In the weeks before the release of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, comedian and actor Ben Schwartz sat down with Polygon to confront the shadows that lurk in every hedgehog.In this, the third installment of the Polygon x Ben Schwartz Sonic Interview Series, each question has its own, more existentially challenging...
For Humberly González, Star Wars Outlaws wasn’t a stepping stone, it was the dream
Do or do not — there is no try when you’re an actor leading a game like Star Wars Outlaws.First, it’s Star Wars, a franchise whose most ardent fans fight daily battles over the legacy of the series, often at the expense of the talent involved. The actual work —...
Path of Exile 2’s fastest player is a walking lightning storm about to cross the finish line
The fastest player in Path of Exile 2 looks like he’s playing as a music visualizer. Lightning bolts ping-pong across the screen in sync with the breakneck beats he’s been blasting for the past nine hours on Twitch. He’s racing to be the first player in the world to hit...
It’s a Christmas miracle! Pricey Final Fantasy game gets reprint
For the Final Fantasy physical media sickos among us, today is a special day. For the eBay scalpers out there, less so, because pre-orders for the out-of-print ESRB version Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade for PlayStation 5 have appeared on some retailer sites, the results of a very welcome reprint.Final...
All Winterfest 2024 presents and gifts list in Fortnite
Winterfest 2024 has brought a ton of presents and gifts to Fortnite, lasting until Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.Winterfest is a yearly holiday event in Fortnite that provides players with new outfits (including free skins), cosmetics, emotes, and quests, but the thing on everyone’s minds is definitely the free rewards. All...
How to get the free Yulejacket and Santa Dogg skins in Fortnite Winterfest 2024
Yulejacket and Santa Dogg are the two free skins in Fortnite’s Winterfest 2024 event, shown left and right respectively in the screenshot above.Enjoy Winterfest 2024 and spread holiday cheer as Yulejacket and Snoop Dogg, but you have to get them first. Getting them requires a little more work than all...
Sonic 3 director says Keanu Reeves fixed a key scene for Shadow the Hedgehog
Bringing Shadow the Hedgehog to life on the big screen has been a two-decade journey for Jeff Fowler, the director of Sega and Paramount’s live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movies. Fowler finally got his wish with his 2024 movie Sonic the Hedgehog 3. But he first got his hands on Shadow...
Yes, Santa is canon in the DC and Marvel universes
Every December, heroes and heroines around the superhero world are pulled into unusually seasonal experiences that draw upon their powers of goodwill and cheer as much as their super strength. It’s only a matter of pages before Jolly Old Saint Nick himself, Santa Claus, appears and reminds everyone to think...
Elden Ring Nightreign director says ditching 2-player co-op is a ‘balancing decision’
Elden Ring Nightreign is a cooperative spinoff with an asterisk. You can play it with a group of three or by yourself, but not in a duo, according to an IGN interview with director Junya Ishizaki. There isn’t a technical reason for this awkward limitation, however. It’s about game balance.“This...
Check Cyberpunk 2077’s latest patch for a secret TTRPG surprise
In a secret pre-holiday update to Cyberpunk 2077, developer CD Projekt Red added a little tabletop-shaped gift. A spokesperson from Cyberpunk publisher R. Talsorian Games told Polygon that “any person who owns Cyberpunk 2077 and can access their Bonus Content folder can now find Cyberpunk RED: Easy Mode in there,...