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What is the release time of 007: First Light in your time zone?
The highly anticipated launch of 007 First Light is finally upon us, signaling the end of a 14-year hiatus for James Bond in the gaming world. While we saw the mobile-only 007 Cypher in the interim, it has been over a decade since 007 Legends brought the legendary MI6 operative to home consoles. With IO...
30 Years Later, Mission: Impossible’s Most Unlikely Star Looks Back: “There Was Never a Script”
Image: Paramount After eight Mission: Impossible installments and a relentless barrage of high-octane spectacle, the claustrophobic wire heist from the original 1996 film remains the franchise’s definitive moment. The scene features IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) suspended mid-air in a pristine, white-walled vault, navigating a lethal security system where the slightest sound or temperature...
The Mandalorian & Grogu Marks the Worst Opening Weekend for a Disney Star Wars Film
Image: Disney/Lucasfilm The domestic box office results for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu are officially in, and for the franchise’s first theatrical return since 2019, the numbers are undeniably tepid. According to data from Variety, the film brought in $82 million over its initial three-day run. When accounting for the full Memorial Day holiday,...
New Star Wars Book Addresses Major Andor Criticism
Image: Lucasfilm/Disney Tony Gilroy’s Andor serves as a masterclass in prestige television, proving that Disney’s massive $645 million investment yielded one of the most visually sophisticated entries in the entire Star Wars canon. The series offers a gritty, ground-level perspective on Cassian Andor’s evolution into the hardened revolutionary we meet in Rogue One. With Phillip...
Netflix’s Biggest 2026 Anime Is About to Introduce a Mind-Blowing Character You Won’t See Coming
Image: David Production/Netflix Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is a masterclass in narrative eccentricity, constantly pushing the boundaries of the action-adventure genre. Its seventh chapter, Steel Ball Run, introduces a bold new continuity that reinvents franchise staples like Stands and Hamon. Set against the backdrop of an industrializing 1890s America, the story follows a high-stakes,...
GTA 6 Has Become Too Big for Its Own Good
Patch Notes is a weekly newsletter curated by Polygon, delivered to your inbox every Friday and featured on our site each Sunday. You can subscribe here. Earlier this week, Take-Two Interactive performed the standard corporate ritual of an investor earnings call. However, given that the publisher oversees Rockstar Games—the studio behind the highly anticipated Grand...
Forza Horizon 6 Is Officially the First Racing Game in History to Be a GOTY Contender
Forza Horizon 6 has firmly established itself as the most critically acclaimed title of 2026. Dominating the leaderboards on both Metacritic and OpenCritic, it has become the first release this year to comfortably clear the 90-point threshold on both platforms. As a high-budget, impeccably polished experience with massive mainstream appeal, it is undeniably a top-tier...
Amazon’s The Boys Failed to Live Up to the Comics
Image: Prime Video When the screen adaptation of The Boys was first announced, my anticipation was palpable. Garth Ennis remains my definitive favorite comic book writer, and The Boys holds a permanent place on my Mount Rushmore of essential graphic literature, sitting comfortably beside Preacher, Planetary, and The Invisibles. However, having witnessed AMC’s underwhelming take...
Dick Parry, Saxophonist on Pink Floyd Classics, Dies at 83
Dick Parry and David Gilmour at The Royal Albert Hall, 2007. (Photo: Brian Rasic/Getty Images) Dick Parry, the legendary saxophonist whose soulful performances defined some of Pink Floyd’s most enduring masterpieces, has passed away at the age of 83. The news of his passing was shared on Friday (May 22) by David Gilmour, who penned...
Selena Gomez Shares Behind-the-Scenes Photos From the London Set of ‘Only Murders’
Selena Gomez attending the 83rd Annual Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, January 2026. Selena Gomez is clearly embracing her time in London, where she is currently stationed for the filming of the highly anticipated sixth season of Only Murders in the Building. The 33-year-old multifaceted star took to Instagram on Sunday (May 24) to offer...
Why The Witcher 3 Fans Must Play This Remake of a Notoriously Difficult 25-Year-Old RPG
Polygon 2026 Summer Preview Your essential guide to the next three months in gaming, cinema, television, and beyond. Dive into the issue→ My tenure as the Nameless Hero in the Gothic 1 Remake has been an unmitigated disaster. Within the first hour, I was mugged, pummeled repeatedly, and swiftly dispatched by pint-sized prehistoric predators. Six...
The Summer’s Biggest Hit Is All About Destruction
Polygon 2026 Summer Preview Your essential guide to the next three months of gaming, cinematic releases, television, and beyond. Explore the issue→ In the world of gaming, players generally fall into two camps: the meticulous architects and the pure agents of chaos. The former might dedicate entire afternoons to obsessively refining a character’s aesthetic in...
Star Nation 2026 Update
We are thrilled to announce that we are teaming up with Western Star Trucks once again! From June 5th to 8th, 2026, we’ll be heading to Bend, Oregon, for the highly anticipated Star Nation Experience 2026. This all-expenses-paid adventure will feature two lucky members of the American Truck Simulator community, who have been selected to...
Another Controversial GTA Online Mission Involves Eradicating Hantavirus
Ever since the introduction of the Mission Creator in GTA Online, the ingenuity—and occasional eccentricity—of the player base has been nothing short of remarkable. From time to time, fans translate increasingly provocative concepts into gameplay, incidents that have not only triggered developer bans but have even prompted formal responses from the studio’s leadership. This week,...
The 10 Most Anticipated Anime of Summer 2026
Image: Science Saru Escaping the sweltering summer heat often calls for the perfect indoor retreat: a steady stream of compelling anime. Whether you’re looking to lose yourself in the high-octane intensity of Jujutsu Kaisen or the flamboyant, eccentric charm of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, the season is ripe for discovery. While the spring slate impressed with...
The next Kingdom Come game is arriving sooner than you think
Warhorse Studios, the creative force behind the acclaimed Kingdom Come franchise, has provided clarity regarding their recent announcement of a “new Kingdom Come adventure.” Fans can look forward to another immersive open-world RPG, currently slated for release within the Embracer Group’s upcoming fiscal year. Confusion initially rippled through the community following a May 21 reveal,...
What is the release time of 007: First Light in your time zone?
The highly anticipated launch of 007 First Light is finally upon us, signaling the end of a 14-year hiatus for James Bond in the gaming world. While we saw the mobile-only 007 Cypher in the interim, it has been over a decade since 007 Legends brought the legendary MI6 operative to home consoles. With IO...
30 Years Later, Mission: Impossible’s Most Unlikely Star Looks Back: “There Was Never a Script”
Image: Paramount After eight Mission: Impossible installments and a relentless barrage of high-octane spectacle, the claustrophobic wire heist from the original 1996 film remains the franchise’s definitive moment. The scene features IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) suspended mid-air in a pristine, white-walled vault, navigating a lethal security system where the slightest sound or temperature...
The Mandalorian & Grogu Marks the Worst Opening Weekend for a Disney Star Wars Film
Image: Disney/Lucasfilm The domestic box office results for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu are officially in, and for the franchise’s first theatrical return since 2019, the numbers are undeniably tepid. According to data from Variety, the film brought in $82 million over its initial three-day run. When accounting for the full Memorial Day holiday,...
New Star Wars Book Addresses Major Andor Criticism
Image: Lucasfilm/Disney Tony Gilroy’s Andor serves as a masterclass in prestige television, proving that Disney’s massive $645 million investment yielded one of the most visually sophisticated entries in the entire Star Wars canon. The series offers a gritty, ground-level perspective on Cassian Andor’s evolution into the hardened revolutionary we meet in Rogue One. With Phillip...
Netflix’s Biggest 2026 Anime Is About to Introduce a Mind-Blowing Character You Won’t See Coming
Image: David Production/Netflix Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is a masterclass in narrative eccentricity, constantly pushing the boundaries of the action-adventure genre. Its seventh chapter, Steel Ball Run, introduces a bold new continuity that reinvents franchise staples like Stands and Hamon. Set against the backdrop of an industrializing 1890s America, the story follows a high-stakes,...
GTA 6 Has Become Too Big for Its Own Good
Patch Notes is a weekly newsletter curated by Polygon, delivered to your inbox every Friday and featured on our site each Sunday. You can subscribe here. Earlier this week, Take-Two Interactive performed the standard corporate ritual of an investor earnings call. However, given that the publisher oversees Rockstar Games—the studio behind the highly anticipated Grand...
Forza Horizon 6 Is Officially the First Racing Game in History to Be a GOTY Contender
Forza Horizon 6 has firmly established itself as the most critically acclaimed title of 2026. Dominating the leaderboards on both Metacritic and OpenCritic, it has become the first release this year to comfortably clear the 90-point threshold on both platforms. As a high-budget, impeccably polished experience with massive mainstream appeal, it is undeniably a top-tier...
Amazon’s The Boys Failed to Live Up to the Comics
Image: Prime Video When the screen adaptation of The Boys was first announced, my anticipation was palpable. Garth Ennis remains my definitive favorite comic book writer, and The Boys holds a permanent place on my Mount Rushmore of essential graphic literature, sitting comfortably beside Preacher, Planetary, and The Invisibles. However, having witnessed AMC’s underwhelming take...
Dick Parry, Saxophonist on Pink Floyd Classics, Dies at 83
Dick Parry and David Gilmour at The Royal Albert Hall, 2007. (Photo: Brian Rasic/Getty Images) Dick Parry, the legendary saxophonist whose soulful performances defined some of Pink Floyd’s most enduring masterpieces, has passed away at the age of 83. The news of his passing was shared on Friday (May 22) by David Gilmour, who penned...