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.The National Geographic documentary Jaws @ 50, which shows how the first summer blockbuster was made and explores its legacy, swims onto...
How films like Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse change for Latin American viewers
“Let’s do things differently this time,” says Gwen Stacy at the beginning of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The words kick off a three-minute monologue in which she recaps the previous film’s events and anticipates some of the twists and turns of the sequel, all the while playing an increasingly loud...
How does Wicked rank against every other modern movie based on a Broadway musical?
In the 2002 movie Chicago, Catherine Zeta-Jones steps into the spotlight to belt out “All That Jazz” with a defiant kind of joy that takes on new meaning once it becomes clear that her character, Velma Kelly, has just murdered her husband. Zeta-Jones’ rendition of the song was irresistible: On...
What time does Marvel Rivals season 3 release in your time zone?
Marvel Rivals Season 3 is coming up fast, with a new map, new hero, and new rollout structure that’ll include less time between updates. Phoenix makes her debut in the season’s first half, alongside a new map inspired by the symbiote planet, and when Season 3’s second half goes live,...
What time does Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 release?
Secret tapes and the praise of fans await in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4, the modernized version of two classic skate games. This new version is about to be released and it comes with an updated roster of skaters, more challenges to complete, and more modes to explore. Tony Hawk’s...
GameStop’s stapled Switch 2 has gone from PR nightmare to absolute goldmine
Console releases only happen every few years, so they’re a huge occasion for major retailers. That’s especially the case for an enthusiast storefront like GameStop; early adopters will flock to specialist stores before considering mainstream options that may not offer the same breadth of options. You’d think that when news...
What time does Persona 5 The Phantom X version 1.1 release?
Persona 5: The Phantom X version 1.1 is coming on Thursday, July 10 with potentially new characters and story content.The first update is on its way, but what’s actually in the update is a little ambiguous. All we know so far is when the update will occur, but as Persona...
Peak went from a canceled game that couldn’t get funding to selling millions on Steam
The folks at Aggro Crab were feeling the fatigue.Their previous game, the underwater Souls-like Another Crab’s Treasure, was their biggest undertaking since the studio was started back in 2019. While the creative action game had been received well by reviewers and players alike, it also took three years to make....
Every Marvel Cinematic Universe TV show, ranked
These days, every Marvel TV show is Marvel Cinematic Universe canon, sorta-kinda more or less: Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has implied that technically, the rise of the Marvel multiverse makes everything canon somewhere. And with the recent return of Charlie Cox as Daredevil, reprising his role from the Netflix...
While Fortnite flourished, one team member spent nights building his dream miniatures game
Best Hobby founder Daniel Block has, well… been around the block a few times. At 51, he’s already had an incredible career in tabletop gaming, first in the 1990s working on card games like Rage, Legend of the Five Rings, and Dune: Collectible Card Game. He then pivoted to video...