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The year 2023 brought us the summer of Barbenheimer, where two entirely different movies went head-to-head at the box office. But 25 years earlier, the summer of 1998 was marked by a very different dynamic when two movies with nearly identical plots battled it out for apocalyptic dominance. Both Armageddon and Deep Impact are about […]
Summer Game Fest 2026’s kickoff event streams globally this Friday, June 5, promising new game reveals, announcements, and world premiere trailers. Host and creator Geoff Keighley says viewers can expect the “biggest Summer Game Fest live show yet” during the two-hour show. Confirmed to appear at Summer Game Fest 2026 are games like Star Wars […]
It’s been the biggest mystery of the year: What video game publisher will have the guts to go up against Grand Theft Auto 6 this November? An empty fall release date schedule left some major questions as players waited to see where anticipated games like Marvel’s Wolverine and Control Resonant would land. After today’s PlayStation […]
After a very busy five months, new game releases are slowing down in 2026. The current game release calendar for June is looking much slimmer than May, which was filled with more excellent games than one could possibly play in one month. June looks like it will be a great backlog month for anyone who’s […]
The Queensbury Crypt boss in Mina the Hollower is the Duchess, or rather, a twisted approximation of her. Depending on where you went first, this boss fight is likely your first big combat trial, and it plays a little trick that might tempt you into using more of your resources earlier than you should. Below, […]
If you explore off the beaten track, you’ll find plenty of 007 First Light safe codes. The problem is, some of them are trickier to unlock than others. Most safes are optional, but unlocking them will either reward you with a collectible or give information that can help James Bond gain access to new areas […]
The sun sets on the first day in your new home, in a charming little village full of people you hope will one day call you friend. You’re wandering the woods and feel an unexpected sense of foreboding as a shiver snakes its way down your spine. Is it just because you’re alone — or […]
You don’t typically put Sherlock Holmes, P.G. Wodehouse, and Wallace and Gromit in the same thought — unless you’re Pascal Cammisotto, writer and director for Draw Me A Pixel’s upcoming time-travel adventure Crushed in Time. Cammisotto tells Polygon he used these as starting points for building on his previous work, There Is No Game: Wrong […]
“I am Zangetsu.” For years, that line in Tite Kubo’s Bleach sounded like a threat. Coming from the monstrous voice buried within Ichigo Kurosaki’s sword, Zangetsu, the declaration felt invasive, almost parasitic, like something trying to overtake him from within. But over time, the line transforms into something far more tragic. What once sounded like […]
Fifteen years ago, I graduated from college with a literature degree and absolutely no idea what to do with it. The world outside campus felt bleak and unstable. The economy was still clawing its way out of recession, journalism jobs were vanishing in real time, and the vague millennial promise that intelligence and hard work […]
