Oli Welsh

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senior editor, UK @polygon / formerly editor-in-chief @eurogamer / games, film, TV / he/him

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28 Years Later ending’s hidden meaning and Jimmy Savile, explained

4 days ago | polygon.com | Oli Welsh

AnalysisAlex Garland and Danny Boyle are playing with pop culture fire in the UKJun 24, 2025, 8:07 PM UTCPhoto: Sony PicturesOli Welsh is senior editor, U.K., providing news, analysis, and criticism of film, TV, and games. He has been covering the business & culture of video games for two decades.
With no BlizzCon this year, Blizzard’s next big reveal will be at Gamescom

4 days ago | polygon.com | Oli Welsh

Image: Blizzard EntertainmentOli Welsh is senior editor, U.K., providing news, analysis, and criticism of film, TV, and games. He has been covering the business & culture of video games for two decades. Blizzard has always had a strong presence at Gamescom, the big German games expo that takes place in August — and this year it will be there in force with a major World of Warcraft expansion reveal.
With no BlizzCon this year, Blizzard’s next big reveal will be at Gamescom

4 days ago | flipboard.com | Oli Welsh

1 day agoWith Mecha Break’s release imminent, it felt entirely necessary to sit down with Kris Kwok and discuss the game in detail. Kris is the CEO of Amazing Seasun Games and has headed up Mecha Break since its precarious inception. However, Kris and his team have stuck it out, and it looks like all their …
Death Stranding 2 is too good to be the cult game of Kojima’s dreams

5 days ago | polygon.com | Oli Welsh

Oli Welsh is senior editor, U.K., providing news, analysis, and criticism of film, TV, and games. He has been covering the business & culture of video games for two decades. Hideo Kojima is annoyed that people like Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. In a recent interview with Edge magazine, the video game auteur lamented that test scores for the new game were much higher than for the divisive 2019 original, which six out of ten testers said was terrible.
Clair Obscur is the Game of the Year frontrunner - can any game beat it?

6 days ago | polygon.com | Oli Welsh

Image: Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive via PolygonOli Welsh is senior editor, U.K., providing news, analysis, and criticism of film, TV, and games. He has been covering the business & culture of video games for two decades. Every June, the video game industry gets together in Los Angeles to tout its wares to the press and public.
Microsoft just came right out and said that the next Xbox will be a PC

1 week ago | polygon.com | Oli Welsh

Microsoft announced Tuesday that it has signed a deal with AMD to “co-engineer silicon” — make the chips, in other words — for its “next-generation Xbox consoles.” President of Xbox Sarah Bond made the announcement in a short video posted to YouTube. In itself, this isn’t that significant. AMD has been the chip supplier for Xbox since the days of the Xbox 360 (and, indeed, for PlayStation since the PlayStation 4).
Mario Kart World wouldn’t be in the running for Game of the Year even if it was perfect

1 week ago | polygon.com | Oli Welsh

Image: Nintendo EPD/NintendoOli Welsh is senior editor, U.K., providing news, analysis, and criticism of film, TV, and games. He has been covering the business & culture of video games for two decades. Following Grand Theft Auto 6’s retreat into 2026, last week’s launch of Nintendo Switch 2 will likely stand as the gaming event of 2025.
Switch 2 review: Nintendo’s beautifully engineered continuity candidate

2 weeks ago | polygon.com | Oli Welsh

Under the leadership of the late, great Satoru Iwata, Nintendo shunned the technology arms race of Sony, Microsoft, and the rest of the video game business, and pursued a series of wild experiments that worked out brilliantly (Wii, DS) more often than not (Wii U). Iwata’s final innovation, realized after his untimely death, was to combine the company’s handheld and home console businesses into a single device — 2017’s Switch. Suffice it to say that Iwata really picked his moment.
There’s still a GTA 6-sized hole in 2025, even after a big week of announcements

2 weeks ago | polygon.com | Oli Welsh

Oli Welsh is senior editor, U.K., providing news, analysis, and criticism of film, TV, and games. He has been covering the business & culture of video games for two decades. At the end of Sunday’s Xbox Games Showcase, Microsoft Gaming boss Phil Spencer noted that 2026 will mark Xbox’s 25th anniversary.
Switch 2 launch sales break records, Nintendo’s fastest ever

2 weeks ago | polygon.com | Oli Welsh

Oli Welsh is senior editor, U.K., providing news, analysis, and criticism of film, TV, and games. He has been covering the business & culture of video games for two decades. Nintendo Switch 2 is off to a roaring start. Early on Wednesday, Nintendo announced that it had sold 3.5 million units of its new console in just four days, making it Nintendo’s fastest-selling console ever. In fact, this is likely the biggest console launch of all time — by quite some margin.