The new The Walking Dead season 9 trailer is pulling no punches when it comes to driving a wedge between Rick, Maggie, and everyone else who’s planning on taking sides in a potential upcoming conflict. It sets the tone for a series of awkward confrontations and conversations throughout the video, which you can see above. Rick and Daryl look to be (again) on the verge of blows as the latter throws down his bike in anger. Even Michonne is shown laying down the law via voiceover before menacingly s

Want a Game of Thrones season 8 release date? Spoiler: it’s all down to HBO wanting to get its hands on some of those sweet, sweet awards next year. Entertainment Weekly has dealt a death blow to any rumours suggesting that there’s a Game of Thrones season 8 delay. That makes the Game of Thrones season 8 release date, at the absolute latest, April 21. It’s time to start brushing up on your Game of Thrones theories.

Lovecraft’s Innsmouth lies The Sinking City. The setting for the game is the titular sinking city of Oakmont, Massachusetts in the (not so much roaring but definitely shrieking) 1920s. After the floodwaters come, you’ll still be able to navigate by hopping aboard a small boat with an outboard motor. Put on your best gumshoe hat and load up your favorite beast-slaughtering Tommy gun, because The Sinking City wants to submerge you in its world of third-person horror. The Sinking City launches on M

Matt Smith, perhaps most famous in geek culture for playing The Eleventh Doctor on Doctor Who, has been cast in Star Wars 9 , according to a report from Variety . Smith is said to play a “key role,” but no clues as to who (or what) he could be are given. Whatever the case, Star Wars Reddit is having all kinds of fun with the news. Here are a few choice posts from users:”I don’t actually want this but can he just be in Star Wars as the Eleventh Doctor? But do feel free to check out Netflix’s The

At first glance, building your own PC might look really intimidating, with all the parts and pricing and slots and options. The best PC games to play on your shiny new machineA guide to building an elite gaming PCSome great gaming monitors to pair with your buildSo where to start? The best parts picker and build assistance sitesPCPartPicker – The granddaddy of parts pickers, it will let you select each piece individually or recommend a build based on your needs/desires. These ‘white box’ deals c

Destiny 2 is currently down for maintenance as part of the process, but should be back up by 2pm PDT. Most fusion rifles, sniper rifles and – my personal favorite – shotguns will move from the power slot into the kinetic and energy slot. Bungie has reduced the damage of all shotguns, snipers and fusion rifles which switched slots, though trace rifles have been improved. That video also delivered more details about what you can expect from the new Annual Pass, which costs $69.99. While they appea

Players of Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm in Belgium will no longer be able to pay real-world money for loot boxes, Blizzard has confirmed. The announcement follows Belgium’s declaration in April that loot boxes are, legally speaking, gambling. As a result, we have no choice but to implement measures that will prevent Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm players located in Belgium from purchasing in-game loot boxes and loot chests with real money and gems. Interestingly, Blizzard’s Warcraft-them

While it’s possible to simply purchase some in-game currency through the game’s store there are a few ways to get free Fortnite V-Bucks. Getting paid for progressionThe most straightforward way to unlock free Fortnite V-Bucks for free is to level up with both experience points and battle stars through completing daily and Fortnite Battle Pass Challenges. V-Bucks through Fortnite: Save the WorldFortnite’s original and less popular horde mode offers daily login bonuses, daily challenges, and rewar

Putting that kind of pressure on Hereditary – or any other film – is an unfair expectation to live up to. Sure, there are some superficial similarities: both are horror films which trade in themes of mothers, daughters, and the occult; both feature families under siege from apparently supernatural forces; and both explore questions as to whether these experiences are rooted in psychology or something more sinister. The Exorcist is this generation’s The Exorcist. As such, while it’s useful to loc

The best bit: it’s reportedly cheaper than Netflix and could be here by as early as next year. In a report on the future of streaming services by Variety, Disney CEO Bob Iger calls the move towards a Disney streaming service “the biggest priority of the company during calendar [year] 2019.” Drink that in for a second. Captain Marvel, Avengers 4, plus a slate of upcoming live-action Disney movies including the new Lion King and Dumbo will all be exclusively available on the Disney streaming servi

The world-first look at Game of Thrones season 8 footage has managed to sneak out via an HBO 2019 preview and, damn, would you look at that – Sansa is not happy. Jon Snow returns to Winterfell after his boat hanky-panky with Daenerys and swiftly reunites with Sansa by giving her a big ol’ hug. Dany is waiting behind Jon and Sansa being Sansa, has her guard up at any potential usurpers in the North. One thing’s for certain: the White Walkers won’t be the only ones intent on spilling blood in Game

As a result, Strange Brigade too often feels like something you’ve played a hundred times before. Strange Brigade really does look the part, too, boasting lavish environments replete with lashings of colour and gusto, all helping maintain the illusion of that vivacious Victorian-era theme. Stranger thingsBeyond the campaign, Strange Brigade’s ancillary Horde and Score Attack modes flesh out its shelf life… somewhat. Meanwhile, progress trackers like gun upgrades, new special attack amulets, and

So it is that we present to you this guide on how to unlock every Allied Race. How do I unlock Allied Races? These groups have problems of their own, and you’ll need to take care of them before they’ll join your team. Regardless of which Allied Race you’re hoping to unlock, you’ll need to head to either the Stormwind Embassy or Orgrimmar Embassy once you’ve met all other criteria. Although you’ll need to own Battle for Azeroth to unlock them, the Highmountain Tauren are tied to content from the

Microsoft has gone full cellphone with its new Xbox All Access program. Available only in the US and only at official Microsoft Stores, Xbox All Access bundles in a new Xbox One S or Xbox One X console, two years of Xbox Game Pass, and two years of Xbox Live Gold into one 24-month financing plan. Just pay $34.99 per month for 24 months and you get the whole kit-n-kaboodle. Or, opt for the less powerful Xbox One S and pay $21.99 per month for 24 months. All for roughly half the cost (or less) of

It’s been more than twenty years since its last entry, but Sega’s Streets of Rage series is back with a vengeance thanks to the surprise announcement of Streets of Rage 4. There are no confirmed platforms or release window just yet, but I defy any ’90s kid to watch this trailer and not belt out a “totally radical, dude!” Streets of Rage 3 came out in 1994, and it seemed that was where the series would end. Side note: Wonder Boy let players swap between the classic 8-bit visuals and the new hand-

If work is slow today, pull up a chair and watch the Cyberpunk 2077 Twitch stream spit out a load of random data instead. The channel is currently live and has fans hunting for meaning in the nonsense like 12 year-old me puzzling over her star sign. Either the developer CD Projekt Red is just feeling particularly malevolent today and messing with us, or the stream is a sign that some spicy new Cyberpunk 2077 information is about to drop. Another reason to watch is that CD Projekt Red likes to be

Just like a real donut, this cute little puzzle game is delightful to look at, delicious to devour, but is finished far too quickly. The gameplay is simple, you control a hole which grows as things fall in, so you move it around the different levels until everything is gone. It’s a zen experience too, there’s no way to fail a level, no time limit or score, the level only ends when you’ve gobbled up everything in sight. It’s a lot to ask from an indie developer, even one as talented as Esposito,

The concept of having female characters in Battlefield 5 has been a contentious one. “I’m fine with either or.” Heck, they’ve even gone as far now to admit that it’s a “shame” women weren’t featured in Battlefield 1 too. But until I got to play Battlefield 5 as a woman, I didn’t realise just how powerful it could be in practice. Battlefield 5 preview Battlefield 5 learns from Fortnite and Destiny, aiming to be the only shooter you’ll need this yearI’ve been playing Battlefield titles, and other

Fortnite sure knows how to stir its gazillion-strong playerbase into an excited frenzy: tease them with bizarre changes to the map, then drop a huge event out of nowhere. The latest in these outlandish in-game occurrences is the sudden appearance of a giant purple cube (not to be confused with the 1997 horror movie of the same name or Peter Molyneux’s Curiosity: What’s Inside the Cube?). As the crack in the sky shrunk, purple lighting bolts started cracking down onto the desert section of the ma

If crowdfunding success stories have shown us anything, it’s that there’s still plenty of demand for old-school, isometric RPGs. Modern classics like Divinity: Original Sin, Wasteland 2, and Torment: Tides of Numenera all found their footing via hugely popular Kickstarters – and now Pathfinder: Kingmaker is joining the ranks of old-school PC adventures with contemporary designs. Having never played the original tabletop game myself, I asked Mishulin to explain what makes it stand out from other