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Every game soundtrack is a ‘try and fail’ journey for Payday’s Simon Viklund

Those beat drops don’t come easy

By Zoë Hannah
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Jesper Kyd composed Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s soundtrack using 100-year-old instruments

The longtime game composer talks influences, process, and Commodore 64 memories

By Matt Leone
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When does video game music get too repetitive?

By Zoë Hannah
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The Runaways’ Jackie Fox is reimagining her rock ‘n’ roll story in tabletop form

By Maddy Myers
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Sega’s delisting Sonic Generations, but somehow doing it in a good way

By Michael McWhertor
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Capcom Humble Bundle is a Hadouken of deals for as low as $30

By Ross Miller

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How Dicey Dungeons’ soundtrack found the sweet spot between Earthbound and disco funk

By Chelsea Stark
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Indie darling Jessica Curry fell hard for Mass Effect 3’s soundtrack early on

By Zoë Hannah
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Dead Rising remaster will make Frank West less of a creep

By Michael McWhertor
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Last chance to save big on Mario sports games with Nintendo’s Play Together sale

By Ross Miller

I’m going to play Pokémon Mystery Dungeon just for the personality quiz

By Ana Diaz
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Sony’s new Astro Bot controller is a tribute to the de facto mascot

By Alice Jovanée

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By Polygon Staff
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My favorite puzzle game has an unskippable Peter Gabriel interlude

By Susana Polo
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GTA 6: Everything we know so far about Rockstar’s next game

By Michael McWhertor
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Helldivers 2 composer Wilbert Roget thinks of game scoring as ‘first-person’ and ‘third-person’

By Chelsea Stark
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Final Fantasy 1-6 Pixel Remaster games are 20% off through this weekend

By Ross Miller

No Man’s Sky’s new Worlds update shook up all my favorite planets

By Cass Marshall
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Bring home a supermassive collection of Starfinder content for just $40

By Alice Jovanée

Talisman’s 5th edition is just okay, and a handy how-to video helps

By Charlie Hall
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The best video games of 2024 so far

By Chris Plante, Pete Volk, and 1 more
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A Hollow Knight boss fight found its groove thanks to a 17th-century violinist

By Chelsea Stark
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Not sure what game to play? Leave a comment, we’ll help

By Maddy Myers
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The weirdest video games based on bands

By Michael McWhertor
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Arkane Studios’ legacy lives on in Wolfeye Studios’ upcoming retro sci-fi RPG

By Toussaint Egan
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Take advantage of these Keychron keyboard discounts while they last

By Alice Jovanée

Why was Magic School simultaneously announced and canceled? For once, we actually know

By Nicole Carpenter
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Chicory made Lena Raine’s dream to write an RPG theme song come true

By Maddy Myers
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Fortnite to remove FOMO from future battle passes

By Michael McWhertor
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Baldur’s Gate 3’s Honour Mode is so hard, less than 12% of people beat it

By Nicole Carpenter
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Gamefound’s next big campaign is a board game from Hasbro’s Avalon Hill

By Charlie Hall
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Here are the best gaming speakers for PCs and consoles

By Alice Jovanée