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It's a holiday weekend for many in the U.S. and beyond — so take a load off and relax for a change!

You've earned it.

Even though the sun is shining and there's some meat smoking on the grill outdoors that doesn't stop us from hiding in the shade and playing games. We checked in with the Polygon crew this weekend to see what they're playing and here's what we've heard back:

Social Media Manager Ashley Oh is playing Overwatch - like many I imagine? Yeah?

Senior Editor Owen Good is back on MLB The Show swinging sticks.

There's also a copious amount of Halo 5, Dark Souls 3 and ... more Overwatch among the rest of the team.

Two weeks out from E3 what are you playing?

via Polygon[www.polygon.com]

The "Xbox One-Two" will be more than four times as powerful (!) as the Xbox One

Report by Arthur Gies

Microsoft has two new Xbox consoles on the horizon, according to reports on Kotaku that Polygon has corroborated with its own sources. Those sources also told Polygon that one of those new consoles will be over four times more powerful than the current Xbox One and that the announcement at E3 was triggered by, among other things, a faster-than-expected timeline for Sony’s own upgraded PlayStation 4. The other console, a slimmed-down version of the current hardware, will also be getting a redesigned controller.

The latter is scheduled to be revealed at E3 or at an event shortly before, as plans are currently in discussion. Tom Warren at Polygon sister site The Verge reports that the console will be "40 percent smaller than the current model and will likely include 4K support," which will be for video content specifically, though the existing Xbox One models include scaling hardware to output games at various resolutions. Our sources also confirm that this will be the smallest Xbox ever made.

Current plans have the smaller Xbox One scheduled for release this August. Pricing for the system has not been finalized. The other console, codenamed Scorpio, is unlikely to be released until late 2017, according to Polygon's sources. It will likely be announced in the next month, though plans are somewhat in flux. Like the all-but-confirmed PS4 "Neo," Scorpio represents an evolution of console generations, one that straddles the line somewhat between an entirely new installment of the Xbox platform and a continuation of the existing Xbox One.

Read more at Polygon[www.polygon.com]

A former translator for Valve Corporation is suing the game maker for more than $3 million, alleging that her supervisor at the company created a hostile work environment by referring to her as "it" following her sex reassignment surgery, according to the suit obtained by Polygon.

The employee, who is identified only by initials in the lawsuit, also says that Valve fired her after she complained to human resources about the company's practice of "utilizing people who were interested in their products to provide translation services for free."

The unnamed litigant also notes discrimination, retaliation and four other causes for her lawsuit.

Read more at Polygon[www.polygon.com]

Come on in, spend a few hours talking about video games as we approach the holiday season faster than something really, really fast.

What's on your holiday wishlist?

-Shaun