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Zach Cregger’s Mysterious New Sci-Fi Thriller Officially Gets a Promising Update
Earlier this year, Backrooms proved that online horror stories can lead to big success at the box office. The viral creepypasta about liminal spaces was adapted into a film by YouTuber Kane Parsons for $10 million, and the movie made over $400 million by the end of its run in theaters. In other words, you…
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Star Citizen Spinoff Squadron 42 Officially Reveals Huge Cast in New Look
Cloud Imperium Games released a new trailer for Squadron 42, the single-player spinoff of Star Citizen that has been in development for more than a decade. The footage makes a fairly convincing case that this game isn’t vaporware, and it is now available to wishlist on Steam ahead of a planned Q2 2027 release. The…
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Project Hail Mary Author Is Still Desperate to Get a Shot at Star Trek
Published Oct 8, 2026, 11:18 AM EDT Willa Rowe is a contributing writer at Polygon, covering games and entertainment. She is a New York-based journalist and critic whose work has been featured in Kotaku, Digital Trends, the A.V. Club, GamesRadar+, and more. She also co-hosts the Girl Mode podcast. Andy Weir also has a bonkers Star…
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New Xbox Hardware Leaks With Rumored Major Upgrades
Published Oct 6, 2026, 11:25 AM EDT Patricia is the former editor-in-chief of Kotaku, where she spent a decade writing and editing. Prior to that, she served as the Culture Editor at Polygon, and as a reporter at The Verge. Hernandez specializes in Pokémon TCG, Nintendo, and offbeat internet culture stories. One of Xbox’s best hardware options may soon be…
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Man of Tomorrow Passed An Important Post-Production Milestone
Published Oct 4, 2026, 11:21 AM EDT Tomas Franzese is the Weekend News Editor at Polygon, following and reporting on the latest goings-on in the gaming and entertainment spaces. During the week, you can find him working on Remastered, his newsletter about video game history and retro gaming, or contributing to GameSpot and other publications. Previously,…
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GTA 6’s Next Wild Crossover Is With the Miami Heat
Published Oct 2, 2026, 11:17 AM EDT Willa Rowe is a contributing writer at Polygon, covering games and entertainment. She is a New York-based journalist and critic whose work has been featured in Kotaku, Digital Trends, the A.V. Club, GamesRadar+, and more. She also co-hosts the Girl Mode podcast. The NBA team will play as Vice…
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Resident Evil Director’s New Sci-Fi Thriller Has Found Its Lead
Zach Cregger is not one to take a break. Fresh off the success of Resident Evil, which may just be the best video game movie ever, the director is already hard at work on his next project: The Flood. The mysterious sci-fi thriller which Cregger will write, produce, and direct — has revealed its first…
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New Target ‘Pokémon’ Card System Will Make Collectors Very Happy
Online Pokémon trading card game drops are awful across the board, but Target’s current system is a special brand of hell. The retailer largely releases TCG content in the wee hours of the night — pushing some collectors to get zero sleep and still have no Pokémon cards to show for it. Based on recent…
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World of Warcraft Forever’s Plan to Bring ‘Classic Plus’ to New and Old Players
At BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard Entertainment revealed one of its most highly anticipated projects, World of Warcraft Forever. The third major iteration of Blizzard’s landmark MMO will give Warcraft fans the “Classic Plus” version of WoW they’ve been pestering the developer about for years, even in the wake of 2019’s World of Warcraft Classic. World of…
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The Gathering’s Coolest Planeswalker Is Finally Getting the Backstory He Deserves
Magic: The Gathering will return to Zhalfir on Oct. 1, 2027, with a new set devoted to the former Dominaria kingdom that now exists as its own plane. Wizards of the Coast is promising an Afrofantasy setting filled with “mind-bending cards,” along with the return of Teferi Akosa, Magic’s master of chronomancy. But players won’t…
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