Sam Hill-

Sam Hill

July, 2026
Overwatch, Pokémon, Dungeons & Dragons
  • 128
    articles
  • 123
    News
  • 5
    Features

About Sam Hill

Sam Hill is a news writer at Polygon covering gaming and entertainment. He's a Portland, Oregon–based journalist known for covering gaming, the outdoors, national parks, tech, food, and internet culture. He has written for a range of publications including Outside Magazine, Boston Magazine, Vice, the Seattle Times and Digital Trends.

What's a recent obsession?

Trying to learn Hanzo in Overwatch, rewatching Supernatural, and an ongoing quest to find the best breakfast burrito in Portland.

What's your origin story?

Sam was raised in a family of gamers and knew most of the Super Mario Bros. 3 secrets before he could read. And the first thing he wanted to read was Nintendo Power.

A career in journalism across too many industries eventually led him to writing about video game news and culture.

Latest

STAR TREK: GENERATIONS, Patrick Stewart, 1994
No Man's Sky players pay homage to Patrick Stewart in the most perfect Star Trek way possible

Trek fans are taking to the stars to honor the late actor

A soldier crouching with an M4 in Modern Warfare 4.
Activision apologizes for using real-world disaster footage in Modern Warfare 4

Footage of the deadly incident appeared in the game's opening sequence

Polygon - Graphic - Free Game Sale Banner - Steam
Steam makes 'overwhelmingly positive' puzzle game completely free

This cozy, Sudoku-inspired game is free to keep on Steam for a limited time

2
Key art from PUBG: Battlegrounds of several players fighting in the Korean Taego map
PUBG: Final Circle officially revealed

The battle royale franchise is trading guns for cards in a tabletop fight to be the last survivor

Three soldiers walking through a dark environment in DMZ.
Modern Warfare 4 just made 100% completion impossible with new update

Completionists have hit a roadblock less than a week after launch

Sony's new Prism lineup of PS5s
PlayStation reveals gorgeous new PS5 'Prism' hardware

Your PlayStation 5 is ready for its '90s kid phase

4
Characters roam a forest settlement near the head of a river in Emberville.
Stardew Valley-like RPG Emberville gets surprise last-minute delay

The dark fantasy RPG was supposed to launch this week, but the release is getting pushed to 2027

1
Anne Hathaway in Mother Mary
Anne Hathaway’s 2026 box office flop is finding redemption on streaming

A psychological drama and supernatural ghost story collide in this experimental thriller

2
Phoebe Dynevor in Remain
M. Night Shyamalan returns in 2027 with an unexpected thriller

Jake Gyllenhaal stars in the twist-master's new movie Remain

Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise in It: Welcome to Derry
Stephen King's hit horror spinoff is officially returning to TV

Surprise HBO hit It: Welcome to Derry is getting a season 2

Johnny Depp in Secret Window
Johnny Depp's 96-minute Stephen King thriller is an underrated gem on streaming

In the 2004 novella adaptation, Depp plays a writer whose quiet retreat takes a disturbing turn

3
rings of power season 3 sauron
Lord of the Rings returns in November with 3 new releases

Ahead of The Rings of Power season 3, fans can own the first 2 seasons

1
Darkwing Duck (2026) artwork
Disney's officially bringing back a '90s cartoon icon for a new series

Drake Mallard returns

1
billy-receiving-a-christmas-gift-in-gremlins.jpg
An '80s cult horror comedy has become a global streaming hit on HBO Max

A Christmas gift gone wrong turns into a creature-filled nightmare in this beloved '80s classic

An angry undead paladin
You can try World of Warcraft: Forever for free, but there's a catch

Blizzard is letting everyone experience WoW: Forever for free today, but expect plenty of chaos

2
The opening scene of Chandler Rigg''s Resident Evil fan film
The Walking Dead star’s Resident Evil fan film sets a surprising record

The 20-minute project adapts one of the best encounters from Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

Robert in a full elevator in Dispatch
Superhero workplace comedy hit Dispatch reveals huge update and new platforms

A year after launch, Dispatch is getting a Deluxe Edition update, a mobile release date, and more

Player fighting an animal spirit in the Elder Scrolls online
Major Skyrim update officially comes to Elder Scrolls Online

New season takes players back to Skyrim with free access to Greymoor and Wolfhunter DLCs

Shrek and Donkey in Shrek 2 Remastered
Shrek 2 Remastered officially announced with GTA 6 parody trailer

Hey now, you're not Rockstar!

2
A close-up of an armored Drukhari, taken from the cover art from the Warhammer 40,000 army codex for the faction. The Drukhari is sinister, wearing elegant plate armor with a massive set of curled horns.
Mike Flanagan calls Henry Cavill's Warhammer 40K TV series a 'brutally difficult' adaptation

Adapting thousands of years of lore and hundreds of novels presents a daunting challenge for the filmmaker

1 2 3 4 5