The more I play Middle-earth: Shadow of War at preview events, the more I realize how fun it could be, as well as how challenging. There’s nothing wrong with a challenge. But the latest gameplay event ...

Cameron has been holding a controller for about as long as he can remember, developing a special love for The Elder Scrolls and Halo at a young age. When he isn't playing virtual games, he can most ...

In Middle-earth, group affiliation is key to understanding many characters. We immediately know a Harfoot from a dwarf from an elf. And these labels reflexively offer information about what we might ...

Pete Volk (he/they) is Polygon’s Curation Editor, with a particular love for action and martial arts movies. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s sixth episode is its most action-packed yet, ...

What a wunderkammer of an episode. From its opening moments, in which grumbling orcs desert Adar’s army rather than fight, to its closing image, of catapults hurling flaming rocks that arc through the ...