Video game book and documentary interviews
We’re interviewing the writers, directors, and curators behind some of the best video game books and documentaries.
5 great games with dragons to play in 2025
What’s a dragon game? That’s any game that’s got dragons in it — typically, a game that prominently features dragons. While some dragons in dragon games are less prominent, they are no less important. Dragon games can be a part of any genre, be it the ever ch…
Assassin’s Creed Shadows and the other new games out this week
The new game releases this week may look a little familiar, but all of them attempt to push their genres or series in new directions. We’ve got a dark game about a plague outbreak where you’re finally a certified doctor instead of someone taking up the job ou…
Nintendo reinvents digital games as swappable, lendable Virtual Game Cards
In a surprise announcement during Thursday’s Nintendo Direct, Nintendo revealed a major change to the way digital game purchases will be handled. From now on, digital Switch games will become Virtual Game Cards that can be swapped back and forth between conso…
The Electric State should have been a video game
Director brothers Joe and Anthony Russo love to dream big, on screen and off. After delivering the grandest season finale of all time, 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, the duo set off in a million different directions, including franchise-building at Netflix, partne…
Game publisher blames NetEase leaks for implosion in $900M lawsuit
Prytania Media owners Annie and Jeff Strain are suing NetEase for defamation, unfair trade practices, and interference with business relations, which the lawsuit says led to the destruction of the company and its multiple subsidiaries: Crop Circle Games, Poss…
The Forever Winter is my kind of ‘forever’ game
I have played nearly 200 hours of The Forever Winter since its early access launch in September of last year. Seldom a week has passed, let alone a day, where I have not at one point logged on for a play session or two, barring vacations, holidays, and the li…
New Rhythm Heaven game announced at Nintendo Direct
You read that right — there’s a brand new Rhythm Heaven game, Rhythm Heaven Groove, coming to Nintendo Switch… in 2026. Nonetheless, fans are likely thrilled to have any update on any new game in the series that hasn’t had a new title since 2015 for the Ninte…
Switch 2 may look conservative, but Nintendo still has space to get wildly creative
This story was first published in Switchboard, a newsletter from Polygon that delivers all the latest Switch 2 news, reporting, and rumors directly to your inbox. Sign up here to get it weekly. In the lead-up to Nintendo’s reveal of the Switch 2 in January, s…
Spelunky 2 got shadow-dropped on PS5, now runs at 120 fps
Spelunky 2, the super challenging and mega clever roguelike 2D platformer, first came out on PlayStation 4 in 2020 and was therefore is also playable as a backwards compatible game on the PlayStation 5. But on Thursday, the game suddenly got an official PS5 v…