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Austin Manchester

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About Austin Manchester

Austin Manchester is a writer and editor living in New York City. He’s been writing about the video game industry since 2021 and was previously wrote for AIPT Comics, XDA, and How-To Geek before joining Polygon. He enjoys covering new indie releases, soulslikes, and character-driven RPGs. He spends too much time playing Mass Effect, Baldur’s Gate 3, and new indie releases and not enough time working on that book he might someday finish, maybe, who knows.

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Orange Piccolo with steam coming off him in a screenshot from Dragon Ball Super Super Hero
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero finally did right by Piccolo
What to Watch

Featuring new transformations and characters galore

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Tombwater key art showing an eldritch beast staring down a lone gunslinger
This 2D Soulslike is the Bloodborne spiritual successor you're looking for
Impressions

Bloodborne 2? Best I can do is Bloodborne 2D

A tiny, mobile bookshop is parked in front of a beach.
3 great games on we can't wait to play this weekend on Xbox Game Pass
What to Play

Sell books or shoot spaceships, your choice

An image of Mesa, a giant head on a mechanical contraption, staring down a digital copy of a person in an image from Prove You’re Human
1000xResist studio's next game is about arguing with an uncanny AI that thinks it's human
News

Prove You're Human will explore the 'existential dread of the onset of this current wave of artificial intelligence'

A screenshot of Prop Sumo with a giant spotted egg knocked out
A weird new party fighting game launches today, and it's free for a limited time
PC

Dibs on the unicorn rocking horse

A screenshot from the NES game Mendel Palace
Pokémon developer's first-ever game now available on Nintendo Switch Online
News

Plus the OG Pac-Man

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A blue holographic woman in a retro futuristic city from Ray Gunn
The Incredibles and Iron Giant director teases a first look at his long-awaited return to big-budget sci-fi
News

Starring Sam Rockwell and Scarlet Johansson

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007 First Light's Bond in the driver's seat of a car looking at a woman holding a key.
New James Bond game is still coming to the Switch 2, just not as soon as expected
News

That license to kill is going to have to wait just a wee bit longer

Sam Reich sitting on a therapist’s couch on the set of Game Changer.
Game Changer: Home Edition is coming to Kickstarter to bring chaos to your next game night
Tabletop Games

Featuring three games, all inspired by episodes of the show

Cover of Batman comic showing Batman fighting against various foes
A Batman legend hints he may call it quits, ending an era in comics
Comics

Greg Capullo says 2026 may be his last year doing interiors

Soldiers with guns running past a holographic earth in a screenshot from XCOM Enemy Unknown Steam screen
Amazon Prime members can claim 12 free games this month, including a much-loved XCOM
News

Shoot some aliens while waiting for new episodes of Invincible to drop

Zau, in Tales of Kenzera: Zau, dodges a blue blast of light from a massive birdlike spirit
3 great games on we can't wait to get back to playing this weekend
What to Play

Holiday weekend means more time for gaming

Miles Morales Spider-Man, with his Spidey Sense activated, talks with Superman
Spider-Gwen and Supergirl unite in exclusive look at upcoming Spider-Man/Superman crossover
Comics

The duo is one of many exciting pairings to be featured in the one-shot

An image with the Epic Games Store logo next to an illustration showing various shapes and user interfaces.
PC gamers only have one week to claim this 'Overwhelmingly Positive' rated game for free
News

You and your gaming buddies may have just found your next multiplayer obsession

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A smiley yellow man salutes in Peak
Criticized for a 'lazy dev cycle,' Peak devs remind players that 'any update is a bonus not a right'
News

Back in my day, what you got on the disc was it

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A masked character jumps towards another masked character
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is secretly a Mass Effect game
What to Play

And it's 85% off right now

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The Witcher 3 Project Roach: A horse toy to be used as a controller set against a dark and smoky background
The best (worst?) April Fools' Day jokes from gaming companies
News

I kinda want Project ROACH though

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A trainer poses with Feraligator in Pokemon Legends Z-A.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A is finally getting Pokémon Home support, with some limitations
Pokémon

There's no going back for your favorite 'mons

A young woman in intricately designed garb stands in front of a visual design reminiscent of Ancient Egypt in an image from the Image Comics series Monstress
Monstress could be Amazon’s best comic-to-TV adaptation. It’s definitely its biggest challenge yet.
Opinion

To succeed, Amazon’s take on Monstress needs to nail what makes the series so unique

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A close-up shot of a man looking frightened against a yellow wall in a cropped version of the Backrooms poster
New Backrooms trailer shows just how unsettling and scary empty spaces can be
Horror

And how garish yellow wallpaper is

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