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Last night, I watched all three-and-a-half hours of 2025’s The Game Awards, keeping track of all the winners and taking note of all the new game announcements that piqued my interest. But when voice actor Jennifer English took the stage to accept the Best Performance award for her role in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, I was shocked. No signs flashed telling her to “PLEASE WRAP IT UP.” No music started blasting in an attempt to “play her off” the stage. By the time Clair Obscur developers from Sandfall Interactive took the stage to accept their Game of the Year Award…

For the last couple of years, the Epic Games Store has given away free games every week through its PC storefront. With the company having launched its own mobile store, it has also started a second free games program on iOS and Android devices, kicking things off with a curated library of titles and weekly freebies. The app also features mobile versions of Fortnite, Fall Guys, and Rocket League Sideswipe.To access these games you will need to create a free Epic account and install the free Epic Games Store mobile app and log in with your account, but once you…

The time has arrived for another Arc Raiders update, and Embark has certainly delivered. Today’s patch, version 1.6.0, is among the smallest the game has received so far, focusing almost exclusively on disabling map exploits. Perhaps more important than the patch itself, however, is the announcement the developer made around it. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Starting off with patch 1.6.0, it takes out a particular zipline on Stella Montis, the game’s most recent addition ot the map roster. Some players used said zipline to get out of bounds, something the game has been…

Just two years after winning Game of the Year for Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian Studios is wasting no time showing off its next project to the world. It teased its next RPG at the Game Awards and it can’t come soon enough. It’s called Divinity and it promises to be “even larger” than Baldur’s Gate 3. The reveal follows a multi-week guessing game linked to a mysterious statue that recently appeared in the California desert. While fans speculated about possible connections to Diablo 4 and The Elder Scrolls 6, others discovered a recent trademark application for long-running Larian series Divinity that…

The Holiday season has begun, so it’s the best time to bring some joy to the lives of children who are under long-term hospital care. Starlight Children’s Foundation Canada knows this very well, so it has partnered with EB Games Canada to bring the power of consoles and video games to hospitals across the country. Earlier this year, Polygon and our sister sites launched Gaming 4 Good in partnership with the US division of Starlight Children’s Foundation. As part of the initiative, our readers (That means you!) helped raise around $50,000. The funds allowed Starlight to give these children some…

The second season of Prime Video’s Fallout TV series is almost here, and to celebrate, Microsoft has revealed a new Xbox controller that looks like it came straight out of the radioactive wasteland. Currently a timed exclusive through the Microsoft Store, the Fallout Pip-Boy Xbox controller is now available to order for $83 (was $99). If you want to add some flair, you can also customize the controller through the Xbox Design Labs, which lets you choose button styles, upgrade to metallic triggers and D-pads, rubberize the side and back grips, and add an engraving. $83 (was $99) Inspired by…

There’s been a lot of anticipation for Battlefield 6’s version 1.1.3.0 patch. The patch kicks off the third and final phase of the game’s first season, adding some new holiday-themed content. More the new content itself, the update’s biggest additions are almost entirely gameplay-related. Unfortunately, for as much as the changes in 1.1.3.0 have been well received, the launch has been marred by a series of technical issues, some of which are a little unusual. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Immediately after patch 1.1.3.0 went live, players on PC started reporting massive stutters that…

I’ve put maybe five or six hours into Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s Mega Dimension DLC, and I spent maybe two of those hours desperately searching for two items: Raichunite X and Raichunite Y. These two Mega Stones would allow Raichu, my favorite Pokémon who has never gotten any respect, to Mega Evolve into one of two forms. I had been begging Game Freak for Mega Raichu for so long, I had honestly given up hope that my boy would get a superpowered transformation in Legends: Z-A, then they gave him two. I like them both, but I gravitated toward the X…

I deeply enjoyed this year’s Day of the Devs: The Game Awards Edition showcase, but my main takeaway from the presentation was probably not the intended one: I’ve decided that 2026 is the year of the frog. Five of this year’s featured games — Frog Sqwad, Stretchmancer, Unshine Arcade, Awaysis, and Big Hops — include frogs in some capacity. A group of frogs is called an army, and they’re taking over. From Frogger to the Animal Crossing franchise’s froggy chair, frogs are nothing new to gaming, but the amphibians appear to be increasingly prevalent in the industry as of late.…

Roblox is one of the biggest games in the world, with millions of different experiences that players can hop into. One of the biggest selling points is that it can be played practically anywhere, from phones to Xbox to a standard computer.Of course, not everyone has a PC rig the size of a monster truck, and some folks just want to know if their old laptop or similar device can run Roblox, or find out why they’re running into issues. So, to help you out, we’re listing the exact Roblox system requirements below.Roblox Supported Platforms You can fire up Roblox…