exist solely to mock you. Dynamite explodes if you breathe near it.

This article is part of Run, Die, Repeat, Polygon's week-long series exploring roguelikes. The definition of "roguelike" is one of those topics of conversation that will keep die-hard fans debating ...

TL;DR: Borderlands 4 will feature an unprecedented 30 billion unique gun permutations, 30 times more than Borderlands 3, thanks to advanced procedural generation technology. Gearbox developed a ...

Using a text prompt, Google's latest Genie 3 model can create interactive 3D worlds that can be navigated with a mouse and keyboard. When he's not battling bugs and robots in Helldivers 2, Michael is ...

Texas’ redistricting fight has escalated, with Democrats nationwide threatening to retaliate and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordering Democratic state lawmakers be arrested. Photo: H. Rick Bamman/Zuma ...

Star Citizen promised to include VR support as a core feature more than a decade ago—long before it scope-creeped its way into becoming the MMO of today. Now, Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) says they’re ...

Kiro is the new Amazon Web Services IDE for creating software projects using agentic AI. A developer using Kiro creates a specification for the desired program, and Kiro uses Claude Sonnet (3.7 or 4.0 ...

Picture, if you would, the very first video games that were ever made. We’re talking old-school arcades and early Atari titles. Think about what it was like to not only play them, but what it was like ...

Design your own custom Google Maps in seconds! This high-quality vector map tutorial shows you how to create clean, editable maps for architecture, urban planning, and presentations. #CustomGoogleMap ...

Why it matters: Managing graphics memory has become one of the most pressing challenges facing the realm of real-time 3D rendering. As visuals become more detailed, the amount of VRAM required for ...

Realistic graphics with high-quality textures can consume significant amounts of graphics memory. While having a powerful graphics card is one solution, optimization is also a way to reduce VRAM ...