Dynamax Articuno counters, weakness, and battle tips in Pokémon Go
Dynamax Articuno is the first Legendary we’re seeing in Max Battles for Pokémon Go. It’s making its debut during Max Monday on...
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What time does Diablo 4 season 7 release?
Season 7 of Diablo 4, formally called the Season of Witchcraft, goes live this week — a welcome injection of...
Netflix revived and killed the interactive movie — but its platform is still a game
Game designer Sam Barlow deserves a lot of credit for driving the “redemption” of FMVs. The full-motion video game format...
The best anime to watch on Netflix right now
Netflix’s continued investment in anime has yielded fruit over the past couple of years. The streaming service has amassed a...
Grand Theft Hamlet’s creators put Shakespeare in GTA to put chaos back into Shakespeare
Grand Theft Hamlet is a documentary film, kind of. It’s also an experimental theater project. It’s also a rough-and-ready feature-length...
Marvel Snap down, caught in the TikTok ban
While all focus was on TikTok in the last week, as the company prepared to — and eventually did —...
TikTok goes dark in the U.S.
TikTok is down for its 170 million users in the United States after the company voluntarily removed itself from Apple...
After a gloriously chaotic season 1, I can’t wait to see the drama XO, Kitty season 2 has in store
Kitty Song Covey — the titular lead of XO, Kitty and the most chaotic bisexual teenager on Netflix — is...
I’ll miss you, Nintendo Labo
Our family’s Toy-Con House, home to Monster Cat. RIP to a real one. Nintendo revealed the Nintendo Switch 2 yesterday,...
Twitch streamer Shroud honors his late father in a month-long charity event
Two years after Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek’s father passed away from lung cancer, the popular Twitch streamer was ready to honor...
The best sci-fi movies to watch on Netflix this January
2025 is well underway, and there’s a whole lot of exciting new sci-fi releases on the horizon to look forward...
Queer, Red Rooms, Netflix’s Back in Action, and every movie new to streaming
Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and...
Genshin Impact developer to pay $20M fine to US Federal Trade Commission over loot box violations
Genshin Impact publisher Cognosphere (which is also called Hoyoverse) is settling a United States Federal Trade Commission lawsuit over selling...
The Owl House creator’s follow-up is a surreal sci-fi thriller
Dana Terrace, creator of witchy fantasy cartoon The Owl House, has a new show on the horizon and it looks...
The Switch 2 reveal used the iPhone playbook. Let’s hope the hardware doesn’t
It’s hard not to feel a little disappointed by Nintendo’s announcement on Thursday of the Switch 2. The fact that...
Switch 2 vs. Steam Deck: How Nintendo’s next console measures up
The Nintendo Switch 2 was finally revealed, and it looks more like a Steam Deck than its predecessors ever did....
My kids’ first meeting with Nintendo
Game File is a thrice-weekly newsletter about the culture and business of video games, written by longtime gaming reporter Stephen...
How to get medallions in Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 1
Medallions return in Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 1, after being first introduced in Chapter 5 Season 1. Two medallions were...
AI Dungeon Master experiment exposes the vulnerability of Critical Role’s fandom
A recently surfaced research paper has brought the contentious conversation surrounding artificial intelligence into the realm of actual play. Published...
Our favorite memories of and tributes to the great David Lynch
On Wednesday, David Lynch, the avant-garde artist, musician, and director best known for Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive, passed away....
How to get the Burst Quad Launcher in Fortnite
The Burst Quad Launcher has been unvaulted in Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 1 with the arrival of Godzilla on Jan....
Across social platforms, Neil Gaiman’s fans are struggling: ‘People are grieving in a very public way’
Before July 2024, the Neil Gaiman subreddit was a relatively chill place by internet discourse standards. “It was a very...
What will the Nintendo Switch 2 cost? An analysis of Nintendo’s pricing strategy
Nintendo didn’t get into much in the way of details during this week’s reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2, and...
Switch 2 accessories are already popping up online
Just a day after the Switch 2 reveal, video game publisher and peripheral manufacturer Nacon is showing off its first...
How to get the Rail Gun in Fortnite
The Rail Gun has returned to Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 1 with the arrival of Godzilla on Jan. 17. First...
US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban
TikTok has become the center of a massive political debate, and the app is now endangered in the United States....
Riot Games still closed after LA wildfires, announces in-game fundraisers
Riot Games closed its offices on Jan. 9 due to the LA wildfires, and today, the company has confirmed in...
How to translate a game with no words
Chants of Sennaar, the 2023 language puzzle game from Rundisc, uses fictional languages but was developed in French and English....
Mortal Kombat 1’s next guest character is Conan the Barbarian
Straight out of Cimmeria, Conan the Barbarian yawps his way into Mortal Kombat 1 later this month as part of...
Warhammer 40K’s freakiest Space Marines take to the field with new codex and models
The Emperor’s Children are some of the strangest Space Marines to be found in Warhammer 40,000, and that’s quite impressive...
Skeleton Crew found success in capturing the joy of discovering Star Wars
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew wore its influences on its sleeve. Despite being part The Goonies, part Treasure Island, and coated...
Wingspan goes under the sea for Finspan
Wingspan, Elizabeth Hargrave’s breakout board game about birds, has been unstoppable. Well over a million copies have been sold, and...
When and where Godzilla spawns in Fortnite, and how to become Godzilla explained
Godzilla has arrived in Fortnite as a playable boss that can stomp across the map. Transforming into Godzilla gives you...
The 25 best PlayStation 5 games
What are the best games on PlayStation 5? Now that supply issues are over, Sony’s latest console is flying off...
The Xbox game that made Microsoft apologize to the Saudi Arabian government
In early 2003, Kate Edwards found herself sitting at the offices of newspaper Al Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, preparing to...
All the open-ended mysteries of Severance
Headed into season 2, Severance is on a hot streak. Picking up right where the season 1 finale left off...
The apocryphal story of America’s ‘Pikachu with big breasts’
Three decades after its debut in Japan, the Pokémon franchise is firmly entrenched as a cultural juggernaut. Across trading cards,...
Sony cancels 2 more live-service games, including a reported God of War spinoff
Sony has canceled two live-service PlayStation games from in-house developers Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games. The company confirmed the cancellations...
Disney has landed in the middle of a fight over an Indigenous language
For decades, the New Zealand government in Aotearoa has tried to eliminate te reo Māori, the language of the Indigenous...
When will trading release in Pokémon TCG Pocket, and how do trades work?
Trading in Pokémon TCG Pocket has been known since the app’s announcement back in Feb. 2024, but the trade button...
How to unlock all Tonics in Destiny 2
Tonics are the special episodic mechanic for Destiny 2’s episode Revenant, the second in Bungie’s post-Final Shape epilogue releases. These...
Nintendo Switch 2 reveal ditched showing players in silly scenarios
Nintendo finally released a first look at the highly-anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 on Thursday. The brief trailer zoomed in on...
The Until Dawn movie’s trailer makes it look like a dozen horror movies in one
The first full trailer for the Until Dawn movie has arrived, and it probably doesn’t look quite how you expected....
Poppy Playtime developer suing Google over ‘scam’ games
Poppy Playtime developer Mob Entertainment is suing Google over “scam” versions of its games. Mob Entertainment, via a lawsuit filed...
Where were all the games in the Switch 2 reveal?
The Nintendo Switch 2 has finally been unveiled. But, in a minimal announcement video, Nintendo chose to mostly show off...
How to check match history in Marvel Rivals
Your match history offers helpful insight into your Marvel Rivals competitive grind — not to mention proof of games you’ve...
Donkey Kong’s Switch 2 version looks like his Mario movie self
As Nintendo fans pored over the company’s reveal trailer for Nintendo Switch 2 and its new Mario Kart game game,...
How to solve the ‘Crrk?’ prophecy tablet in Honkai: Star Rail
As you hunt down prophecy tablets and other puzzles around Amphoreus in Honkai: Star Rail, you’ll find one with no...
How to get Lord icons in Marvel Rivals
The Lord icon is a special hero icon that you’re able to unlock for characters in Marvel Rivals as you...
This clever power bank and charging dock combo is matching its best price ever
If you need a power bank that’s powerful enough to keep your handheld PC charged without monopolizing bag space when...
Inherit your grandpa’s farm in this Stardew Valley-esque TTRPG
As daily life gets increasingly chaotic, sometimes you just want to sit down with a game that slows it all...
