Nintendo has made its own Discord-like chat app for the Switch 2, and it’s going to charge you for it. Once the free period is over on March 31, 2026, GameChat, and the C button that activates it, will require a Nintendo Switch Online (NSO) membership.So what happens if you...
Can Meditite be shiny in Pokémon Go?
Meditite, the meditate Pokémon from Hoenn, can be found in the wild in Pokémon Go. Yes, Meditite can be shiny in Pokémon Go!If you are a Meditite family fan, then I’m sorry. Despite being a usually-powerful Mega Evolution, Mega Medicham is… bad. There’s no reason really to invest in it,...
Hulu secretly made an animated miniseries of Predator period pieces
Say “Predator period piece” three times fast — or say it slow, because that’s what Predator: Killer of Killers is. A three-episode animated miniseries from the director of Prey, featuring Predator attacks in three different periods of humanity’s past. A newly released trailer for the show has all the gore,...
Are PC handhelds like Steam Deck really competitors for Switch 2?
When Nintendo launched the Switch in 2017, it had no competition in dedicated handheld gaming, a sector it had established with the Game Boy in 1989 and ruled ever since. Sega had come and gone; Sony, after two determined attempts with the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita, had just about...
Best CR-56 AMAX loadout, class build in Black Ops 6
The best CR-56 AMAX loadout in Black Ops 6 may come as a surprise given that this is another simple automatic assault rifle — or at least, that’s what it seems like on the face of it. It’s another familiar face returning to the series from both Modern Warfare 2019...
How the Righteous Gemstones brought sci-fi to church with the magic of jetpacks
As it barrels through its characteristically outlandish fourth and final season, Danny McBride’s HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones has cemented a reputation for itself. Yes, it’s side-splittingly funny. Yes, its “failchildren of a crumbling empire” narrative is surprisingly relevant. Yes, there is a core of sincerity at the center of...
‘Cozy horror’ game The Midnight Walk feels like walking through a Mad God world
A few minutes into my first look at The Midnight Walk, I thought to myself, Wait, is this actually the game? Not a cutscene? What I was watching looked like a gorgeous stop-motion animated short film, but I soon realized the developers from MoonHood Studios were showing me real-time game...
Everything we know about Switch 2, Nintendo’s next-gen console
After many months, if not years, of leaks and speculation, it’s finally official: Nintendo has announced and fully revealed its next console. It’s called Nintendo Switch 2, and as the name implies, it’s a very similar design to the Switch — a hybrid handheld console with detachable controllers that can...
Right now is the best time to Wonder Pick in Pokémon TCG Pocket
In the lead-up to the release of the Shining Revelry expansion for Pokémon TCG Pocket, the developers touted additions like shiny Pokémon and a new Ranked mode. But on Thursday, the developers added a time-limited feature called “sneak peek” that improves Wonder Pick in a big way — so if...
The Monkey, Black Bag, One of Them Days on Netflix, and every movie new to streaming this week
Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.This week, The Monkey, the new black comedy horror thriller from director Osgood Perkins (Longlegs), screeches and bangs its way onto VOD....