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Francesco is an editor with a background in academic research, journalism, and content strategy, specializing in entertainment news and curation. He works across all of Polygon's verticals, specializing in tabletop games, with a focus on D&D and Magic. This item is in every character's inventory, and it's ruining games

Tomas Franzese is the Weekend News Editor at Polygon, following and reporting on the latest goings-on in the gaming and entertainment spaces. During the week, you can find him working on Remastered, his newsletter about video game history and retro gaming, or contributing to GameSpot and other publications. Previously, Tomas was the Gaming Segment Lead at XDA and a Staff Writer at Digital Trends. Avengers: Doomsday's latest trailer puts the spotlight on Captain America(s)

Paulo Kawanishi is a Brazilian freelance writer and contributor on Polygon. He's been writings guides, features, and reviews since 2022 for publications like Eurogamer, Game Informer, Nintendo Life, PCGamesN, and Into the Spine. He's part of the guides team at Polygon, working on projects that cover from long explaners to quick tips on how to complete specific tasks in games. In addition, he also writes features, analysis, and reviews especially about JRPGs and games like Path of Exile 2. He holds a master's degree and a Ph. D. in Applied Linguistics. With the imminent release of Grand Theft Auto 6, I decided it was time to revisit what was probably the biggest game of my childhood: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. In 2005, GTA: San Andreas was one of the first four games I bought for the PlayStation 2, alongside Final Fantasy X, Kingdom Hearts, and Devil May Cry 3. Since I can no longer enjoy that version of the game I played so many times as a kid, I picked up the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — Definitive Edition, which includes San Andreas, on Steam and booted up the game.

Patricia is the former editor-in-chief of Kotaku, where she spent a decade writing and editing. Prior to that, she served as the Culture Editor at Polygon, and as a reporter at The Verge. Hernandez specializes in Pokémon TCG, Nintendo, and offbeat internet culture stories. Shigeru Miyamoto reveals new insight into the NES classic

If I know anything about the BioWare community, is that they only need to see a frame of a character before they fall in love with them. Mass Effect: Universe, the ill-fated fifth game in the studio’s sci-fi series, has been leaking since publisher EA shuttered the studio on Wednesday, and one of those leaks was an internal trailer that was being used to communicate the game’s James Bond-esque vibe. In that trailer, we get a few shots of what seems to have been one of the companions for the game: an unnamed male Quarian who seems a bit roguish and tech savvy. That was enough for fans to latch onto him. I've been waiting for YEARS for a hot male Quarian. I was shaking to get under this hunk. I'm so mad and sad that I needed to draw this! I will not let #MassEffect go out like this! #SaveMassEffect #MassEffectIsAlive #masseffectforever Lets go!! https://t.co/26XdIUdO10 pic.twitter.com/b4hPQGMgs8 — S-Kinnaly🌙 (@s_kinnaly) October 23, 2026 This guy would have been notable, as the only other Quarian squadmate in the entire series is Tali’Zorah vas Normandy, who is on your team for all three games as long as she survives the events of Mass Effect 2.

We are in the middle of a slow-motion industry crash that probably hasn't peaked Farewell then, BioWare. This week, EA shuttered the Canadian RPG specialist, home of Mass Effect and Dragon Age. I'll admit to never having been a fan — on a personal level, I didn't click with the games. But I get it. I can see why these stories and characters meant so much to so many people, for their drama and scope, but particularly for BioWare's eagerness for its games to be an affirming reflection of their players.