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Patch Notes is a weekly newsletter bringing you the best of Polygon, sent on Fridays and published on the site on Sundays. You can subscribe here. It’s the circle of life. One live-service game dies — the developers of the briefly hyped Highguard announced they would throw in the towel this week — and another […]

What’s the only thing better than playing a great game? Playing it for free! This weekend, three PC games on Steam are having free trial periods. First up is The Riftbreaker. It combines several elements into one great game: base-building, survival, and hack-and-slash action-RPG gameplay. You can play it solo or co-op with up to […]

The eighth part of our Resident Evil Requiem walkthrough starts with Leon’s arrival in East Raccoon City, after he and Grace escaped the Rhodes Hill Chronic Care Center. In this zombie-ridden city, he must fight a Giant Spider, open BSAA containers, and collect detonator parts, including a relay, signal receiver, and distributor. Doing so will […]

After 13 years, Scary Movie is back, and all our franchise favorites are in it. Marlon and Shawn Wayans have returned, alongside Anna Faris, Regina Hall, and even Dave Sheridan as the dopey sheriff Doofy is here — but so is the franchise’s biting humor. After Marlon Wayans — co-star, writer, and co-creator — leaked […]

Planet of Lana 2: Children of the Leaf opens with its teen hero explaining the events of the 2023 original to refresh players on the science-fiction puzzle platformer’s plot and setting. It’s the only time English is spoken in the game. The rest of the time, Wishfully Studios’ developers build on the game’s eerie mystery […]

Kiryu might know the streets and alleys of Kamurocho in Yakuza Kiwami 3 like few others, but that doesn’t mean you do too. The winding maze of shops, side streets, parks, and entertainment centers is overwhelming initially (and often for a while after that) if only because it’s all so crammed with stuff. Side stories, […]

Discord announced Tuesday that it will delay the implementation of previously announced, but controversially received, age verification measures. Earlier this month, Discord announced that “teen-by-default” settings would launch for all users next month, meaning users would have to verify their adulthood with the platform to use all of its features. The news was not received […]

Last week, I received a text from my mom that the family dog, Sophie, who we got when I was in high school and who I really still think of as “my” dog, had broken her leg. It was scary news to receive about a dog who weighs maybe 15 pounds and is on the […]

The Xbox brand just underwent a seismic shift. On Friday afternoon, news broke that Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer had retired from the company. Also out was Sarah Bond, who resigned from her role as President at Xbox. Asha Sharma, President of CoreAI at Microsoft, stepped in to lead the Xbox brand as CEO. It’s […]