Eager to get fans thirsting for Game of Thrones season 8 (opens in new tab), HBO have released special Twitter emojis (opens in new tab) for every single major (and some minor-ish) characters so you can pledge your allegiance to your favourite character, and pray to the Nine that they …

The Division 2 (opens in new tab) open beta is live now. All prospective agents are welcome to try out the game ahead of its full release later this month, and even if you participated in previous tests, some new content and full-game rewards may tempt you into playing this …

I hate to be the one to tell you this, but Rocket Racoon isn’t real. Nor, for that matter, are Doctor Strange (opens in new tab)‘s mystical powers or the galactic Norse kingdom of Asgard. They are all, in fact, magical illusions devised by the clever SFX folk over at …

The Division (opens in new tab)’s campaign was filled with big armored dudes with flamethrowers and ridiculous amounts of health. Just, like, obscene amounts of health. Enough health to feed an army. Happily, at a recent event The Division 2 (opens in new tab) creative director Julian Gerighty told me …

The Pokemon Company has announced a brand new pair of core Pokemon games:  Pokemon Sword and Shield (opens in new tab). The games are set in a brand new location called the Galar Region, which looks to be based on London, or at least the United Kingdom. Instead of the …

We’ve had MCU movies span years and even decades – as I’m sure Peggy Carter would tell you *sob* – but nothing like what Kevin Feige is teasing for The Eternals, Marvel’s next big thing coming our way in Phase 4. Not only is the head of Marvel Studios talking …

Microsoft has revealed a brand new Kinect camera, but you can stop dusting off your copy of Kinect Star Wars. This new, smaller version has been designed for serious business, not Rancor Rampage. Of course there’s always a chance that some of the technology could end up being compatible with …

There’s a level of dramatic irony to the fact that Watch Dogs – a series all about security, hacking, and the information era – isn’t very good at keeping its own secrets. We’ve been hearing rumours for some time now that Watch Dogs 3 is going to be set in …

Games make us do strange things. Really, really strange things. Things that if you did them in real life you’d either be rushed to hospital, reported to the police, or both. Probably both. I’m talking about the ways we test games to make sure they have that element of believability, …

Between the fragmented launch of Anthem (opens in new tab), the surprise launch of Apex Legends (opens in new tab), and the upcoming launch of The Division 2 (opens in new tab), early 2019 is stacked with big online games. As BioWare’s latest, and countless games before it have demonstrated, …