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Rising British actor Owen Cooper has been honored with a BAFTA for his compelling performance in the miniseries Adolescence. The accolade was presented during the recent BAFTA TV Awards ceremony. Remarkably, this is just the latest in a long string of accolades for Cooper’s portrayal. He has already secured an Emmy, a Screen Actors Guild...

Image: Bandai Namco/Sunrise Mecha anime existed long before the advent of Mobile Suit Gundam, yet few franchises have ever navigated the complex interplay of geopolitics and mechanized warfare with such depth. Since its 1979 debut, the series has anchored the genre, establishing the expansive Universal Century (UC) timeline—a future defined by the perpetual, ruinous conflict...

Patch Notes is a weekly newsletter curated by the Polygon team, arriving in your inbox every Friday and featured on our site each Sunday. You can subscribe right here. Everyone is buzzing about Mixtape, the highly anticipated coming-of-age title making waves this week. The reception on Steam has been “overwhelmingly positive,” and it earned a...

Today, we’re pulling back the curtain on the development of British Columbia to explore the intricate process of bringing this new territory to American Truck Simulator. We sat down with Patrix, our Map Technical Lead for ATS, to discuss the ambitious vision behind this region and the complex engineering required to build its unique road...

Offbeat, chaotic co-op titles—affectionately dubbed “friendslop” games—continue to dominate the Steam charts. A prime illustration of this genre’s explosive potential is Gamble With Your Friends, which shattered expectations by moving one million units in its debut week. Published by the relatively obscure studio Tenstack, the game arrived on May 1st with little fanfare. Yet, it...

Skywind stands as a remarkably ambitious endeavor: a total conversion mod designed to rebuild the iconic The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind using the modern game engine of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Although the project has been in development since 2012, the dedicated team recently emerged from a two-year hiatus to provide a substantial progress...

Image: AMC The third season of AMC’s acclaimed horror anthology, The Terror, adapts Victor LaValle’s unsettling 2012 novel, The Devil in Silver. The story centers on a malevolent supernatural force haunting the corridors of the crumbling New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital. Pepper, played by Dan Stevens, finds himself involuntarily committed after a violent altercation involving his...

Sci-Fi Roguelite DAICE Demo Now Live on Steam Aeterna Ludi, the creators behind None Shall Intrude and Few Nights More, are excited to announce that a playable demo for their latest title, DAICE, is now available for download on Steam. This new project is a sci-fi roguelite turn-based strategy game that blends deep tactical planning...

So, you fancy yourself a virtual bus driver? Listen up: this isn’t some leisurely Sunday drive. Forget everything you learned from arcade racers; you’re now operating a heavy-duty passenger vehicle. Between managing a strict schedule, navigating tight urban streets, and keeping your passengers satisfied, this is one of the most demanding roles in the simulation...

Koji Suzuki, the acclaimed Japanese author behind the bestselling horror novel “Ring”—which inspired a globally recognized media franchise—has died. He was 68. Suzuki passed away at a Tokyo hospital on May 8. Following the monumental success of “Ring,” Suzuki notably stepped away from the horror genre. He shifted his focus toward general fiction, moving away...