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Honkai: Star Rail team designs characters with story first, combat second

Honkai: Star Rail just celebrated its fourth anniversary on April 25. In those four years, the game has amassed more than 80 playable characters and five unique areas for players to explore. With its unique turn-based combat – which is a bit different from the other action RPGs that now flood the mobile game market – it can be hard to come up with unique playstyles for these characters, as well as gimmicks for these new areas to introduce each year. source https://www.polygon.com/honkai-star-rail-hsr-character-design-interview-planarcadia/

Magic's new Hobbit dragon has a wild MTG combo with a D&D card

Dragons love their treasure hoards, but no dragon cherishes their trove more than Smaug from The Hobbit . At MagicCon: Las Vegas 2026 , Wizards of the Coast finally revealed the first few cards from the upcoming set, due out Aug. 14, and the headliner is Smaug the Magnificent. source https://www.polygon.com/magics-new-smaug-card-makes-one-classic-dragon-completely-busted/

Netflix's Narnia: The Magician's Nephew delayed to 2027

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew , the new C.S. Lewis adaptation from Barbie director Greta Gerwig , won't make its previously scheduled November 2026 release date. Instead, it will debut in theaters in February 2027, Netflix announced Friday . While that's a substantial delay, movie theater aficionados have reason to rejoice: Gerwig's origin story for the land of Narnia will get a lengthy seven-week run in theaters, an unusual step for Netflix. source https://www.polygon.com/greta-gerwig-narnia-movie-release-date-magicians-nephew/

Friday the 13th Part 2 was reviled by critics, but it turned Jason into a household name

Despite being generally eviscerated by critics , the original was a surprise hit — it remains influential to this day . This low-budget “ Halloween rip-off” grossed nearly $60 million at the box office, helped solidify the slasher genre, and launched an impromptu sequel into immediate production. Friday the 13th Part 2 is mostly forgotten today — and it's honestly a pretty forgettable movie — but 45 years after its May 1, 1981 debut, the sequel slasher's greatest legacy is the ways it transformed Jason's story from a one-off horror hit into one of the greatest franchises in scary-movie history. source https://www.polygon.com/friday-the-13th-2-anniversary/

Star Wars - Maul Shadow Lord season 2 release date is closer than you think

Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord has already become a sensational hit for Star Wars fans, drawing 4.1 million viewers shortly after its premiere (and perhaps unintentionally boosting the numbers of another Star Wars TV series in the process). Though season 2 was already confirmed before Maul’s new adventure even debuted, the hype and viewership around the new animated series prove that the decision was the right one. However, there’s just one question: what will the Maul - Shadow Lord season 2 release date be? source https://www.polygon.com/maul-shadow-lord-season-2-release-date-soon/

Diablo 4 interactive map

In Diablo 4 , the vast map of Sanctuary is the stage where humans try to survive the whims of demons and angels. The land created by Lilith and Inarius features unique locations, from the rainy Tirmair in Scosglen to the arid battlefield of Alzuuda in the Dry Steppes — and each area is marked by the people who live there and their culture. source https://www.polygon.com/c/diablo-4-guides/23778174/diablo-iv-map-altars-of-lilith-dungeons-waypoints/

How to break yellow barriers in Saros

Yellow barriers in Saros will have you stumped right from the very start of the game because, even though you can find them while exploring the first biomes, there's no obvious way to break them. Red barriers, on the other hand, just require a melee attack to take down, and you can destroy them from the get-go. source https://www.polygon.com/saros-yellow-barriers-how-to-break/