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The Ghoul and Lucy’s journey so far is Fallout at its finest

The Ghoul and Lucy’s journey so far is Fallout at its finest

When you get down to brass tacks, Prime Video’s adaptation of Bethesda’s post-apocalyptic video game series perfectly captures the experience of...

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Aimee Hart

Animal Crossing: New Horizons' interior design just isn't good enough anymore

Animal Crossing: New Horizons' interior design just isn't good enough anymore

When Nintendo announced a hotel you can decorate in Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0, I was excited by the prospect. Yes, it was essentially the...

yesterday 10

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Josh Broadwell

Forspoken deserved better

Forspoken deserved better

“I’m talking to a cuff!” Ultimately, Forspoken was spoken for by five words. Looking back at Square Enix’s ambitious action-RPG three years...

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Ari Notis

Arc Raiders is getting new maps this year, but old maps need love too

Arc Raiders is getting new maps this year, but old maps need love too

Arc Raiders is getting "multiple maps" in 2026, and they'll be "across a spectrum of size to try to facilitate different types of gameplay." This...

yesterday 10

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Ford James

Tears of the Kingdom taught me to cheat my way through classic Zelda

Tears of the Kingdom taught me to cheat my way through classic Zelda

Until very recently, the Legend of Zelda games never clicked with me. I used to say it was because I hated puzzles, but now I know that wasn’t true....

yesterday 10

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Jen Glennon

A decade after launch, I finally figured out how to make The Sims 4 fun

A decade after launch, I finally figured out how to make The Sims 4 fun

The Sims 4 's expansion pack Enchanted By Nature launched in July 2025 and added fairy-Sims, magical ailments, and charming new clothing and...

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Claire Lewis

Oblivion Remastered has ruined me for Skyrim

Oblivion Remastered has ruined me for Skyrim

When I first fired up The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered , I didn't expect to get sucked in. I'd never played the original 2006 version, and...

yesterday 10

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Claire Lewis

Critical Role's animated intros are a master class in storytelling

Critical Role's animated intros are a master class in storytelling

If there's one thing guaranteed to get Critical Role fans hyped, it's a dramatic new opening for the company's incredibly popular actual-play...

13.01.2026 3

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Aimee Hart

Why one-shot tabletop RPGs should start full throttle

Why one-shot tabletop RPGs should start full throttle

“Okay, so you’re tied to a chair inside a run-down trailer,” the game master told me. “The woman standing in front of you punches you in the...

13.01.2026 3

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Tasha Robinson

Let's get some even weirder PS5 colors while we're at it

Let's get some even weirder PS5 colors while we're at it

After five years, the PlayStation 5 is getting experimental with color. While we've gotten special edition designs and colorful faceplates in the...

13.01.2026 4

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Giovanni Colantonio

I'm excited for Resident Evil Requiem because it looks nothing like Resident Evil Village

I'm excited for Resident Evil Requiem because it looks nothing like Resident Evil Village

Like every other survival horror enthusiast on the face of the Earth, I absolutely cannot wait to get my hands on Resident Evil Requiem . I'm...

13.01.2026 4

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Claire Lewis

Thrill of the refill: I love it when a boss gets a second health bar

Thrill of the refill: I love it when a boss gets a second health bar

It’s probably happened to you: After bashing your head against a particularly difficult boss in a video game, you realize you’ve been duped. As you...

13.01.2026 4

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Michael Mcwhertor

J.J. Abrams is the king of dramatic entrances

J.J. Abrams is the king of dramatic entrances

In a glossy 2019 interview with The New York Times, J.J. Abrams said the quiet part out loud. “I’ve never been great at endings,” the director...

13.01.2026 2

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Jake Kleinman

Why King Bumi’s big reveal makes Magic’s Dramatic Entrance unforgettable

Why King Bumi’s big reveal makes Magic’s Dramatic Entrance unforgettable

In season 1 of Avatar: The Last Airbender , few moments land harder than the reveal that the ancient, mad king of Omashu is, in fact, Aang’s...

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Corey Plante

Fortnite's Stick of Truth is ruining the South Park collab

Fortnite's Stick of Truth is ruining the South Park collab

After months of rumors, Fortnite has finally gone on down to South Park, and, well, it kind of sucks. To be fair, Fortnite fans have enjoyed some...

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Chris Hayner

Is GTA 6 basically a PS5 exclusive at this point?

Is GTA 6 basically a PS5 exclusive at this point?

Grand Theft Auto 6 is set to launch this November for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. A PC port of Rockstar's highly anticipated open-world sequel...

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Patricia Hernandez

My first encounter with Mass Effect was watching Shepard die

My first encounter with Mass Effect was watching Shepard die

The first time I met Mass Effect’s Shepard, I watched him die. Before fully getting into BioWare’s space opera circa 2013, a year after the...

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Austin Manchester

The expensive 'smart' future of Lego has fans riled up

The expensive 'smart' future of Lego has fans riled up

Smart bricks and minifigs are coming to Lego, and the implications are exciting, but equally alarming. For months now, diehard fans have been...

07.01.2026 4

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Patricia Hernandez

Forget Kratos, I want the God of War studio to revive one of its best games next

Forget Kratos, I want the God of War studio to revive one of its best games next

Could 2026 be the year that we get a new God of War game? For the past year, rumors have swirled that Sony's Santa Monica Studio is cooking up...

07.01.2026 2

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Giovanni Colantonio

Star Wars desperately needs a win — can Disney’s most reliable director deliver?

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Jake Kleinman

A major Star Wars power shift is upon us, but Dave Filoni has the Force to pull it off

A major Star Wars power shift is upon us, but Dave Filoni has the Force to pull it off

After 13 years as Lucasfilm’s president, it was only a matter of time before Kathleen Kennedy handed over the reins of Star Wars. Under the...

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Aimee Hart

Apple's Neuromancer show should be an anime

Apple's Neuromancer show should be an anime

The term “cyberpunk” conjures images of futuristic cityscapes, simulated realities, and technologically advanced cyborgs. While this sci-fi...

05.01.2026 10

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Debopriyaa Dutta

The incredible catharsis of Stranger Things’ final episode

The incredible catharsis of Stranger Things’ final episode

[Ed. note: This article contains full spoilers for the series finale of Stranger Things.] Something has seemed wrong since, let’s say, some time in...

05.01.2026 10

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Jake Kleinman

11 small games that could become huge in 2026

11 small games that could become huge in 2026

This year is primed for major game releases, like Marvel’s Wolverine and Grand Theft Auto 6 , and we here at Polygon just detailed our 50 most...

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Austin Manchester

Yuna is one of Magic’s strongest Final Fantasy cards — and tells her story through mechanics

05.01.2026 2

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Corey Plante

The games we played the most in 2025

The games we played the most in 2025

​ Listen, Game of the Year discussions are always fun. Everybody wants to know what the best games of the year are, but I find myself really...

05.01.2026 1

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Polygon Staff

Horror finally moved out of Get Out’s long shadow this year

Jordan Peele’s 2017 movie Get Out changed a lot of things. Chief among them was inventing — certainly unwittingly, and perhaps unfairly — a new and...

31.12.2025 3

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Oli Welsh

Avatar without James Cameron feels impossible, unless this one director replaces him

Avatar: Fire and Ash left me thinking about Shakespeare. Not because James Cameron’s dialogue is up there with the Bard’s (sorry, Spider), but...

31.12.2025 3

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Matt Patches

The year's biggest movies told us to eat the rich again. We still aren't listening.

There’s a familiar theme running through a lot of 2025’s genre movies, including its biggest box-office hits. It's an idea that stretches all the...

31.12.2025 1

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Tasha Robinson

Overwatch 2 finally justified itself as a sequel in 2025

When Blizzard released Overwatch 2 in 2022, the game launched with a new playstyle, three new heroes, and what seemed like few noteworthy changes...

31.12.2025 1

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Josh Broadwell