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The Walking Dead season 9 (opens in new tab)’s penultimate episode, The Calm Before, was a non-stop cascade of shock, awe, and emotions. So many gosh darn emotions! We won’t reveal the details here (though consider this your only spoiler warning before we do), but suffice to say that things …

That thump-thump you can hear isn’t the sound of my heart beating; that’s the heavy synth soundtrack to Cyberpunk 2077 (opens in new tab) blasting through the walls to celebrate the fact that it’s been confirmed we’ll be getting our hands on CD Projekt Red’s dystopian urban RPG. According to …

The Forsaken expansion overhauled Destiny 2 (opens in new tab) for the better, but it also introduced a stilted masterwork economy (opens in new tab) that limits player choice by forcing folks to use cores on infusing gear rather than masterworking it. The enhancement core update helped balance things out, …

Carmen Sandiego is up to her thieving tricks again, but this time she’s taken to running about on Google Earth and it’s your job to track her down in the free browser game, Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego? The free game is a delightful throwback to the Where …

We’re down to months rather than years when it comes to Star Wars Episode 9 (opens in new tab) and its big release, but we’re still none the wiser about a title, and we certainly haven’t seen any footage. That might all be about to change though. Lucasfilm has announced …

If you’ve been holding off buying new games like Red Dead Redemption 2 (opens in new tab) or FIFA 19 (opens in new tab), or you’re looking to fill out your catalogue because The Division 2 (opens in new tab) isn’t doing it for you, rejoice: Best Buy is having …

The clamor for a new Dead Space (opens in new tab) isn’t quite Skate 4 (opens in new tab) level yet, but it’s getting there. Now you can add Glen Schofield to the list of people who would love to see it happen. Schofield left Activision’s Sledgehammer Games in December …

In a Reddit AMA held late last month (opens in new tab), some folks from Fortnite (opens in new tab) developer Epic Games teased a new “single-occupancy vehicle” for the game’s Battle Royale mode. It turns out that vehicle is a giant hamster ball, as YouTuber @OMGitsAliA (opens in new …

At its launch Pokemon Go (opens in new tab) set the world on fire. Servers crashed with the ungodly amount of people trying to get their mitts on Pokemon, a race started to find all the generation 1 critters, and comics flowed about the friendly rivalry of Team Instinct, Valor, …

Respawn’s latest post (opens in new tab) on the Apex Legends (opens in new tab) subreddit reveals that the studio has banned over 355,000 cheaters on PC, thanks to the service Easy-Anti-Cheat. Despite the high number of successful bans, Respawn’s community manager Jay Frechette says the “war on cheaters” is …