Games

Honeycomb: The World Beyond, developed by the creators of House Flipper, launched on Steam with overwhelmingly negative reviews and a peak concurrent player count of just 737 users, despite surpassing 224,000 wishlists. Developed by studio FrozenWay, the game was conceived as a much smaller-scale Polish version of No Man’s Sky. The project initially built steady...

Sonic Racing: Crossworlds may receive a new Year One edition featuring all first-year content support on November 3, 2026. September 17 marks one year since the release of Sonic Racing: Crossworlds. Sega’s racing game became a surprise hit, and the developers have regularly released new content. Now, the project appears to be preparing for a...

The tinyBuild Connect 2026 broadcast will take place on September 14, featuring new media for Kingmakers, The Lift, Graveyard Keeper 2, and other titles from the publisher. Publisher tinyBuild will host its upcoming showcase on September 14 at 6:00 PM Moscow time. The stream will be broadcast on YouTube, Twitch, and the Chinese platform Bilibili....

Modders have added a fan-made version of New Game+ to The Blood of Dawnwalker that preserves gear and abilities, alongside a new feature allowing players to transform into a bat and fly. The Blood of Dawnwalker has been a successful release for Rebel Wolves, though players found that the game launched lacking a few features....

When the news dropped in April 2025 that Vivienne Medrano‘s adult animated musical series Helluva Boss would join its companion series Hazbin Hotel on Prime Video, Amazon released a video promising a few specific things. Spindlehorse would retain full creative control. New Helluva Boss episodes would eventually be released free on YouTube, alongside the show’s...

Sony argued in a court filing that a “reasonable consumer” understands they do not own games purchased on the PlayStation Store, despite the company itself referring to users as owners of digital games for years. As part of a class action lawsuit in California, Sony is accused of failing to adequately inform buyers that a...

Patch Notes is a weekly newsletter bringing you the best of Polygon, delivered on Fridays and published on the site every Sunday. You can subscribe here. September has arrived: time for back-to-school routines and a return to the grind for most of us, while the gaming industry pivots sharply toward its most lucrative season. After...

The most exciting sci-fi blockbuster set to conclude an epic story this year is not Avengers: Doomsday. It is not Dune: Part Three, either. The cinematic spectacle of 2026 is Godzilla Minus Zero, which brings a conclusion to the story director Takashi Yamazaki launched three years earlier with Godzilla Minus One. “There is no third...

Square Enix has published a new, noticeably higher-quality image of Caim from Drakengard, prompting fans to discuss a potential remaster or full remake of the game. Released in 2003 on the PlayStation 2, Drakengard was the first installment in Cavia’s series. Directed by Yoko Taro, the game gained recognition for its dark story, violent events,...

A lost recording of a closed-door Fortnite presentation from 2012 has surfaced after 14 years, showing the game long before the battle royale mode existed. Today, Fortnite is associated with battle royale, massive events, and guest characters, but in 2012 the Epic Games project was a cooperative game about gathering resources, building fortifications, and defending...