Point It Out!
Point It Out! is a gaming news show for people who already know the news — or think they do. Every week, Polygon host Simone de Rochefort, Editor-in-Chief Matt Patches, and an expert guest yank the biggest stories out of the discourse cycle and unpack them through rowdy, ridiculous PowerPoint presentations. Points are awarded, winners are crowned, and the loser wears a dunce cap. (No, seriously.) The stakes are meaningless, but the insight is real: In true Polygon fashion, Point It Out lovingly lampoons the gaming news show while secretly teaching you everything you need to know about the current state of video games.
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In the aftermath of Electronic Arts closing BioWare, we invited Jason Shreier, who broke the story on Bloomberg, to discuss gaming layoffs and the future of franchises such as Mass Effect and Dragon Age.
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Our reporter Mike McWhertor went hands-on with Nintendo's new remake of The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time. It's been polarizing for its toy-like art style, but does this remake fix controversial sequences like the Water Temple? Not to mention the opening of the game? Mike lets us know!
But first, we have to discuss the rumors of an $1,800 next-gen Xbox, and Inde Navarette's iconic Nikki Freeman from Obsession getting her own...
This week on Point It Out! We discuss the unfolding news around the GTA 6 Cyberleek leaks, a gaming favorite going to mobile and the sneaky favorite for AAA game of the year.
Plus, Polygon Editor-At-Large Giovanni Colantonio holds Simone and Patches hostage with a powerpoint they'll never forget.
Point It Out! is a gaming news show for people who already know the news — or think they do. Every week, Polygon host Simone de Roc...
What is Amazon Luna and why can I play Star Wars: Galactic Racer on it for free?? Amazon has a game streaming platform that is available to any Amazon Prime subscriber and no one has heard about it. This week on Point It Out!, Patches and Simone discuss whether Amazon's strategy of adding big brand-name games like Star Wars and Hogwarts Legacy to the service will make it pop, or whether this streaming service is destined for the ba...
Following another chunk of layoffs at Halo Game Studios, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has sent the Halo franchise to Activision, where a new purpose-built team will try to revive it. Oli Welsh joins this episode of Point It Out! to discuss the future of the Halo franchise. Why Activision, and what does it mean for Halo Game Studios? We're making some point about this and more.
Hosted by: Simone de Rochefort & Matt Patches
Enter the fin...
On this week's episode of Point It Out! Patches is back from France to guide Simone through a history of Resident Evil movies, and figure out where Hollywood should go next now that they've figured out how to make a good adaptation.
To celebrate the launch of Polygon’s weekly news podcast, Point It Out, we’re partnering with Secretlab to give away 3 chairs over the next three weeks! Check out the link in bio to enter fo...
This week on Point It Out! Simone is joined by Polygon Editor-At-Large Giovanni Colantonio to talk all things Blizzcon. There's a new old World of Warcraft, Diablo 5, and a long-awaited new Starcraft game. But what can all these announcements tell us about what's actually happening inside Blizzard and at Xbox?
To celebrate the fourth episode of the series, we’re partnering with Secretlab to give away three chairs over the nex...
It's never too early for an Awards convo. In this episode of Point It Out, Simone and Patches discuss the contenders for this year's GOTY Awards. Will it be the juggernaut GTA 6? Or could an underdog sneak in under the wire?
Hosted by: Matt Patches & Simone de Rochefort
Featuring: Oli Welsh
Killing physical releases is bad for gamers and bad for preservation, and that's just the tip of the Gaming Industry Freakout Iceberg. This week on Point It Out! we tackle the biggest issues facing Games in 2026. From Layoffs to generational rifts, what's coming? We're not freaking out YOU'RE freaking out!!
Point It Out! is Polygon's weekly gaming news show, hosted by Simone de Rochefort and Matt Patches. Get ready for news, goofs...
This week, we're tackling news straight out of Gamescom, AI use in video games, female character design and more. Can our team predict what's coming?
Point It Out! is Polygon's new weekly gaming news show, hosted by Simone de Rochefort and Matt Patches. Get ready for news, goofs, gags... and some other stuff.
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