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Ari Notis

Contributor Since September, 2022
Qualifications 12 years of editorial experience across a wide range of roles and sectors
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Immortals of Aveum, Forspoken, Exodus
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About Ari Notis

Ari Notis is deputy editor of games at Polygon, where he oversees the gaming section. Previously, he was Polygon’s guides editor. Prior to joining Polygon, he was a reporter at Kotaku, the popular gaming site, and a senior editor at the lifestyle publication Best Life. He also served in various editorial capacities at various Hearst publications, including Esquire, Veranda, and Metropolitan Home. Ari is one of the people who still play Halo Infinite on a weekly basis. There are dozens of them!

What's a recent obsession?

Red Rising

What's your origin story?

Well, it doesn't involve a radioactive spider...

Melinoe wields the sister blades in key art for Hades 2 and all weapons
Reviews

Hades 2 overcomplicates a perfect formula

A Slay the Spire comic by PixelPenguin shows a whale and a rainbow with a blue background
Feature

He drew a Slay the Spire comic every day until the sequel came out. Now what?

Jun Aslan walks toward a Celestial structure in Exodus
Previews

Exodus is for the true sci-fi sickos

Latest

Dom and Marcus hold weapons in Gears of War E-Day
Gears of War: E-Day is 100x more fun playing co-op
Interview

Crack open the beers of war

Master Chief holds onto a Pelican in Halo Campaign Evolved
It's officially the end of an era for Halo
Analysis

Master Chief moves into the House of CoD

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The three starters from Pokemon Winds and Waves.
300 new Pokémon is way too many new Pokémon
Opinion

If Pokémon Winds and Waves rumors are to be believed, we're not catching them all

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Trick and Luco in Star Wars Zero Company
Every Star Wars Zero Company hero, ranked from worst to best
Polygon Lists

Put Runa in combat so she can be #1

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Wolverine stands in front of fire exhausted after beating the Omega Red boss fight
Marvel’s Wolverine players absolutely terrorized by epic X-Men villain boss fight
Opinion

Omega Red made me Omega dead

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Gamescom 2026 audience
The 17 best games we played at Gamescom 2026
Gamescom

Get these on your wishlist ASAP

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Marcus Fenix grits his teeth while looking at a Spore Matron in Gears of War E-Day
Exclusive: Meet Gears of War’s new monster, the ‘flying testicle’
Fall Preview

E-Day's creative team introduces the Spore Matron

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is approximately 500,000 times the size of FF7 Rebirth
Gamescom

45 impressive minutes with Square Enix's trilogy capstone

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Usual June_KeyArt_4K_NO LOGO
The secret tastemakers of gaming are back with spectral crab action
Fall Preview

Finji's Usual June could be the fall's most unusual hit

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EMBARGOED_The_Division_2_Echoes_of_Central_Park_Keyart
The Division 2's new DLC isn't Division 3 setup — but is its darkest story yet
Fall Preview

Echoes of Central Park sends Ubisoft's shooter back to NYC

Jun Aslan stares at Salt in Exodus
Exodus won't let you bang the octopus
Gamescom

Narrative director Drew Karpyshyn explains the RPG's romance system

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After 2 hours, Exodus feels like the second coming of Mass Effect
Gamescom

Welcome to the sci-fi RPG renaissance

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A character walks down a cyberpunk street in No Law
Judge Dredd meets Studio Ghibli in the most exciting cyberpunk game in years
Gamescom

No Law breaks all the rules

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Jupiter looms over Ganymede agricultural dome in The Expanse Osiris Reborn
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn looks like the best video game adaptation ever
Gamescom

90 impressive minutes with Owlcat's Mass Effect successor

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Two mythical beasts fight each other in Nodusfall
HoYoverse's 'Elden Ring meets Monster Hunter' actually plays more like Final Fantasy 16
Gamescom

Nodusfall charts new territory for the Genshin Impact maker

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The Hero in stands in front of a mural in Murals
Gamescom’s most promising action game grabs from Hades and Doom in all the right ways
Gamescom

Murals is isometric but... not a roguelike?

Several Petit Planet characters gather in the grass
Petit Planet is coming for Animal Crossing's crown
Gamescom

The maker of Genshin Impact moves into a new space

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Marcus Fenix growls in Gears of War E-Day
After 2 hours, Gears of War: E-Day's campaign goes brrrr in all the right ways
Previews

The boys are back in town

Jun Aslan walks with Salt in Exodus
Exodus, aka the 'next Mass Effect,' finally gets official 2027 release date
News

I would die for Salt

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Key art for Hell Is Us showing a soldier with a sword and drone standing in front of a pale demon with a hallowed-out face.
2025's forgotten Soulslike gets a second wind on Game Pass
What to Play

Hell Is Us is heavenly — for exploration sickos

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