Season 2 will pick up with Offred pregnant and increasingly more informed about the world outside of Gilead. “The major events in the book form the linchpin of the whole first season, and the book ends when the season ends. But it’s such a gift to have both the book and Margaret Atwood, the person, as resources as we continue on with the show. The book and Margaret are twin compasses for the story, along with our amazing cast. And in addition to doing our own research, one of the things we reall

Now imagine directing two of them back to back. That was the challenge facing Avengers: Infinity War (and Avengers 4) directors the Russo Brothers. “Good question,” says Joe Russo, almost pausing for breath to take in the gargantuan feat they’ve just pulled off. “I think [Infinity War] only because it was a compressed time frame and we were posting it while we were shooting Avengers 4.”Yup, you read that correctly. Post-production on Infinity War was done at the same time as shooting scenes for

It turns out Treyarch wasn’t kidding when it asked us to”Forget what you know” during the reveal trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. We all know that every annual Call of Duty game has always had a single player campaign, in addition to its popular multiplayer component, right? But the real blame for Black Ops 4’s absent campaign can, interestingly enough, be placed at the doorstep of Red Dead Redemption 2. Activision has refused to provide comment on any of this for now, but Call of Duty: Bl

That’s hardly surprising given that the Avengers: Infinity War directors were handing out fake scripts, but, occasionally, a crack begins to emerge and some tantalising information falls into our lap. That was the case with a seemingly innocuous Avengers 4 casting announcement – and it could be our biggest clue yet as to what the movie is about. The Hashtag Show has confirmed, via their sources, that actress Emma Fuhrmann will play an older version of Cassie Lang, Scott Lang’s daughter. Cassie L

The Guided Missile disappeared from Fortnite Battle Royale last week due to a glitch and now its leave of absence has been extended indefinitely. “We share your concerns, so we’ve put the Guided Missile into the vault while we figure out the next steps for for its future.” Guided Missiles were added as part of Fortnite update 3.4 way back on, er, March 29. For starters, Guided Missiles made some pretty wacky stuff like this possible. Guided Missiles were fast and maneuverable enough to sneak aro

Of all the games shown during the March “Nindies”-themed Nintendo Direct, I’m not sure any caught my eye quite like Pool Panic. Instead of focusing on complex maneuvers, Pool Panic creates challenge by giving each of its 100+ levels a new set of rules to learn and adapt to. Every level of Pool Panic plays with a new setup so that the only constant is its simple controls. In a way, Pool Panic feels not too dissimilar from WarioWare’s story mode. By breaking itself up into bite-sized, mini-game-es

Looks like the old saying’s coming true for Dark Souls Remastered on Nintendo Switch : good deaths come to those who wait. Due to various reasons, the release for the Nintendo Switch version of “Dark Souls Remastered” has been moved to Summer, 2018. As someone who is terrible at Souls games, I feel qualified to at least confirm that what I played of Dark Souls Remastered at PAX East was indeed Dark Souls on Switch. The official Dark Souls Twitter account confirmed that Switch owners will still g

Closers is an online game set in a ravaged version of Seoul, which is riddled with dimensional gates that spew out all sorts of aliens at the most inconvenient moments. The Closers of the title are teen psychic warriors, tasked with dealing with these portals and saving the world. You can download the game for free on Steam right now to join the fight as a super-powered adolescent – but to sweeten the deal, we’re giving away 10,000 codes, each offering a regular treasure trove of in-game goodies

Avengers: Infinity War has a smorgasbord of superheroes to choose from, we know that already. But there were some (for one reason or another *cough* hurry up, Fox *cough*) which couldn’t make it into the movie. I put that exact question to the Russo Brothers when we spoke about the upcoming Avengers 3 – and got an interesting response. Having Wolverine in Infinity War would have been brilliant, though. From there, Joe Russo turned to his childhood for a second pick.

While fan furore has died down somewhat since November of last year, when Star Wars Battlefront 2’s release kicked off a controversy surrounding the ethics and legality of loot boxes in video games, the publisher’s reputation took a serious hit that won’t just restore itself over time. Firstly, Star Wars Battlefront 2’s system of loot boxes and microtransactions has been completely overhauled since launch, ditching the inclusion of the former altogether to try and remove the competitive pay-to-w

And deliberately or not, games have followed, with the God of War reboot being just the latest to introduce some offspring into the proceedings to spice things up. But when you actually stop and look at it, games that feature anything resembling proper parenting are pretty thin on the ground. That’s parenting at its most basic – and though keep-your-kids-alive is definitely one for the checklist, it’s not going to earn you any prizes down at Bumps And Bundles. So if the Sims series rips all of t

Not everything made it into The Walking Dead season 8 finale. But everything which was cut seemed to have been left out for a reason, and it might just tie into The Walking Dead season 9. “There was a lovely exchange between Rick, Michonne, and Maggie that was about the future,” Gimple says. If you’re worried you’re going to miss out on it, then hold your horses. Even without those cut scenes there’s still so much to talk about, so check out 8 questions we had after watching The Walking Dead sea

Success storyBut is there really any possibility of a PvE campaign, or something similar, for Overwatch somewhere down the road? If you didn’t know any better, you could easily mistake Retribution as just one mission from an entire Overwatch campaign. Creating an Overwatch campaign wouldn’t be an easy task for the studio, or at least not as straightforward as perhaps we’d like to imagine it would be. “If you didn’t know any better, you could easily mistake Retribution as just one mission from an

And it all starts with a free digital comic called Rise of the Raven Lord, coming later this month. The story follows the titular Raven Lord, a character previously relegated to a disembodied voice on two of HotS’ battlegrounds. We’d like to interweave more information about that overarcing lore and story of Heroes of the Storm into those. If all that sounds a bit familiar, it’s probably because you can already see this design philosophy at work in another Blizzard game: Overwatch. Milker said h

It’s not long until Avengers: Infinity War releases. Below you’ll find a carefully curated, delightfully condensed list of the five (and five only) MCU films you need to watch as a primer for Infinity War. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)(Image: © Marvel)Important because: It properly weaves the Infinity Stones into the Earth storyGetting back to Earth, Avengers: Age of Ultron is another major slice of Infinity Stones lore. Because Infinity War is going to have to deal with a lot more than Thanos,

I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking that The Walking Dead season 8 felt like the final, gasping breath of a show on its last legs. Here are some of them: 8 ways The Walking Dead season 9 can fix the show. Ditch the comic book storylinesIf you knew exactly how The Walking Dead season 8 finale would play out, then there’s a good chance you’ve read the comics. The Walking Dead season 9 needs to make us feel something for these characters again. And while you ponder the possibilities of all that, che

There’s a revolution happening in Westworld season 2. “That’s a very exciting place to start from,” Jonathan Nolan tells our sister publication SFX magazine about the war that opens the show’s second season. Now in the second season, it’s not just Dolores, but several of the Hosts, having what you think of as free will. What’s new for the second season is that Dolores, at least, is now the master of her memories. Luckily, after the second season we are definitely going to take a little break bec

Spoilers below for The Walking Dead so far, with 8 of the biggest questions I have after watching all of season 8. Maybe it’ll be the last scene that The Walking Dead will show us before coming to a close for good… assuming the show ever decides to end, of course. We sort of know the answer to this question, as the troubled character has literally just shown up in Fear the Walking Dead’s season 4 premiere, which neatly aired straight after The Walking Dead finale. But will he ever be returning t

It’s hardly a secret at this point that Avengers: Infinity War is being well and truly kept under wraps. Thankfully, I had a chance to sit down with the Infinity War directors the Russo Brothers, as well as cast members Paul Bettany (Vision) and Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), and they revealed just how secretive everything was. All the actors were given fake scripts… very few people have seen the actual film itself,” says Joe Russo, confirming that only a lucky few have seen the final, finishe

I thought it would never happen, but The Walking Dead season 8 actually ended with all out war. All the skirmishes between the start of The Walking Dead season 7 and throughout season 8, have taken all the oomph out of the finale. Although it follows closely to what happens in The Walking Dead comics, the way Negan’s ‘death’ plays out feels somewhat of a disappointment. The Walking Dead season 8 finale might have wrapped up all the storylines it had with a tidy, twee little bow, but that doesn’t