Since Guardians of the Galaxy, director James Gunn has teased the existence of a major Easter egg in the movie but, until now, no one’s got close to figuring it out. You’d have been forgiven for glossing over this piece of exposition – but Second Son had no such plans. When the Power Stone is mentioned, as you can see in the video above, a certain face is seen wincing in anguish. While Guardians of the Galaxy’s Power Stone story doesn’t quite go along those lines, it definitely lines up pretty s

CD Projekt Red is developing Cyberpunk 2077 , but the world the game is based on is the beautiful neon brainchild of Mike Pondsmith. Now he’s asking fans to be patient with the project as he and the studio work on getting it just right. Pondsmith is working with CD Projekt Red on translating the cybernetic world of his original tabletop RPG Cyberpunk 2020 to game design. Pondsmith released the first Cyberpunk in 1988, introducing the world to the high-tech weapons and crazy cybernetic modificati

Florida gaming convention GuardianCon has been running a stream to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and top Fortnite celebrity Ninja just scored an anonymous $100,000 donation during his shift. “GuardianCon is an event by creators for creators to celebrate the good we do together in the world,” say the event organizers. 100% of donations during our charity broadcasts go to St. Jude directly. We believe deeply in the sentiment that ‘Gaming Does Good’ and has the potential to

The full list of 2018 Emmy nominees has been revealed, and it’s sure to be a contentious year, with heavy-hitters like Game of Thrones, Westworld, and The Handmaid’s Tale all vying for top honors. HBO’s Game of Thrones and Westworld are among the most-nominated shows this year, with the former netting 22 nominations and the latter garnering 21. The 2018 Emmy Awards ceremony will be held Monday, September 17, aired exclusively via NBC. You can view some of the nominees for major categories (Comed

That’s not coming from me, by the way; that’s the sentiment from creative director Neil Druckmann, who said in a recent interview with Buzzfeed that while developing the game, the team at Naughty Dog doesn’t think in terms of fun. “For us, with The Last of Us specifically (Uncharted is a little different in our creative approaches), we don’t use the word ‘fun,'” Druckmann told Buzzfeed when asked if the team ever tries to make the combat less serious. His answer makes sense, and honestly, I’d be

Destiny 2 ‘s Moments of Triumph have just gone live . Each of the challenges in the Moments of Triumph list has an assigned points score and, in the grand tradition, points do indeed mean prizes. And really, given the number of Shards you’ll accrue through junking unwanted Legendary drops while grinding out the rest of these Moments of Triumph, you’ll end up with plenty of those to spare. You’ll be trading variety for profitability, and you’ll need a pre-made Fireteam, due to the Nightfall’s lac

Not a lot of video games encourage their players to drink responsibly. Grand Theft Auto 5 happily lets you fly commercial jets while completely cabbaged, for Pete’s sake. But in The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep – the CRPG follow-up to 1988’s Bard’s Tale III – drinking responsibly is crucial to staying alive, at least if a bard is in your questing party of fighters. This character class – one of four fully customisable party members you can adventure as (and alongside) in Bard’s Tale IV – is able

Now there’s a second official tie-in novel: Minecraft: The Crash. This action-packed thriller centres on Bianca, who ends up in hospital she and her friend Lonnie are involved in a car crash. Almost paralysed by her injuries, she decides to try a new VR version of Minecraft that responds to her every wish. Minecraft: The Crash is available to buy in hardback, ebook and audiobook formats now. To put your name in the hat for the chance to win them, simply answer the question below.

The Walking Dead season 9 time jump is in full effect and, as you can see from the image below (exclusive to EW), things are still looking fraught and fractured. And we’ll also explore what happens as resources are getting low.”Forget the Walkers and the baddies wishing to do Rick and the gang harm, their biggest threat in The Walking Dead season 9 seems to be time itself. It’s an interesting new dynamic, though it’s one that draws heavily from a certain period in particular, as Kang reveals, “T

Fortnite season 5 is finally here, and although the actual patch might not have got here yet, that hasn’t stopped the sneakiest of sluethers from unearthing everything that it has to offer. The Durrr Burger sign even appeared in the desert in the real world, which would be an early signal of the exact theme Epic was going to use for season 5 – worlds colliding. Another new element for the fifth season of Fornite is the new All Terrain Karts, or ATKs, which seem to have been teased for a week or

But although I hope we never see a more realistic Fortnite, Epic Games’ take on the battle royale genre is getting its first vehicle for Fortnite season 5 – an All Terrain Kart, also known as an ATK. It’s time for the shopping trolleys to move on over, because the ATK is quite the special addition. Work together as rear passengers to leap over obstacles with the All Terrain Kart (ATK). You’ll be using the new Fortnite ATK to traverse across the new Fortnite map. Let us know what you think of the

It looks like Pokemon Go is about to get another influx of rare and powerful Pokemon. A recent datamine and livestream sprite reveal has given us our first look at the Go versions of Smeargle, Celebi, Jirachi, Nincada, Ninjask, Shedinja, Clamperl, Huntail, and all four forms of Deoxys. The glimpse comes courtesy of a Pokemon Go community member who goes by “Chrales” (yes, with the R before the A). Celebi and Jirachi are likely being held until the next Special Research event, where players under

Fortnite ‘s kicking off a different kind of season with its Summer Skirmish series, offering competitors the chance to take home part of an $8 million prize pool across eight weeks of events. If the Showdown modes and the E3 celebrity Pro-Am were developer Epic’s way of dipping its toes into the eSports scene, the Summer Skirmish is how it cannonballs right in. Still, it’s only 1/32nd of the total prize pool – there will be plenty more to win in the weeks ahead. Epic says the Summer Skirmish wil

Assassin’s Creed is one of the biggest video game franchises in the world more than a decade after it debuted, and original producer Jade Raymond has done pretty well too – but she’s still amazed to see how far her co-creation has come. “I’ve gotta be honest, I’m still surprised about how successful Assassin’s Creed is and how it took on a life of its own,” Raymond answered. Raymond explained that the team also spent time thinking about how it could keep making more Assassin’s Creed beyond the i

Yes, fellow horror fans, that unusual warm feeling in your insides is called ‘hope.’ Perhaps most interestingly to King fans, the trailer seems to suggest that Skarsgard isn’t Pennywise in this particular series. He’s a nameless young man, found in a hole in Shawshank State Penitentiary, and no one knows how he got there. Death row attorney Henry Deaver (played by André Holland) seems to be the main protagonist of the show, called back to Castle Rock by a stranger on the phone, and no doubt drag

The Witcher games helped Polish developer CD Projekt make a name for itself, growing from a small start-up to a world-renowned studio. So, to piggyback off of that and answer your second question, it’s possible a new Witcher game would simply focus on a new character but remain set in that universe. This is my own opinion, and CD Projekt Red knows what they are doing, and I have no idea what the plan is, but… If I was CD Projekt Red, I would make The Witcher 4, but I would be focusing on Ciri.

But why should players have to leave behind their ‘maybe robot, definitely ninja’ bodies to find their way to fun? When developer Digital Extremes started working on Warframe in 2012 and 2013, keeping the whole project modular wasn’t about futureproofing. “As a new player you like a little bit of guidance,” Kudirka said, admitting that Digital Extremes has had difficulty providing it. Fun fact: two Dark Souls games have come out since Warframe went live in 2013 (three if you count Bloodborne ).

The Resident Evil 2 Remake pre order features in-game weapons and clothesIf you want a Resident Evil 2 Remake pre order there are two option at the moment – the basic game and a Resident Evil 2 Remake Deluxe Edition option. Eliza was the original second playable character along with Leon in what’s now called Resident Evil 1.5, an earlier aborted version of Resident Evil 2. We know that the Resident Evil Remake will still somehow have two campaigns but Capcom are being coy about how it’ll all wor

Without hyperbole, Game of Thrones season 8 is going to be one of the most closely guarded events in pop culture history. But it’s the codename Game of Thrones went under during its recent filming. Oh, the scripts.. No physical scripts were allowed – have they not heard of a shredder? It’s tighter than the White House security!”That is… utterly, utterly bizarre. Still, at least Game of Thrones season 8 spoilers are going to be kept to a bare minimum.

Joe and Anthony Russo, directors of Avengers: Infinity War, were caught in their own fantastic Thanos-themed purging on Reddit this past week – and one of them sadly bit the (virtual) dust. One commenter even suggested that one Russo brother wouldn’t survive the ban because all things must be perfectly balanced. His big brother Joe took to Reddit to announce the news posting just two words, ‘Arrivederci fratello’, and posting a picture of his brother dissipating Infinity War-style. If you were p