On its 5th anniversary, Dropout drops the CollegeHumor brand

amazingly, they've managed to make a subscription streaming video business that's independent and sustainable # | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 7 months ago

Anita Sarkeesian closing Feminist Frequency after 15 years

a powerful force in raising awareness of systemic sexism and harassment in the games industry # | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 8 months ago

Polygon reviews Dwarf Fortress’ graphical update, out now

one of the most complex games ever made is more approachable, without sacrificing depth or difficulty # | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 1 year ago

Bungie considers Marathon reboot for 2025, report says

Maybe Halo and Destiny’s grandpa is still good Pfhor something ... | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 1 year ago

Acronym casts a long shadow over cyberpunk fashion

The inspirations behind the techwear seen in games like Death Stranding often come from the same place | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 1 year ago

Overwatch 2 will require a phone number to play

Blizzard’s security layer is meant to curb cheaters and toxic players | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 1 year ago

Trombone Champ turns all songs into tooting works of genius

Toot toot tooooooooooooot | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 1 year ago

Return to Monkey Island is out now

13 years since the last game, and the return of series creators Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman # | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 1 year ago

Kotaku’s Mike Fahey, beloved ‘big kid’ of video games journalism, dies at 49

A 16-year-career of toys, snacks, laughter, and love | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 1 year ago

Street Fighter: The Movie – What went wrong (2014)

The flight to Thailand was long. Stephen de Souza wished it were longer.Over the previous decade, from 1982 to 1992, de Souza had established himself as a screenwriting wunderkind. Most... | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 1 year ago

The chess grandmaster drama that led to a fistfight

A Blitz, a brawl, and copyright disputes | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 1 year ago

Graphing calculator games have a long, fascinating history

A look at the thriving community developing games you can play in class | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 1 year ago

Meta is raising the price of Quest 2 VR headsets by $100

Your read that right: The same headsets are now more expensive | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 1 year ago

The great Pokémon card shortage has a solution: 9B new cards

It’s super effective! | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 1 year ago

Ron Gilbert won’t share any more about new Monkey Island after fan complaints

Guybrush Threepwood’s voice actor took to Twitter to defend the team | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 1 year ago

Gloomhaven publisher transitions to Backerkit after Kickstarter’s crypto push

Cephalofair Games is moving to Backerkit’s new crowdfunding platform in protest | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 1 year ago

Batman Returns revisited: the most anti-franchise franchise movie ever made

Revisiting Tim Burton’s weird, defiant rewriting of the Batman mythos, 30 years later | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 1 year ago

Tech is notoriously anti-union. Microsoft is taking a different approach

Microsoft announced Monday that it’s entering a ‘labor neutrality agreement’ with CWA | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 1 year ago

Apollo 47 is a one-page RPG with 1,199 additional pages of flavor text

The author of Thousand Year Old Vampire made something even weirder than that | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 1 year ago

Fortnite now available to play for free in the browser via Microsoft's Xcloud

This is the second browser-based Fortnite alternative for mobile players | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 1 year ago

New wave of animators are ‘fighting the computer’ to make wilder, weirder movies

Director Pierre Perifel explains how anime, comics, and resisting ‘boring’ CGI shaped The Bad Guys | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

Piepacker aims to be the ‘Game Boy of the cloud gaming space’

A new cloud gaming platform takes after Nintendo | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

The 8-year process behind Playdate’s glorious crank

From nearly day one, Panic’s portable console has been defined by a single feature hanging off its right side | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

Cyberpunk 2077: a 2022 re-review

Re-examining CD Projekt’s Achilles heel after patch 1.5 | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

Your favorite Netflix show may not be global enough to survive

The Baby-Sitters Club was a hit, but according to its showrunner, that’s not enough for Netflix anymore | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

Wordle Archive taken down after NY Times demand

"The usage was unauthorized, and we were in touch with them," Wordle’s new owner said. | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

Bundle for Ukraine offers more than 500 games for $10

Fundraiser for war charities already 75% of the way to a $1 million goal | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

The Spirited Away stage show looks transcendent

All the creatures are rendered as gorgeous puppets | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

The Metaverse

While boardrooms chase a VR internet no one asked for, video game metaverses are all around us | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

Cyberpunk publisher CD Projekt halts sales to Russia over Ukraine invasion

‘To our brothers and sisters fighting for their home country — stay strong!’ | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

Amazon “guts” Comixology, ignites concern from comic creators and readers

Recent updates have made it harder to read, shop, and publish on the US’ most popular digital comics platform | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

A closer look at Tencent, the world’s biggest game company

An overview of Tencent’s burgeoning games dominance | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

The rise of prestige Chinese games

New wave of games from China mimics, sometimes exceeds, high production of Western AAA games | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

No Man’s Sky will continue seeing updates for the foreseeable future

Creator Sean Murray says the game ‘isn’t finished by a long shot’ | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

Star Citizen’s starting to come into focus, a decade into development – Polygon

A decade in, development’s still trucking along | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

Sony’s Gran Turismo AI thrashes the world’s best drivers

GT Sophy will join Gran Turismo 7; developers promise it will play fair | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

Why celebrities are buying Bored Ape NFTs

Inside The Tonight Show’s most uncomfortable recent segment | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

Nintendo Switch outsells the Wii, reaches 103M sales

Switch is ‘in the middle of its lifecycle,’ Nintendo says | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

Please, Star Wars, Forget About Tatooine

Anakin was right about sand | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

Upset by Kickstarter decisions, some indie game creators are going their own way

Zine Month goes live with over 100 TTRPG projects | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

Time loops are a weird genre for an anxious time

...loops are a weird genre for an anxious time loops are a weird genre for an anxious time loops are a weird genre for an anxious time | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

EA canned a Harry Potter MMO in the early 2000s

Then-director of product marketing at EA confirmed the project | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 pulled from stores over licensing issue

Konami hopes to work this out and put them back on sale shortly | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

North America has its first video game union at Vodeo Games

Vodeo Workers United partnered with CODE-CWA | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

New Dune RTS game on the way from developer of Northgard

Dune: Spice Wars enters early access in 2022 | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

Riot Games suing over job recruiting scam ring

Scammers have impersonated multiple studios, but Riot Games is taking legal action | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

Halo Infinite won’t let you replay story missions

You get one chance at a mission per save file | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago

Assassin’s Creed Unity: Ubisoft can’t help rebuild Notre-Dame cathedral

Our perception of historical accuracy needs major retooling | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 2 years ago