There's a huge Game of the Year race hidden behind GTA 6 hype
…The deck-building roguelike is a gigantic hit on Steam in early access and easily the best loved and most-played indie game of the year. If it reaches 1.0 before…
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Everything new in Diablo 4 Season 14 update
…There are Uniques and Mythic Uniques If characters could reach high power levels because of Unique items before, now they go beyond what seemed possible with the new Mythic Uniques. In Season…
This absurdly huge D&D campaign mixes barbarian warbands with cosmic horror
…We calculated it would require at least 300 hours of gameplay to reach the ending, and that’s not considering all the side quests and alternative paths. So we also created Mindscape…
Netflix's most surprising new anime is already impossible to ignore
…A specific premiere date for Jimoto Saiko has yet to be unveiled, but Polygon has reached out for further clarification and will update this post if we get clarification. MAPPA’s initial…
5 perfect Nintendo games nobody remembers — but they need a comeback
…4 Pilotwings (1990) Alongside Wave Race and Excitebike , which also need some love, Pilotwings has been overlooked for far too long. It originally arrived not long after the Super Famicom reached Japan…
Xbox already has a secret weapon to fast track a new Elder Scrolls or Fallout game
Sign in to your Polygon.com account With pressure to increase revenue, impending layoffs , and the potential sale of beloved gaming studios, it's no secret that Xbox is in turmoil . How…
30 years ago, this Nintendo 64 sequel turned an oddity into a beloved institution
…Consoles frequently reached store shelves without support from the larger libraries we expect today. In Japan, Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64 were reason enough to buy the new system (plus there…
Goodbye to video game hype forever if Hollywood's big week was any sign
…All the big Hollywood studios show up to hype their upcoming slate for the theater owners in presentations, revealing exclusive footage and trailers and wheeling stars out to address the crowd. I…
Every Xbox Games Showcase 2026 trailer in one place (live updates)
E3 might be dead, but the E3-era console-war gusto is in full resurrection mode thanks to Xbox and PlayStation’s rekindled “exclusives” rivalry. Thankfully, there’s Summer Game Fest — and…
A new breed of 'outsider AAA' studios is taking over the games industry
…protagonist Eve was unapologetically sexualized and could be dressed up in all kinds of skimpy outfits. Surprisingly, perhaps, Sony got behind the game and published it as a PlayStation 5 console exclusive…