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Analysis

Back 4 Blood is the best-case scenario for Xbox Game Pass

By Ryan Gilliam

Reviews

The time-travel movie Needle in a Timestack is way too obsessed with its creepy men

By Roxana Hadadi

Galaxy Brains

Paul F. Tompkins helps us ask: Who should be the next James Bond?

By Dave Schilling

Interviews

Halloween Kills became nonstop mayhem when a two-movie plan expanded to a trilogy

By Matt Patches

Reviews

Jackbox Party Pack 8 is a solid take on the fantastic formula

By Cass Marshall

Dungeons & Dragons

Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons is a Player’s Handbook made just for Dungeon Masters

By Charlie Hall

Tabletop Games

Workers at Paizo unionize, a first for the tabletop role-playing game industry

By Charlie Hall

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Video

Fiasco proves how fun it is to role-play without a DM

By Clayton Ashley

Latest Stories

11 hidden object games you shouldn’t miss

By Nicole Carpenter October 14

Diablo 2: Resurrected’s server outages caused by the original game’s code

By Austen Goslin October 14

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Developers explain why 4 is the magic multiplayer number

By Cass Marshall October 13

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The Halloween Countdown: 31 days of horror

By Polygon Staff October 14

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PS5 hunters can now register for a chance to buy one from Sony

By Michael McWhertor October 14

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Disney’s horny mobile game Twisted Wonderland gets the anime treatment

By Nicole Clark October 14

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Polygon at NYCC 2021

For the first time in 20 years, WWE has a legit competitor

By Bill Hanstock October 7

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Tom Holland says No Way Home is the end of Marvel’s Spider-Man trilogy

By Petrana Radulovic October 14

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Pokémon: Secrets of the Jungle finally offers a clue about what’s up with Ash’s dad

By Ana Diaz October 14

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Polygon at NYCC 2021

Keanu Reeves’ immortal warrior comic BRZRKR might be a ‘metaphor for his whole life’

By Matt Patches October 9

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League of Legends fans are creating their own Met Gala event

By Cass Marshall October 14

Halo: The Master Chief Collection’s latest update fixes Halo 2’s graphics

By Ryan Gilliam October 14

Feature

Video game culture owes a lot to hidden object games

The history and evolution of the genre

By Nicole Carpenter October 5

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Disgraced Raiders head coach getting kicked out of Madden, too

By Owen S. Good October 14

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All the characters that could be announced for Animal Crossing: New Horizons

By Ana Diaz October 14

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Cover Story

‘I wish there was a plan’: The oral history of DC Comics’ infamous New 52 reboot

What happened when DC Comics rebooted the universe

By Graeme McMillan September 21

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Call of Duty: Vanguard’s Zombies mode revealed, gets creepy reveal trailer

By Ryan Gilliam October 14

25 of the best movies on Netflix right now

By Toussaint Egan and Polygon Staff September 17

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Battlefield 2042’s third big game mode, Hazard Zone, revealed

By Michael McWhertor October 14

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Welcome to the Blumhouse’s latest movies make a strong pitch for new voices in horror

By Noel Murray October 14

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Live-action System Shock series is in development

By Nicole Clark October 13

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Hot Wheels Unleashed’s studio dreams big with a tiny toy idea

By Owen S. Good October 13

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The 8 Cowboy Bebop episodes to watch before Netflix’s live-action show

By Toussaint Egan October 13

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F1 2021 free update adds Imola course, one more to go

By Owen S. Good October 13

Ubisoft delays new Ghost Recon battle royale game after community backlash

By Austen Goslin October 13

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Here’s how Cookie Run: Kingdom became the latest dessert sensation

By Ana Diaz October 13

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Lord of the Rings made people think Sauron is an eye — but he’s so much more

By Leon Miller October 13

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Call of Duty: Warzone deploys new anti-cheat tool next month

By Owen S. Good October 13

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Gloomhaven’s digital adaptation is a marvelous turn-based dungeon crawler

By Charles Theel October 13

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Live sheep births were a top priority for Lamb director

By Petrana Radulovic October 13

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Warhammer 40K goes gunning for X-Wing, and its aim is true

By Charlie Hall October 13

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