Your Chernobyl vacation will have to wait a few months
source https://www.polygon.com/22880013/stalker-2-delay-release-date-2022-xbox
STALKER 2 delayed until December
Wordle copycats have vanished from Apple’s App Store
A few clones remain but without the Wordle name
source https://www.polygon.com/22879940/wordle-copycats-app-store-removal-clones-apple
Tabletop Simulator removes global chat, developers say moderation ‘has failed’ its customers
After a gay, trans user shared their experiences, the Steam page got review-bombed
PUBG goes free-to-play, with rewards for past buyers
They’re upgraded to the $12.99 ‘Battlegrounds Plus’ tier, plus other loot
source https://www.polygon.com/22879972/pubg-free-to-play-release-date-battlegrounds-plus-price
Kirby’s new Switch game arrives in March
Watch a new trailer for Kirby and the Forgotten Land
source https://www.polygon.com/22878952/kirby-switch-forgotten-land-release-date-trailer
Belle is the virtual world anime that Mamoru Hosoda always wanted to make
Not only because he put subwoofers on a giant whale
source https://www.polygon.com/22870380/belle-mamoru-hosoda-interview
Netflix’s bleak sci-fi film The Colony mashes up Children of Men and Aliens
It’s bleak and beautiful, but it echoes too many well-worn tropes about the climate apocalypse
source https://www.polygon.com/reviews/22645157/the-colony-review-sci-fi
Euphoria returns to do the most, every time, all the time
Welcome back to our favorite competition for saddest character on TV
source https://www.polygon.com/22879178/euphoria-season-2-premiere
What did Phil Spencer mean by ‘Xbox is not a free speech platform’?
Xbox boss says a free-for-all akin to Facebook or Twitter would be ‘a death strategy’ for Xbox Live
Valorant’s Episode 4 patch adds Neon to the game and nerfs the Spectre
Patch 4.0 also brings big changes to Breeze
source https://www.polygon.com/22878256/valorant-patch-4-episode-notes-neon-spectre-nerf-breeze-map-changes