The Overwatch community was taken aback yesterday by the introduction of a new character to the series’ lore: Efi Oladele, an 11-year-old scientist from Numbani. Although many speculate that Efi could be the game’s 24th playable character, fans have also dug up plenty of evidence that she’s not the new hero — but the creator of them. The character — or thing — that’s actually playable may be one that fans have glimpsed several times before, according to several pieces of evidence dredged up by Reddit users. The popular fan theory goes like this: New hero Efi invented a spider-like, quadrupedal tank that players will control, and it’s the same one that’s made a few appearances in videos and concept art. The first time we saw the so-called spider mech was in an early mockup of Overwatch’s...

The massive Mass Effect nerds at Cards Against Humanity have teamed up with developer BioWare to produce an expansion pack for the vulgar card game — a small card pack themed around the beloved video game franchise that’s all about boning aliens in space, Cards Against Humanity announced today. The 14-card Mass Effect Pack is now on sale for $1, with free shipping available to U.S. customers. If you want a pack, you should buy it sooner rather than later — “once we are sold out on the site, we are done forever,” Trin Garritano, director of events, emotions and various promotions at Cards Against Humanity, told Polygon. Illustrator Cara McGee did the artwork for the pack; you can see the cover above, and the inside of the placard below. “And yes: Shepard and Kaidan smooch when you close...

Pokémon Day, which commemorates the franchise’s birthday, is Feb. 27, and this year’s looks to be a big one. Pokémon is finally of drinking age this year, and The Pokémon Company is holding several events to honor the big 21. The whole list of Pokémon Day festivities is on the official Pokémon website, including things to buy and special items appearing in games like Pokémon Go. Here’s the round-up of how fans should spend Feb. 27: From Feb. 26 at 1 p.m. PT until March 6 at 1 p.m. PT, all wild Pikachu in Pokémon Go will be wearing appropriate party hats to show just how hard they’re celebrating the series’ 21st birthday. These special Pikachu will wear the party hats forever, apparently — because why ever stop partying? Pokémon TV, the online and mobile streaming platform where fans...

If you missed out on Nintendo Switch pre-orders, you’ll have a chance to buy one on launch day: GameStop stores will have a “limited supply” of consoles for walk-in customers, the company announced today. “Customers who were not able to pre-order the system are encouraged to attend GameStop’s midnight launch events,” GameStop said in a news release. The Nintendo Switch will be released worldwide on March 3, nine days from today. Of course, considering how few NES Classic units Nintendo was able to ship to retailers — at launch, most stores were getting allocations in the single digits — the chances of picking up a Switch without a pre-order may be slim. GameStop also announced that it will sell two different Switch bundles on its website. As is usually the case with these kinds of...

Twitch streamer and avid World of Tanks player Brian “PoShYbRiD” Vigneault was found dead Sunday evening. He passed away during a 24-hour charity event, which he was hosting and producing alone from his home in Virginia Beach, Virginia. His profile says he was 34. Vigneault stepped away from the livestream at 4:30 pm ET, writes PVPLive. Virginia Beach Police told Polygon they were called to Vigneault’s residence a little over an hour later to assist an “unresponsive individual.” He was pronounced dead at the scene. Vigneault had regularly hosted charity streams on his channel, raising as much as $10,000 for various organizations, according to his Twitch profile page. His community learned of his passing in a Discord chat room. After an absence, his activity light went on. Instead of...