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Halo: Campaign Evolved 'Pillar of Autumn' gameplay video — watch the full mission here

Ford James — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:18:28 GMT

Halo: Campaign Evolved is out now for folks who have pre-ordered the premium edition (sorry, everyone else, you'll need to wait until Tuesday, July 28 for the Halo: Campaign Evolved release time), which means plenty of players are reliving Master Chief's introduction once again. If you haven't got your hands on the game yet, but you want to watch the iconic opening "Pillar of Autumn" mission, check out the video below.

ContraPoints reveals the Pokémon win that finally defeated her parents

Matt Patches — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:02:12 GMT

Natalie Wynn has spent the last decade turning philosophy, internet culture, and politics into some of YouTube's most ambitious video essays. As ContraPoints, she's built an audience of millions by dissecting everything from shame and cancel culture to Twilight and J.K. Rowling with visual flourish typically reserved for feature films. But when we dropped her into a retro game store for Polygon's Shelf Quest, another obsession quickly came into focus: the strange emotional power of old video games.

Samara Weaving reveals she hauls her PS5 literally around the world for movies

Matt Patches — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:22:29 GMT

Between Ready or Not, The Babysitter, Azrael, and her recent turn in Over Your Dead Body, I am ready to declare Samara Weaving as one of modern horror's most reliable stars. It just not about shrieks: In each movie, the Australian actor blends classic “scream queen” aura with — sorry for this one — “yas queen” wit. Regardless of where the stories go, if Weaving is on screen, you can expect her to emerge bloodied, funny, and triumphant.

Keegan-Michael Key plays "real Italians vs. Mario characters"

Polygon Staff — Sat, 30 May 2026 23:04:20 GMT

We asked Keegan-Michael Key to pit Mario characters against real Italian-Americans, and learned a lot about his love for classic film.

Super Mario Galaxy Movie's is streaming, but here's a clip you haven't seen

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 25 May 2026 15:31:20 GMT

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie one-ups its predecessor in terms of adding new Nintendo characters and locations, but also in Super Mario power-up representation. While 2023's The Super Mario Bros. Movie played the hits, with items like the Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, and Super Star, Galaxy digs a little deeper into Mario and Luigi's catalog of superpowered items.

Directive 8020 gameplay video — see the first hour here

Ford James — Tue, 12 May 2026 14:00:20 GMT

Directive 8020, the latest entry in the long-running Dark Pictures Anthology from Supermassive Games, is finally here. For the first time, the series is in space, as you control five different characters aboard the Cassiopeia, a colony ship scouting the planet Tau Ceti f, to see if it's suitable for humanity's future. Check out the first hour of gameplay above, along with more details about the story and what to expect.

Watch Polygon's new Minecraft documentary about the kids rebuilding New York

Simone de Rochefort — Thu, 07 May 2026 16:08:23 GMT

It can be easy to feel hopeless about the state of the world right now. But every time I walked out of a practice or competitive session of Battle of the Boroughs, I felt like things might be OK.

New Minecraft documentary gets first teaser trailer

Matt Patches — Wed, 06 May 2026 20:37:43 GMT

I’m happy to report: Polygon made a sports documentary. About Minecraft. And the New York City public education system? Battle of the Boroughs: The Kids Who Build New York City in Minecraft, out Thursday, May 7, is very us.

Beef's Big Matthew Kim finally opens up on childhood before k-pop

Matt Patches — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:01:17 GMT

You’d expect a media-trained K-pop star to be impossible to surprise, but when Matthew Kim, aka Big Matthew, aka BM from KARD, walks into a retro game store in New York City, he’s suddenly six years old again. Such is the power of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Olympic medalist Taylor Fritz kicked my butt at Mario Tennis

Simone de Rochefort — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:00:38 GMT

When you’re playing video games against a professional athlete, you could be forgiven for hoping their rigorous training and competition schedule might prevent them from getting really, really good at games. Sadly, this isn’t the case for Taylor Fritz, the tennis star who destroyed me in Mario Tennis Fever.