A Collection of Activision Classic Games for the Atari 2600

Atari and Activision are teaming up to bring back some of the Atari 2600's most iconic games as working physical cartridges.

This limited edition release is now available to preorder from select retailers ahead of its release date on November 3.

Besides just offering good games in general, the SNES served as a starting point for 10 beloved series.

The SNL, All That, and Good Burger stars head to New York City to talk childhood nostalgia and video games on Polygon's Shelf Quest.

If you read a lot of gaming news - or work with it, like I do - you cannot help but become a little cynical sometimes. 2026 has been a brutal year for the industry, following an equally galling 2025. Beset by layoffs, harried by studio closures, and somehow staring down the barrel of the console wars again, it's easy to feel the jaded fingers of cynicism creeping in. But, twice a year, I can feel my cup fill up in realtime, my belief in the games industry - and humanity at large, honestly - buoyed by seven days of the most wholesome, hopeful people in the world coming together to prop each oth