Polygon (website)

{{Short description|Video game website}} {{Italic title}} {{Good article}} {{Use American English|date=September 2018}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox website | name = ''Polygon'' | logo = Polygon logo (2012).svg | logo_caption = Logo used since 2012<ref name="PolygonLogo" /> | screenshot = Polygon screenshot.png | caption = Homepage in September 2024 | parent = {{ubl|Vox Media (2012–2025)|Valnet (2025–present)}} | url = {{URL|https://www.polygon.com/|polygon.com}} | commercial = Yes | type = Entertainment website | registration = Optional | language = English | num_users = | owner = | predecessor = ''Joystiq'' | editor = {{ubl|Chris Grant (2012–2019)<ref name= "Grant SVP" />|Christopher Plante (2019–2025)<ref name ="EIC Plante laid off">{{Cite web |last=Plante |first=Chris |date=May 1, 2025 |title=I'm no longer with Polygon. If you're hiring, please consider the many talented writers and editors now on the market. Every one of them deserves a spot on your staff. I won't be talking more about the sale because I wasn't involved. Going to hang out with my kid. Taking wins where I can. |url=https://bsky.app/profile/plante.bsky.social/post/3lo4mn4noqc26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250501163814/https://bsky.app/profile/plante.bsky.social/post/3lo4mn4noqc26 |archive-date=May 1, 2025 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=Bluesky |type=Social media post}}</ref>}} | launch_date = {{Start date and age|2012|10|24}} | current_status = Active }}

'''''Polygon''''' is an American entertainment website created by Vox Media covering video games, movies, television, comics, and other popular culture. At its October 2012 launch as Vox Media's third property, ''Polygon'' sought to distinguish itself by focusing on the stories of the people behind video games and long-form magazine-style feature articles.

The site was built over the course of ten months by eight co-founding editors which included the editors-in-chief of the gaming sites ''Joystiq'', ''Kotaku'' and ''The Escapist''. Vox Media produced a documentary series on the founding of the site. In May 2025, ''Polygon'' was sold to Valnet.

==History==

=== Vox Media (2012–2025) === The gaming blog ''Polygon'' was launched on October 24, 2012, as Vox Media's third property. The site grew from technology blog ''The Verge'', which was launched a year earlier as an outgrowth of sports blog network ''SB Nation'' before Vox Media was formed. Vox Media's chief executive officer, Jim Bankoff, approached ''Joystiq'' editor-in-chief Christopher Grant in early 2011 about starting a video game website.<ref name="Forbes: Inside Story" />{{efn|Vox's Bankoff was a former AOL executive and ''Joystiq'' was an AOL-owned video game blog.<ref name="Forbes: Inside Story" />}} Bankoff considered video games to be a logical vertical market for Vox, whose sites attracted an 18- to 49-year-old demographic.<ref name="All Things Digital: Begin" /> He also saw games to be an expanding market in consideration of mobile and social network game categories.<ref name="All Things Digital: Begin" /> ''Forbes'' described Bankoff's offer as a "serious commitment to online journalism" in an age of content farms and disappearing print publications, but Grant did not trust the offer and declined.<ref name="Forbes: Inside Story" /> Upon seeing the effort that Vox Media put into ''The Verge'', their Chorus content management system, and the quality of their content and sponsorships, Grant changed his mind and returned to pitch Bankoff. Grant wanted the new site to compete with top gaming websites ''GameSpot'' and ''IGN'', but still be able to run longform "magazine-style journalism" that could be of historic interest.<ref name="Forbes: Inside Story" />{{efn|Longform web journalism was uncommon at the time.<ref name="Mashable: 2012" />}} As part of the site's attempt to "redefine games journalism", Vox Media made a 13-part documentary series of the site's creation ("Press Reset") that tracked the site's creation from start to launch.<ref name="All Things Digital: Begin" />

''Forbes'' described ''Polygon''{{'s}} original 16-person staff as "star-studded" for including the editors-in-chief from three competing video game blogs.<ref name="Forbes: Inside Story" /> Grant left ''Joystiq'' in January 2012 and brought the editors-in-chief of ''Kotaku'' and ''The Escapist'', Brian Crecente and Russ Pitts.<ref name="Forbes: Inside Story" /> Other staff included ''Joystiq'' managing editor Justin McElroy as well as weekend editor Griffin McElroy,<ref name="Polygon: Departure" /> and staff from UGO, ''IGN'', MTV, VideoGamer.com,<ref name="All Things Digital: Begin" /><ref name="VG247: group" /> and ''1UP.com''.<ref name="VG247: becomes" /> The ''Polygon'' team includes remote workers based in Philadelphia, Huntington, San Francisco, Sydney, London, and Austin, while Vox Media is headquartered in New York City and Washington, D.C.<ref name="Inc.: NBCUniversal" /><ref name="Poynter" /> The site was developed over the course of ten months, where the staff chose the site's name and set standards for their reporting<ref name="Forbes: Inside Story" /> and review score scale.<ref name="Mashable: 2012" /> ''Polygon'' staff published on ''The Verge'' as "''Vox Games''" beginning in February 2012<ref name="All Things Digital: Arena" /> and ending with their October launch.<ref name="All Things Digital: Begin" /> The site's name was announced at a PAX East panel in April.<ref name="VG247: becomes" /> It refers to a polygon—"the basic visual building block of video games".<ref name="Poynter" />

After raising money in a second round of funding in late 2013, Vox Media announced that they would be investing further in the site's video product, such that the site's experience would feel "as much like TV programming as magazine publishing".<ref name="MCV: raises 40m" /> ''Polygon'' announced that it would run fewer features in June 2014, with the departure of features editor Russ Pitts, their video director, and video designer.<ref name="MCV: three staff" /> ''Polygon'' hired Susana Polo, founder of ''The Mary Sue'', in 2015, which marked a transition in the site's scope to add pop culture and entertainment alongside their video game coverage.<ref name="GamesIndustry: Mary Sue" /> ''GamesIndustry'' added that the hire marked a changing cultural sensibility in game and tech media towards the acceptance of progressive, feminist principles in the wake of Gamergate.<ref name="GamesIndustry: Mary Sue" />

Vox Media later created several sites dedicated to specific video games with editorial staff from ''Polygon'' and ''SB Nation'': ''The Rift Herald'' (for ''League of Legends'') in March 2016,<ref name="GamesIndustry: LoL" /> and ''The Flying Courier'' (for ''Dota 2'') and ''Heroes Never Die'' (for ''Overwatch'') in June 2017.<ref name="Polygon: esports" /> Brian Crecente left ''Polygon'' for ''Rolling Stone''{{'s}} gaming website ''Glixel'' in July 2017,<ref name="GamesIndustry: Crecente" /> and Chris Plante replaced him as Executive Editor.<ref name="GamesIndustry: Plante" /> ''Polygon'' video producer Nick Robinson left ''Polygon'' in August 2017, following allegations of inappropriate online sexual advances.<ref name="Kotaku: Robinson" /> Video producers Brian David Gilbert and Jenna Stoeber were hired soon after. In 2018, Griffin and Justin McElroy announced their departure from ''Polygon'', in order to focus on their podcasting and families.<ref name="Polygon: Departure" /> In July 2019, Editor-in-Chief (EIC) Christoper Grant was elevated to the position of Senior Vice President of ''Polygon'' and ''The Verge'' by Vox Media.<ref name= "Grant SVP" /> Grant was replaced as EIC by Plante.<ref name= "Grant SVP" /> On December 28, 2020, Brian David Gilbert announced he was leaving ''Polygon'' via Twitter and his final Unraveled video, saying he left "because it feels like the right time!".<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCauley |first=Tara |date=2020-12-29 |title=Brian David Gilbert Begrudgingly Tackles the Long-Requested Topic of Pokémon Edibility in a Final 'Unraveled' – |url=https://television.mxdwn.com/news/brian-david-gilbert-begrudgingly-tackles-the-long-requested-topic-of-pokemon-edibility-in-a-final-unraveled/ |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=mxdwn Television |language=en-US |archive-date=August 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823055522/https://television.mxdwn.com/news/brian-david-gilbert-begrudgingly-tackles-the-long-requested-topic-of-pokemon-edibility-in-a-final-unraveled/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Valnet (2025–present) === In May 2025, Vox Media sold ''Polygon'' to Valnet, while also laying off most of their staff.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peters |first=Jay |date=May 1, 2025 |title=Polygon sold to GameRant owner Valnet |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/659575/polygon-vox-media-sold-valnet-gamerant |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=The Verge |language=en-US |archive-date=May 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250501162231/https://www.theverge.com/news/659575/polygon-vox-media-sold-valnet-gamerant |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Aftermath layoff scope">{{Cite web |last=MacLeod |first=Riley |date=May 1, 2025 |title=Polygon Sold To Valnet |url=https://aftermath.site/polygon-layoffs-sale |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=Aftermath |language=en}}</ref> This layoff included EIC Plante.<ref name ="EIC Plante laid off"/><ref name="Aftermath layoff scope" /> ''Aftermath'' reported they were informed by a "former employee" that "at least 25 people have been let go" and noted many of the laid off staff "were union members".<ref name="Aftermath layoff scope" /> The Vox Media Union was negotiating a new contract with Vox Media at the time, and the Writers Guild of America East (who represents the union) condemned the sale as union busting.<ref name="Aftermath layoff scope" /> Chris Grant shared his frustrations on Bluesky, stating that Valnet had refused to meet with him or answer questions during the process.<ref name="Aftermath layoff scope" />

In an interview, Valnet's Rony Arzoumanian said that the deal to purchase ''Polygon'' had been in the works for a few months, and that they retained about ten staff and expect to add more to build its team to build out the site more for the next five to ten years. Arzoumanian also said they had no plans to eliminate the archive of ''Polygon'' articles, nor to incorporate artificial intelligence in their product.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theverge.com/games/660635/polygon-valnet-vox-media-new-owner-interview | title = Polygon’s new owner says it will ‘do what’s right for Polygon’ | first = Jay | last = Peters |date = May 3, 2025 |access-date= May 3, 2025 | work = The Verge }}</ref>

==Content== {{Quote box | quote = We want to focus on the human side of development, and focus things on people. I want people to feel the respect that we feel for them. | source = Justin McElroy on ''Polygon''{{'s}} editorial strategy, October 2012<ref name="Mashable: 2012" /> | width = 30em | quoted = 1 }} ''Polygon'' publishes video game news, entertainment, reviews, and video.<ref name="All Things Digital: Arena" /> They sought to set their content apart from other games journalism outlets by focusing on the people making and playing the games rather than the games alone.<ref name="Mashable: 2012" /> At the site's outset, ''Polygon'' planned to run multiple longform feature articles weekly, which they intended to be comparable in intent to the cover stories of magazines.<ref name="Mashable: 2012" /> They also decided to allow their game review scores to be updated as the games were updated,<ref name="All Things Digital: Begin" /> so as to more adequately reflect games that had changed with downloadable content and updates since their original release.<ref name="Mashable: 2012" /> In consideration of games that may differ in quality before and after release, ''Polygon'' later began to mark pre-release reviews as "provisional" to defer final scoring until after their public release.<ref name="Ars: scores" />

''Polygon''{{'s}} emphasis on video production expanded in late 2013,<ref name="MCV: raises 40m" /> and waned in mid-2014 with the loss of video staff and the editorial decision to run fewer feature articles.<ref name="MCV: three staff" /> By 2015, the site began to shift from games-only coverage to pop culture coverage, similar to the scope of rival sites ''IGN'' and ''Kotaku''.<ref name="GamesIndustry: Mary Sue" /> In May 2018, ''Polygon'' launched the YouTube series "Brand Slam", in which brand mascots battle against one another.<ref name="AdAge: Brand Slam" />

''Polygon'' ran several podcasts over the years, hosted from the main website. ''Minimap'' was named among iTunes's best of 2015,<ref name="Vox Marketing: 2015 podcasts" /> and ''New York'' praised the site's ''Car Boys'' web series.<ref name="NYMag: Car Boys" /> The website's flagship podcast, called ''The Polygon Show'', launched in 2017 and discusses gaming and culture.<ref name="Adweek: The Polygon Show" /> It was named one of the "10 gaming podcasts every gaming nerd should know" by ''The Daily Dot'' in 2018.<ref name="The Daily Dot: podcasts" /> The site also hosted general video game podcast ''The Besties'' for a time, when hosts Griffin and Justin McElroy, Chris Plante and Russ Frushtick were employees of Polygon.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hein |first1=Michael |date=20 February 2024 |title=The McElroy Brothers Launch New Patreon Project |url=https://popculture.com/entertainment/news/the-mcelroy-brothers-launch-new-patreon-project/ |website=PopCulture.com}}</ref>

Starting in September 2018, the site opted to drop scored reviews for games, as to let their reviewers have more freedom in how they review a game; they will substitute their scoring system for a "Polygon Recommends", a game that the reviewer, having played enough of the game to make a determination, can stand behind and support for the site. These Recommended titles subsequently will serve as the basis of selection of "Polygon Essentials", games that the site feels everyone should play.<ref name="Review scores" />

=== Design === The site uses a pink color palette<ref name="All Things Digital: Begin" /> and emulates the magazine-style layout of ''The Verge''.<ref name="VG247: dedicated" /> Their longform journalism was optimized for reading on tablets.<ref name="Mashable: 2012" /> In August 2024, ''Polygon'' migrated their site to the WordPress CMS.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://wpvip.com/2023/08/14/vox-media-wordpress-vip/ |title=Vox Media Partners With WordPress VIP |work=WordPress VIP |publisher=Automattic |date=2023-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814231640/https://wpvip.com/2023/08/14/vox-media-wordpress-vip/ |archive-date=2023-08-14 |access-date=2024-08-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Plante |first=Chris |url=https://www.polygon.com/gaming/439731/welcome-to-the-next-era-of-polygon-we-made-it-for-you |title=Welcome to the next era of Polygon! We made it for you. |work=Polygon |publisher=Vox Media |date=2024-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813132206/https://www.polygon.com/gaming/439731/welcome-to-the-next-era-of-polygon-we-made-it-for-you |archive-date=2024-08-13 |access-date=2024-08-14 }}</ref>

=== Business === The site uses a "direct content sponsorship" model of online advertising used by ''SB Nation'' and ''The Verge''.<ref name="Forbes: Inside Story" /> For example, a video series sponsorship pairs brands with specific editorial content. ''Forbes'' wrote that Vox Media's avoidance of content farm and news aggregator tactics, and interest shown in building communities is desirable to "magazine-quality advertisers".<ref name="Forbes: Inside Story" /> The site pitched its longform journalism to advertisers as an indicator of high-quality content.<ref name="Mashable: 2012" /> The site's founding sponsors included Geico, Sony, and Unilever.<ref name="Forbes: Inside Story" />

In June 2014, ''Polygon'' ranked fourth among games sites by Comscore web traffic data, behind ''IGN'', ''GameSpot'', and ''Kotaku''.<ref name="MCV: three staff" /> The same month, Grant reported that the previous month had been their most popular.<ref name="MCV: three staff" />

==Criticism== ''VentureBeat'' criticized the site for accepting $750,000 in sponsorship from Microsoft to make documentary ''Press Reset'' in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2014 |title=Ignoring the "reset" button: Polygon site review |url=https://venturebeat.com/games/ignoring-the-reset-button-polygon-site-review/ |access-date=April 15, 2023 |archive-date=April 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415160510/https://venturebeat.com/games/ignoring-the-reset-button-polygon-site-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Game Revolution'' criticized the site's comparatively low review score given to ''The Last of Us'' in 2013,<ref name="GameRevolution: 7.5" /> which was later increased with the game's remastered edition.<ref name="Polygon: TLoU" /> ''Polygon'' released a gameplay video of ''Doom'' in May 2016, which was ridiculed online for being played by someone who appeared to be a first-person shooter novice. The game's creative director Hugo Martin expressed in a 2020 GameLab panel that they found the video valuable.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 24, 2020 |title="I would like to thank them" – Doom 2016's creative director responds to that notorious Polygon video |url=https://www.vg247.com/doom-polygon-video |website=VG247}}</ref>

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== References == <references> <ref name="All Things Digital: Arena">{{cite web |url=http://allthingsd.com/20120221/on-the-verge-again-vox-media-officially-launches-into-video-games-content-arena/ |access-date=August 3, 2014 |title=On the Verge Again: Vox Media Officially Launches Into Videogames Content Arena |last1=Swisher |first1=Kara |author-link=Kara Swisher |date=February 21, 2012 |website=All Things Digital |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911030501/http://allthingsd.com/20120221/on-the-verge-again-vox-media-officially-launches-into-video-games-content-arena/ |archive-date=September 11, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="All Things Digital: Begin">{{cite web |url=http://allthingsd.com/20121024/let-the-games-begin-vox-media-launches-a-new-site-covering-videogames/ |access-date=August 3, 2014 |title=Let the Games Begin: Vox Media Launches a New Site Covering Videogames |last1=Duryee |first1=Tricia |date=October 24, 2012 |website=All Things Digital |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731123451/http://allthingsd.com/20121024/let-the-games-begin-vox-media-launches-a-new-site-covering-videogames/ |archive-date=July 31, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Ars: scores">{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/02/the-spotty-death-and-eternal-life-of-gaming-review-scores/ |access-date=April 10, 2015 |title=The spotty death and eternal life of gaming review scores |last1=Orland |first1=Kyle |date=February 15, 2015 |website=Ars Technica |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418014634/http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/02/the-spotty-death-and-eternal-life-of-gaming-review-scores/ |archive-date=April 18, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Forbes: Inside Story">{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2012/10/24/the-inside-story-of-polygon-the-verges-new-gaming-sister-site/ |title=The Inside Story Of Polygon, The Verge's New Gaming Sister-Site |last1=Solomon |first1=Brian |date=October 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