Drafting Our Most Anticipated Games Of 2026

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🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

A new year is here, and that means an entirely new slate of games to look forward to! Polygon editor-at-large Giovanni Colantonio joins Marcus, Charles and Eric to discuss what they played over the holidays, as they picked at their backlogs and indulged their guiltiest pleasures.

Then, we roll some dice for a snake-style draft and each pick our five most anticipated games of 2026. From the big games like Grand Theft Auto and Resident Evil to the hidden gems you should keep an eye out for, there's a little bit of everything in this week. Let us know in the comments who you think won the draft!

The Game Informer Show is a weekly podcast covering the video game industry. Join us every Friday for chats about your favorite titles – past and present – alongside Game Informer staff and special guests from around the industry.

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0:00.0	Happy New Year, everybody, and welcome to the Game Informer Show, a weekly podcast covering the video game industry.
0:14.7	Join us each and every week for discussion of the latest gaming news, reviews, and exclusive reveals with Game Informer staff, and special
0:22.0	guests from around the industry. I am your host, Marcus Stewart. I am joined by Charles Hart. Hello.
0:29.9	Hello, I'm back and better than ever. This is the best Charles you're ever gonna get. How so? Show your work.
0:39.3	Uh, I'm, I've never been older, quite frankly. And that's, and like wine, I'm aging.
0:48.3	So, that's my intro. Have you ever wanted to-
0:53.3	That should be my, I should make a Tinder account just so that's my bio. you ever wanted to be my i should make a tinder account just so that's my
0:55.6	bio like wine i'm aging i was going to say audience if you've ever wanted to see a bit fall apart
1:01.6	before your very eyes no no no it's good go on eric will want up me i'm sure yes. Yes, Eric Van Allen is here.
1:11.4	Hello.
1:12.1	I am older than I once was, but younger than I'll be.
1:15.3	That's not unusual.
1:16.5	That's a line from Simon and Garf uncle that you can use in the future.
1:21.7	Yeah, I am also progressively aging, as is the nature of time.
1:25.9	We are here.
1:26.7	It's 2026, and apparently we're just getting
1:30.0	even more unhinged. I am concerned that you said this is the best Charles you'll ever get or whatever
1:36.7	because that just sounds like it's all downhill from here. I think my initial statement was this is
1:43.6	the best I've ever been.
1:45.4	Oh, okay, okay.
1:46.7	And then I might have accidentally flipped it and said the best I'll ever be.
1:50.3	Yeah.
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