Pokémon Go Vanillite Community Day guide
Pokémon Go is having a Vanillite Community Day event on April 27 from 2-5 p.m. in your local time. As...
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‘Paranoia’ walkthrough and all choice outcomes in Oblivion Remastered
“Paranoia” is a side quest in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered about a Wood Elf who’s paranoid about a...
All factions in Oblivion Remastered
Factions are as deep as the main story in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, if not more. Joining one...
Until Dawn’s best sequence pays homage to one of the game’s standout mechanics
The horror movie Until Dawn doesn’t exactly follow the video game it’s based on. In fact, it has an entirely...
7 tips from puzzle game developers on how to beat puzzle games
The puzzles of Blue Prince feel less like the gridlike blueprints you draft in the game and more like an...
How the Legend of Ochi director found his perfect throat-whistler
In A24’s new fantasy adventure movie The Legend of Ochi, the titular apelike creatures communicate via strange chirps and whistles....
Documenting Japan’s classic arcades before it’s too late
Depending who you ask, arcades have been dead or dying or on their last legs for… almost 40 years now....
The best horror movies to watch on Netflix this April
Spring is here, and for some that means it’s time to get outside and start enjoying the fresh air. If...
Babygirl, No Other Land, Netflix’s Havoc, and every movie new to streaming this weekend
Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and...
Sunrise on the Reaping proves it: The Hunger Games movies perfected the casting formula
The very same day Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins’ fifth Hunger Games book, was announced, so was a movie...
How to persuade in Oblivion Remastered
There is a persuasion system in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered that allows you to charm NPCs into giving...
How to join the Thieves Guild in Oblivion Remastered
Joining the Thieves Guild faction in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered is one of the first — and least...
How to unlock Her Ladyship’s Diary in Blue Prince
“Her Ladyship’s Diary” is a book you can find in Blue Prince located in Her Ladyship’s Chamber. Not only is...
How to get the Paper Crown in the Closed Exhibit in Blue Prince
The Closed Exhibit is a found floorplan in Blue Prince. At first glance, it seems like just a standard, T-shaped...
How to unlock the Throne Room in Blue Prince
The Throne Room is a found floorplan in Blue Prince. It’s a late-game room and doesn’t really come into play...
‘Wisdom of the Ages’ quest steps and walkthrough in Oblivion Remastered
“Wisdom of the Ages” is a side quest in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered that challenges the hero to...
Marvel Rivals’ next patch could save support players
The last few weeks have been hell for Strategist players in Marvel Rivals. Healing is hard enough on its own,...
How to recruit followers in Oblivion Remastered
You’ll need help from followers in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered if you plan on exploring its subaquatic dungeons...
How to kill Will-o-the-Wisps in Oblivion Remastered
Will-o-the-Wisps can be a challenging enemy type in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered as they’re only susceptible to magic-based...
The song at the heart of Lazarus’ score was inspired by a blues classic from nearly a century ago
Music has always been instrumental in Shinichirō Watanabe’s anime (pun intended). More than just merely background music, every soundtrack featured...
Ariana Grande and Travis Scott’s Fortnite avatars to appear before jury for patent lawsuit
Epic Games has been fighting a crypto and metaverse company called Utherverse over patent infringement since 2021. Utherverse filed a...
Genshin Impact version 5.6 livestream codes
Hoyoverse just wrapped up the Genshin Impact version 5.6 preview livestream, showing off all sorts of details about the upcoming...
Nintendo doesn’t want achievements, except when it does
It’s hardly a surprise, but it was worth confirming: the Nintendo Switch 2 won’t have achievements. When Polygon asked Nintendo’s...
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...
Tons of great sci-fi and fantasy books are up to 61% off during Amazon’s Book Sale
Amazon’s Book Sale is back this week, which means it’s a great opportunity to build up your TBR pile. Running...
Get kick-ass FPS throwback RoboCop: Rogue City before it leaves PS Plus soon
The endless sprawl of modern action and action-adjacent games is a common source of frustration for me. While I admire...
Two of 2024’s most innovative horror movies are now on Hulu
Horror movies are constantly calling out for experimentation; it’s a whole genre based around rules that are just waiting to...
EA’s terrific draft-day ad has me pumped for College Football 26 and Madden NFL 26
Are you ready for some football? There’s never really an offseason for America’s most popular sport, but the biggest event...
Vilverin dungeon puzzle solutions for Oblivion Remastered
Vilverin is one of the first dungeons you can go to in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered. It’s an...
All Pocket Promo A cards in Pokémon TCG Pocket
Promo cards have a lot of variance in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Some can be easily purchased from the shop, while...
The 20 best Xbox games
What is an “Xbox game”? Fairly recently, the answer was simple: An Xbox game is a game that you play...
Mobile Suit Gundam inspired Attack of the Clones’ biggest moment, and it’s all thanks to the man behind Jar Jar Binks
This week, the highly anticipated second season of Andor premiered on Disney Plus with its first three episode arc. Naturally,...
Andor’s opulent wedding sequence mints a ‘galactic hit’ in Star Wars music
It’s that time of year: wedding season. For a lot of the continental U.S., spring and summer brings to fruit...
Matt Mercer’s Avowed quest sold me on the game’s lore system
I love good world-building in my video games: pouring over fantastical geography, untangling the relationships between the people who live...
FLCL Reanimated is the ultimate fan tribute to a millennial anime classic
This Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of Kazuya Tsurumaki’s beloved cult-classic anime FLCL, which is a joyous occasion for fans...
Vibe to Square Enix’s excellent soundtracks in its new 24/7 lofi stream
Move over Lofi Girl, there’s a new mellow YouTube music channel in town. Square Enix Music Channel released a chill...
The best part of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is it explains nothing
I am weary of exposition in video games. Don’t get me wrong — I love when a game has well-developed...
Pokémon Go ‘Sweet Discoveries’ event guide
Pokémon Go’s “Sweet Discoveries” event focuses on sweet Pokémon and Pokémon that love to snack. It runs from April 24-29....
Nintendo’s pre-order invites go out in May, so don’t worry if you missed out at retailers
Retailers opened pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 consoles on Thursday, and it was… chaotic. No one was surprised because console...
So are GameStop’s Switch 2 pre-orders ‘not available’ or ‘currently unavailable’
Like some kind of Schrödinger’s cat experiment where both options are “kitty’s dead,” the GameStop website can’t decide how to...
GTA Online update for the week of April 24
The weekly GTA Online update for April 24, 2025, is live with reward events, discounts, prizes, and Acid Lab bonuses....
Final Fantasy Magic cards are helping protect Hasbro from Trump tariffs
Magic: The Gathering is already off to an incredible start in 2025, and that success appears to be helping shield...
It looks like some Switch 2 Edition upgrades will cost more than others
It appears the cost of upgrading games for the original Switch to their Switch 2 Editions is going to vary...
Alola finally comes to Pokémon TCG Pocket with the Celestial Guardians expansion
The Alola starters are finally coming to Pokémon TCG Pocket. And that’s not all: In addition to Rowlet, Litten, and...
The AI-generated movie What’s Next opens a fresh debate over AI filmmaking
These days, practically every technology employs artificial intelligence in one way or another, from the hodgepodge summaries at the top...
New lawsuit accuses Roblox of enabling sexual exploitation
A Florida teenager is suing Roblox and Discord for what she describes as the platforms enabling the alleged sexual abuse...
Best attributes to level up in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Attributes determine the stats of your party members in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. The most important thing you need to...
What time does the ‘Petal Update’ release in Dress to Impress?
The “Petal Update” is a new expansion coming to the popular Roblox game Dress to Impress. Although you can always...
Ordering a Nintendo Switch 2 last night was chaos, predictably
Shocking no one, least of all this author who recalls the process of getting a PlayStation 5 (or rather, not...
RPG books could be excluded from Trump’s tariffs, and you can thank Shadowrun for that
US President Donald Trump’s sweeping 145% tariffs on Chinese-made goods are creating chaos in the tabletop business, but there is...
Where Sinners fits in the Black vampire movie canon
The relatively niche subgenre of Black vampire films was popularized by Blacula in 1972, and to date only has a...
