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) ### BECOME A MINIMAPPER We'd love to count you as a daily Minimap listener. You can subscribe to the podcast wherever you like with these links: -...

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 beta starts March 31 (http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/9/11185374/doom-multiplayer-closed-beta-date) - Chewbacca getting an origin story in Han Solo anthology movie (http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/9/11185036/chewbacca-han-solo-star-wars) - Ori...

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 shutting down Mario Kart TV highlights service (http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/8/11180256/mario-kart-tv-shutting-down-mario-kart-8) - Feds allege fraud by...

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 launching May 24, open beta coming in early May (update) (http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/7/11172230/overwatch-launch-date-leaked-may-24) - Key figure...

### 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 Marvel for Captain America's 75th anniversary...

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: The Revolution gets single-player season pass, year of free co-op content (http://is.gd/adxb9I) - Mass Effect Andromeda pegged for early 2017 launch, says EA CFO (http://is.gd/Uv9HNj) - Star Wars Battlefront's first DLC adds playable...

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 or Mac (http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/1/11137958/next-ps4-update-will-let-you-play-your-games-on-windows-pc-or-mac) - Dark Souls 3: everything we know from playing the first four hours...

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 the $3 million Dota 2 Shanghai Major (http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/26/11120648/dota-2-shanghai-major-newell-harding-2gd-fired-perfect-world) - HTC Vive pre-orders are officially open...

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 talk about current events, but analyze and synthesize them. Think of Worldmap as the director's commentary for Polygon. Today, we're joined by Owen Good, who tells us about the recently departed Super Bowl of Tecmo Super Bowl, Megan...

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) - Details on Fallout 4's new Survival Mode leak (http://is.gd/uB7QpO) - Alan Wake's Return trademark shows up on European database (http://is.gd/P9fcc3) - Resident Evil 4, 5 and 6 are coming to PS4 and Xbox One (http://is.gd/hgMzqG) ###...

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 Counter-Strike major tournament prize pool to $1 million (http://is.gd/3iC6Sm) - Doom launching uncut in Germany — a franchise first (http://is.gd/1BCaah) - Uncharted 4 trailer contains artwork lifted from Assassin's Creed 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 Wars Battlefront's latest patch adds a film grain option and a new map...

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 (http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/22/11093896/metal-gear-solid-5-dice-award) - The HTC Vive VR headset will cost $799 (http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/21/11081622/the-htc-vive-vr-headset-will-cost-799) - The Super Bowl of Tecmo Super Bowl comes to an end...

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 with players (http://www.polygon.com/features/2016/2/17/11003980/hearthstone-and-community-inside-blizzard-s-radical-new-approach-to ### BECOME A MINIMAPPER We'd love to count you as a daily Minimap listener. You can...

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 before' (http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/18/11054262/bethesda-unannounced-projects-todd-howard) - Hitman's live events include new modes, limited time challenges...

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 OtherSide Entertainment for Underworld Ascendant, System Shock 3 (http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/17/11034836/warren-spector-otherside-entertainment) - The...

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 talk about current events, but analyze and synthesize them. Think of Worldmap Edition as the director’s commentary for Polygon. Today, we’re joined by Jeff Ramos, who’s big into Blizzard’s new game, Overwatch. He’s playing the beta, and...

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 Duty and Skylanders games coming this year (http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/11/10972138/new-call-of-duty-2016-skylanders-guitar-hero) - Microsoft offering free downloads of...

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 laying off 37 percent of staff in restructuring after Rock Band 4 disappoints...

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 Hitman beta tells the story of how 47 got his start (http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/8/10938950/hitman-beta-video-47-origins) - GameTrailers shuts down after...

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 beats the Rift: Games and packed-in motion controls (http://www.polygon.com/features/2016/2/2/10885790/valve-htc-vive-preview-games) ### BECOME A MINIMAPPER We'd love to count you as a daily Minimap listener. You can subscribe to the podcast...

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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) - The Witness sold 'substantially more' than 100K copies in its first week...

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, sank Ant Simulator, developer says (http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/1/10889756/ant-simulator-eteeski-strippers-liquor-allegations-video) - Metal Gear Online...