Palworld has managed to skyrocket up the Steam charts yet again, proving that the success it saw when it dropped in 2024 wasn’t a flash in the pan. On July 10, Palworld graduated from early access and became a 1.0 game, and the update that came with that step has proven to be a monumental boon for…
A new Pokémon Winds and Waves leak has revealed new evolutions for two different Pokémon that debuted in Gen 3, aka debuted in Pokémon Ruby, Pokémon Sapphire, and Pokémon Emerald. The third generation Pokémon games introduced 135 different Pokémon, including many fan favorites. This is only second…
If you were enticed by the fate-shifting stories of Star Trek Voyager: Across the Unknown, you're in luck, as developer Gamexcite has just kicked off a new expansion pass for the space strategy game. The DLC is spread across four parts, with one live right now and the rest scheduled to arrive…
In a new financial filing, Take-Two Interactive has revealed a stellar performance through its FY2026, including a massive bout of momentum that took the company above all expectations. In this report, which numbers almost 100 pages, the next 12 months were laid bare, with Take-Two’s Strauss…
Bleach is kicking off a huge Summer in just a little under a week from the time of this writing, and the creator behind it all is making things even bigger with some new Soul Reapers coming in a new story set after the Thousand-Year Blood War. Bleach fans have been eagerly anticipated the anime…
Before completely writing off a product because it’s a little weird or out of the ordinary, be sure to check to see what customers have to say about it. Because it’s often some of the strangest finds that have thousands of near-perfect reviews singing its praises. From strange night-lights to…
More than 30 devs are being affected Image credit: ZA/UM It's been almost two months since ZA/UM released their second game Zero Parades: For Dead Spies (and obviously first after years of controversy. Unfortunately for workers at the studio, the game does not appear to have sold well enough, as…
Musicians making wild pivots to new ventures are nothing new, after all, Akon once tried to build Akon City in Senegal, Nicki Minaj has strayed into politics by throwing her support behind President Donald Trump, and Travis Scott is starring in The Odyssey. Fortnite, Call of Duty, and Grand Theft…
Although the motto is “gotta catch ’em all,” some creatures in the Pokémon series will do everything in their power to prevent you from capturing them. Some Pokémon are infamous for how impossible they are to obtain, either from their availability or their abysmally low their catch rates are…
The Odyssey Sails Past Saturday's $120.5M Projections This article was originally written Saturday AM and has been updated Sunday AM with up-to-date box office projections (in bold). Scroll down for a full chart and further analysis. The Odyssey is storming theaters with a record-breaking opening…
Jennifer English will no longer star in the action game Tides of Annihilation Eclipse Glow Games has announced that Jennifer English, the actress best known for portraying Shadowheart in Baldur's Gate 3 and Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, will no longer star in Tides of Annihilation. English…
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Gaming in 2026 is a tricky subject. It’s riddled with controversy at the moment, and what was once a hobby about escapism is now something many want to escape from. Companies like PlayStation and Xbox claim to have the best interests of gamers in mind, but between the heralded end of physical media…
When Digimon Story: Time Stranger released to massive player counts and solid reviews last year, many fans hoped it’d spark a Digimon renaissance. And in some ways, it has. Since Time Stranger was announced, Digimon has unveiled a few new projects in the works. Along with the mobile version of the…
It’s no secret that Diablo 4 has been praised and criticized for its content in different Seasons, both expanding gameplay but refusing to address specific complaints from players. Even with Season 14, the “Season of Death Awakening,” players have reported several ongoing problems still persisting…
Captured on Nintendo Switch 2 (Docked)It took me the best part of four hours to click with Gecko Gods. Some may argue that my initial hesitations — about playing through a Zelda-lite 3D adventure as a gecko plucked straight from the wild, with little motivation beyond consuming bugs — put me in the…
Toss Mario Party, Slay the Spire, and Stardew Valley in a pot and stir Beastro is the rare cozy game that’s so good you’ll like it even if you hate cozy games Graphic: Polygon | Source image: Timberline Studio Random Select is Polygon's column about under-the-radar video games. Our editors assign a…
Mario Kart World was the game the Nintendo Switch 2 launched with, but unfortunately not everyone was a fan. The criticisms were fair as we’d all grown accustomed to the sheer perfection of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Plenty of characters and loads of tracks, you can’t ask for much more from a Mario Kart…
As the release date of Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls gets closer and closer, fans have eagerly viewed any new information about the game’s various features. One such feature is Episode Mode, the classic fighting game “Arcade” mode where players assemble a team and go through single-player…
Former Nintendo Employee Claims One Zelda Reveal Was So Secret, Their Boss Didn't Even Know In a new YouTube video, former Nintendo employees Kit & Krysta discussed the “biggest secrets” they had to keep at Nintendo, and surprisingly, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's reveal was one of…
Modder Somehow Gets Vice City Running In GTA 3 Running In San Andreas An incredibly clever modder has figured out how to get the entirety of both Grand Theft Auto 3 and Vice City working and playable at the same time within a single San Andreas texture. Considering it’s the biggest gaming franchise…
I had completely forgotten that Valve is working on an update for Team Fortress 2's cooperative Mann vs. Machine mode, though in my defence, it's been a long time since we last heard about it. The prospective patch was announced in June last year, via a blog post on TF2's official website that…
Nintendo has made a $50 Nintendo Switch game just $2.49 until July 21, courtesy of the Nintendo eShop and a massive 95% discount. There is no Nintendo Switch 2 version of the game — which has never been cheaper on the eShop — but obviously, it is playable on the newer Switch console via backward…
Jonathan Olley / Amazon MGM StudiosWe’re not colonizing the moon (yet), but with artificial intelligence taking over the tech sector and large-scale commercial space travel only a few years away, in 2026 the science-fiction genre seems closer than ever to our lived reality. So perhaps it’s…