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Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 will release on 25th August 2026. Read more

A special 25th-anniversary Kingdom Hearts panel at Disney's 2026 D23 event has fans of Square Enix's RPG series wondering if major Kingdom Hearts 4 news is right around the corner. Disney doesn't hold a D23 annually (the previous one was held in 2024), and in recent years the fan event has taken on newfound importance as a stage for the House of Mouse to make all kinds of major announcements about upcoming films, shows, and even, occasionally, video games. This year in particular may be worth paying attention to for Kingdom Hearts fans. In an announcement detailing the programming fans can exp

While Galactic Racer is set to bring back Star Wars to the racing genre later this year, there is another game set in the galaxy far, far away that's even closer to releasing. Star Wars Zero Company, the X-COM-like strategy game, will reportedly launch as early as August. Star Wars Zero Company was revealed last year during Star Wars Celebration, and described as a single-player turn-based strategy title from both Bit Reactor and Respawn Entertainment. A gameplay trailer is set to debut during Summer Game Fest later this week, which will likely confirm the release date. But ahead of that revea

The Smart Play toys can battle, heal, and level up in ways that mimic actual Pokémon games, Lego revealed in an exclusive Polygon interview.

LEGO has an entire line of sets dedicated to ideas generated by the community. Fans submit their custom builds onto the LEGO Ideas website, and if they can gather enough support, those sets go up for review to potentially become an actual product. For years, this community has been submitting Studio Ghibli-themed builds. LEGO has never selected them for official release, but there's still hope one of them could become a reality.The first round LEGO Ideas of 2026 that are officially getting reviewed were announced back in May. Among all of the sets up for review this year (and from last yea