What to do with a super gaming PC once you’ve built it? For us, the answer was F1 22, with a side helping of Dirt. A couple weeks ago, I was tasked with building my very first gaming PC — live, on Twitch. I don’t think I can stress enough how nerve-wracking it is to be told, OK, you can […]

Building a PC can be intimidating, especially for first-timers. So why did we decide to attempt it live on the internet in front of several hundred people? Content. That’s why. With help from our sponsor GameStop, we set out to build a beefy rig that could help Polygon video producer Simone de Rochefort live out her F1 racing dreams in […]

Federal police arrested a former Los Angeles World Airport Police officer, Evan Baltierra, for allegedly stalking and harassing a World of Warcraft Twitch streamer. Baltierra, who is 29, will appear in United States District Court Tuesday, according to the California Department of Justice. Baltierra has allegedly been stalking and harassing a former Twitch streamer, who goes by the name Nali […]

When developer Rare introduced Adventures to pirate sandbox game Sea of Thieves, they chose to start things off with a bang. The very first Adventure saw a longtime safe harbor, full of familiar NPCs, cursed and its people kidnapped by the treacherous Lord Flameheart. In subsequent Adventures, players banded together to save the innocents and fight back against Flameheart and […]

A new, free, fan-made card game, Pocket Crystal League, melds two of our favorite things: Pokémon’s creatures and storytelling, and the deck-building game from Inscryption, Polygon’s 2021 game of the year. Specifically, the card game’s mechanics derive from the first portion of Inscryption that takes place inside Leshy’s cabin. Pocket Crystal League creator moodytail calls the Poké-card game “pretty straightforward […]

After getting mauled by Malenia, Blade of Miquella for the umpteenth time, I allowed myself a little daydream: What if instead of fighting against me, Malenia could fight by my side? This is finally possible in a new Elden Ring mod made by Satoshi98, which allows players to summon bosses and story NPCs like Melina, Malenia, Godfrey, Radagon, Sellen, Millicent, […]

Bethesda Softworks has delayed Starfield, its highly anticipated sci-fi RPG, and Redfall, Arkane Studios’ vampire-themed shooter, to the first half of 2023, the company said Thursday morning. Both games had been expected to launch this year. In a statement on Twitter, the Microsoft-owned publisher said, “The teams at Arkane Austin (Redfall) and Bethesda Game Studios (Starfield) have incredible ambitions for […]

Duke Nukem Forever still won’t die. A leaker claiming to have a build of Duke Nukem Forever similar to one shown at E3 2001 posted screenshots and a video of the game early Monday, and the creator of the one-time cornerstone of first-person shooter gaming, producer George Broussard, says it looks authentic. The leaker — “x0r,” who posted their findings […]

Halo Infinite season 2 may be titled Lone Wolves, but Spartans will never have to go it alone in battle, thanks to the arrival of Clippy, the cartoon paperclip virtual assistant from the Microsoft Office suite. Clippy is among the many cosmetic rewards coming in Halo Infinite season 2, and will be ever-present in battle as a new Legendary-tier gun […]

Overwatch 2’s PvP beta is still in its early stages, and more content is coming before the full game launches. That includes new features, maps, and even additional unannounced heroes, Blizzard says, as well as regular balance changes with an initial focus on the game’s support cast. Blizzard detailed some of those changes in a developer blog on the official […]