note: significant spoilers ahead for Star Trek: Picard through episode 3.] Now Star Trek: Picard seems poised to answer that question, along with other questions posed when the alien race was first introduced. He isn’t the first to have an interest in combining androids and Borg technology: the Borg Queen tried to get Data to join the Collective in Star Trek: First Contact. In the first episode of Picard, Picard dreams he’s playing a game of poker against Data, who has a hand of five Queens of H

As you explore The Witcher 3’s world, you’ll encounter Places of Power. You’ll also receive an Ability Point the first time you visit each Place of Power. Below, we’ve got a map for all six Places of Power in White Orchard. White Orchard Places of Power locations mapWhite Orchard is the first area you’ll explore in The Witcher 3. Use our map above to sort out which of those question marks are Places of Power.

Diagram: Serpentine Steel SwordGrid View Serpentine silver sword diagram location. Image: CD Projekt Red via PolygonSerpentine silver sword diagram location. Diagram: Serpentine Silver SwordGrid View Serpentine steel sword diagram location. Image: CD Projekt Red via PolygonSerpentine gear stats. Image: CD Projekt Red via PolygonThe Serpentine silver sword and Serpentine steel sword both deal respectable damage for early in the game.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney this afternoon sought to clarify controversial statements he made about the role of video games in today’s divisive political climate. Was Sweeney arguing that games companies can make games with political messages, but should not talk about them in any way that recognizes their political content? If games companies insist on an apolitical policy, how exactly do “creatives” make political games? Nor does it clarify how a marketing department should address political co

Update Pokémon Bank and get a Premium PlanFirst, update your Nintendo 3DS and the Pokémon Bank app for Nintendo 3DS, which needs the latest update for Pokémon Home transfers. Note that transferring Pokémon from Pokémon Bank to Pokémon Home requires a Pokémon Home Premium Plan, which costs $2.99 for one month (30 days), $4.99 for three months (90 days), and $15.99 for one year (365 days). If you’re moving Pokémon from Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, or LeafGreen …You’ll need a regular Nintendo

Valentine’s Day is this Friday, Feb. 14. Most of these 10 (awesome, if we do say so ourselves) gifts are either available digitally or eligible for Amazon’s free one- or two-day shipping. For the game night MVP: Pandemic LegacyPandemic Legacy Legacy board games, which are built to be played continuously over several months, are perfect for couples in a long-term relationship. Based on the hit cooperative game Pandemic, the Pandemic Legacy rules evolve every time you play, with permanent changes

February is Anime Month, and Amazon is celebrating with a sale on anime titles distributed by Funimation. The Blu-ray collection of the popular space Western anime Cowboy Bebop is down to an all-time low price of $17.99. Late last week, Woot dropped a new deal on the PlayStation 4 Pro console. Best media deal: Funimation anime saleBest console deal: PlayStation 4 ProPlayStation 4 Pro The 4K-ready PlayStation 4 Pro is on sale for $100 off at the discount site Woot. Woot / $299.99 ($100 off) BuyBe

Surprise Trade is a multiplayer Sword and Shield feature that allows trainers to pick a monster and trade it for a random Pokémon from another player. Recently, however, reports are trickling out that some fans get an error when they attempt to complete a Surprise Trade, as you can see in the footage below:POC for the Surprise trade Crash! It’s recommended to not use Surprise Trade until a patch is released! These hacked monsters cause Pokémon Sword and Shield to play the trade animation over an

Pokémon Home launched out of the blue on Tuesday night and it seems, as thousands of people rushed to download the app, a few technical problems have cropped up. The problems for the app seems to start as soon as it launches, as some people are having trouble getting past the log-in screen to link their Nintendo accounts to Pokémon Home. Perhaps the most terrifying issue that’s plagued Pokémon Home’s early adopters are those that have to do directly with their Pokémon collections. While these ar

As of this writing, you can only transfer Pokémon from Pokémon Bank, Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee and Pikachu, and Pokémon Sword and Shield to Pokémon Home. Note that moving Pokémon from Pokémon Bank and Pokémon Go to Pokémon Home is a one-way trip: After transferring to Pokémon Home, they cannot go back. Importing Pokémon from Pokémon Bank to Home will import the Pokédex data with it. Switch: Organize your Home boxes, complete Research Tasks, transfer points to Pokémon Sword and Shield, transfer Po

The mobile version, which is also now live, lets players choose between Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur. The app also introduces fans to a new version of Professor Oak. Previously, Game Freak included Professor Oak’s cousin in Pokémon Sun and Moon, and while they weren’t the same character, everyone referred to him as “Alolan Oak.” Pokémon Home allows players to import monsters from Pokémon Sword and Shield, Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu, Pokémon Go, and Pokémon Ban

Riot Games revealed its mysterious shooter Project A back in October 2019, but has kept the game’s details a carefully guarded secret. What he played featured round-based games with five-on-five combat, all wrapped in a tactical shooter package. Most of the abilities require players to purchase them at the start of each round, along with purchasing weapons. Finally, HenryG mentions how much he liked the map design of Project A, noting that it felt like it followed the kinds of design philosophy

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a realistic and sometimes grim look at life on the American frontier. But a new perspective on Red Dead Redemption 2, tilt-shifted to make everything look model-train-sized, makes the Wild West look absolutely adorable. YouTube channel Red Dead Online Guides put together the above tilt-shifted video for Red Dead Redemption 2, showing off the wilderness and towns like Strawberry and St. Denis from a Cities: Skylines-like perspective. This isn’t necessarily a mod that you

Pokémon, as a series, has always had a hacking problem — nobody expected Pokémon Sword and Shield to be any different in this regard thanks to the ubiquity of cheating tools. But according to reports around the web, players are suddenly seeing monsters that aren’t on Sword and Shield’s Pokedex. There wasn’t even a Dex entry so it might be a hacked pokemon, but I didn’t hack my game. #PokemonSwordandShield pic.twitter.com/oIllF04U5T — The Nintendo Nerds ️‍ (@BackandMac) February 10, 2020My timeli

Drake, the multi-platinum musician and international hip-hop superstar, has entered into an exclusive deal with streaming site Caffeine. Caffeine is similar to game streaming platforms like Twitch and Mixer, but Caffeine hasn’t been home to the kind of high-view streamers of those services, who often stream every day for hours on end. Caffeine streamers can make money when they’re streaming, without the need for the consistent daily content that other platforms encourage. This can make streaming

Star Citizen shows no signs of slowing down, in terms of fundraising dollars from players. Data shared by the team behind Star Citizen appears to show that the multigame project earned around $47.7 million from crowdfunding in 2019. Launched as a Kickstarter campaign in 2012, the Star Citizen project has two main products. The Star Citizen project remains the highest-grossing crowdfunding project of any kind, for any thing. Star Citizen earned nearly three times that amount last year.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare season 2 started on Feb. 11, kicking off a brand-new season of content for the game. But while the upcoming maps and operators may be exciting, they’re nothing compared to the hints that Infinity Ward has dropped that a battle royale mode could be on the way to the game. Speculation about the new mode started shortly after the season began when Call of Duty YouTuber PrestigeIsKey tweeted about a changed to the Modern Warfare menu. With all that in the trailer, it’s n

Sometimes, it’s easy to forget that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has been out for three years already. It seems like every month, there’s something else to talk about, whether that’s another glitch, a speedrunning accomplishment, or a cool discovery. Lately the glitch-hunting community for Breath of the Wild has been coalescing around a new trick that, frankly, makes me feel bad for the poor enemies on the receiving end. I only feel bad for the Bokoblins. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I n

Rainock’s latest print is for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and features Geralt and the Bloody Baron. The new Witcher poster reads “Tales of the Witcher: The Bloody Baron!” My “Tales of the Witcher” poster is now available! Going for a “pulp magazine” vibe for this #Witcher #TheWitcher3 pic.twitter.com/WrjPCU6Pu8 — Gibbs Rainock (@crowsmack) February 10, 2020For many The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt players — Rainock included — the Bloody Baron quest is a major turning point in the story. The Tales of the W

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s second season is almost here and Infinity Ward has revealed what content players can look forward to. Most of Modern Warfare’s new content will arrive on the first day of the season, including the fan-favorite Modern Warfare 2 map Rust. Atlas Superstore, a new map for Modern Warfare, will also arrive on day one, as well two new Gunfight maps, and the new Ground War map, called Zhokov Boneyard. There will also be a new map called Khandor Hideout, though there’s no r