Avengers: Infinity War is the first of a two-part series of films that will conclude the current phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. At this point, dozens of Marvel heroes and villains have appeared in this film saga, which will have surpassed 20 movies by the time Avengers: Infinity War’s currently untitled sequel is released in May 2019. Following in the footsteps of 2012’s The Avengers and 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War puts the Avengers alongside the Guardians of

But it can only make money if it created and sold video games that people wanted to buy and continue to play. It has spectacularly failed to do so in the case of Star Wars Battlefront 2. It’s impossible to conceive that the game’s economy, which was horrid in the beta and upgraded itself into merely terrible during a series of emergency changes, was ever thought of as the most fun option possible. You can’t even pay real money for loot boxes anymore, and it still feels like a racket. Battlefront

The final moments of Jeopardy! are always riddled with anxiety, as contestants risk their winnings on just one last clue. Tuesday night’s Final Jeopardy was especially anxious, and for Pokémon fans in particular — players had to stake their earnings on a clue about the Nintendo franchise. The corresponding question should technically be “What is Pokémon Red and Green?” but Trebek would go on to allow a much more generic Pokémon. Only one person, Matt Preston of Alabama, answered correctly, and w

The first full trailer for Avengers: Infinity War focuses heavily on its heroes — and no wonder, there are approximately one million of them. Given that, they may well have a less creepy set of powers in Avengers: Infinity War. The Children of ThanosThat blue-faced lady who throws a fancy spear at Captain America is Proxima Midnight (I know, right? ), one of the Children of Thanos, and we’ve actually seen her before. In comics, she looks not dissimilar:The Children of Thanos consist of Proxima a

This week, we’re running a big list of what we — and a group of trusted friends — recently voted as the 500 best video games of all time. Tennis for Two(1958, custom)Tennis for Two was one of the first video games ever developed. It wasn’t my gateway into video games, or to the gaming community. Mini Metro(2015, PC, others)Leave it to video games to make rapid transit planning a fun way to spend an afternoon. The game’s combat and stealth proved influential and made Arkham Asylum one of the grea

It’s the first single-player, first-person action game to be published in the BattleTech universe in 15 years. In part two, you’ll hear the latest on BattleTech, the third-person tactical strategy game from Harebrained Schemes. 2018 is shaping up to be the year of BattleTech, so here’s what every MechWarrior needs to know before they drop in. Know when to walk awayThe BattleTech tabletop game has been around for more than 30 years. Piranha GamesPiranha GamesPiranha GamesPiranha GamesPiranha Game

We’ve seen two recent announcements of surprising guest characters appearing in popular fighting games, and the fans have been … vocal. The dramatic character reveal is a big part of how fighting games are marketed, and guest characters are becoming the rule rather than the exception. It isn’t just Akuma and Geese, the guests from 2D fighting games, who are throwing around fireballs. Guest characters are good for the genrePutting the fit aside, guest characters — especially the big surprises —

But through it all there is a common thread — a singular timeline that every MechWarrior and BattleTech game shares. Demarcation leads to the rise of the six Great Houses: House Davion, House Cameron, House Kurita, House Liao, House Marik and House Steiner. To maintain their control over the Inner Sphere, ComStar hatches a secret plan to target and eliminate technical experts across the galaxy. The invasion was launched the day before, and only revealed during the wedding reception, kicking off

But through it all there is a common thread — a singular timeline that every MechWarrior and BattleTech game shares. Demarcation leads to the rise of the six Great Houses: House Davion, House Cameron, House Kurita, House Liao, House Marik and House Steiner. To maintain their control over the Inner Sphere, ComStar hatches a secret plan to target and eliminate technical experts across the galaxy. The invasion was launched the day before, and only revealed during the wedding reception, kicking off

Two new games are scheduled to release on PC: Piranha Games’ MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries and Harebrained Schemes’ BattleTech. And the original tabletop game, published today by Catalyst Game Labs, has two new boxed sets of its own on the way. We also spent time chatting with Randall Bills, the lead developer of the BattleTech line at Catalyst, to learn more about how he came to shepherd and evolve the tabletop game. We are the ones who are imbuing that personality into them, though, because it ma

Two new games are scheduled to release on PC: Piranha Games’ MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries and Harebrained Schemes’ BattleTech. And the original tabletop game, published today by Catalyst Game Labs, has two new boxed sets of its own on the way. We also spent time chatting with Randall Bills, the lead developer of the BattleTech line at Catalyst, to learn more about how he came to shepherd and evolve the tabletop game. We are the ones who are imbuing that personality into them, though, because it ma

After successfully rebooting the Shadowrun franchise, the pair have teamed up with game director Mike McCain for BattleTech, a turn-based take on the classic third-person ‘Mech combat genre. “I think there’s something really raw and gritty about this period of BattleTech history,” Gitelman said. Harebrained SchemesHarebrained SchemesHarebrained SchemesHarebrained SchemesHarebrained SchemesHarebrained SchemesHarebrained Schemes“Fairly early into the game,” McCain said, “you come into possession o

After months of teasing — and almost a decade in the making — the first full trailer for Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War has been released online. There’s a lot to unpack, from the first look at Josh Brolin’s Thanos (infinity gauntlet and all) to literally just connecting how the dozens of superheroes connect. Here’s everything you need to know about the trailer, what it reveals, and what it teases going forward.

The benefit you’ll see from the Xbox One X is directly tied to the quality and feature set of your display. For reference, I ended up purchasing a Vizio M65-E0 to test the Xbox One X that Microsoft provided me. You are paying for power, and there is no other gaming console that can beat the Xbox One X in that department. The Xbox One X isn’t for everybodyLeading up to the Xbox One X launch, it’s been assumed that real-world demos will be crucial to the console’s long-term success. This doesn’t c

The benefit you’ll see from the Xbox One X is directly tied to the quality and feature set of your display. For reference, I ended up purchasing a Vizio M65-E0 to test the Xbox One X that Microsoft provided me. You are paying for power, and there is no other gaming console that can beat the Xbox One X in that department. The Xbox One X isn’t for everybodyLeading up to the Xbox One X launch, it’s been assumed that real-world demos will be crucial to the console’s long-term success. This doesn’t c

In the wake of the social media conversation, Cebulski admitted to Bleeding Cool that he was in fact Akira Yoshida. Cebulski only wrote a handful of comics as Akira Yoshida, but many of them featured Japanese characters, locations and culture heavily. Perhaps most troubling, Cebulski is credited as one of two editors on an X-Men: Age of Apocalypse one-shot that featured a story by Akira Yoshida. His full statement reads:“I stopped writing under the pseudonym Akira Yoshida after about a year. Upd

YouTubers experienced the fallout from similar threats earlier this year, after companies learned their ads were playing on videos promoting hateful content. A YouTube representative told Polygon that the company was taking aggressive action that includes the use of machine learning and human moderation to filter out bad actors. Our community of creators are currently being hurt by bad actors who are spamming our systems with videos masquerading as family content. Alongside Pool and DeFranco, to

YouTubers experienced the fallout from similar threats earlier this year, after companies learned their ads were playing on videos promoting hateful content. A YouTube representative told Polygon that the company was taking aggressive action that includes the use of machine learning and human moderation to filter out bad actors. Our community of creators are currently being hurt by bad actors who are spamming our systems with videos masquerading as family content. Alongside Pool and DeFranco, to

Let’s get real: Superheroes are going to die in Avengers: Infinity War. Avengers: Infinity War starts the two-part finale of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we know it. Will they die in a battle with Thanos, either in Infinity War or Avengers 4? We’ll start seeing heroes die in Avengers: Infinity War; we’ll just have to wait to see who those characters are. Avengers: Infinity War will be released on May 4, 2018.

Let’s get real: Superheroes are going to die in Avengers: Infinity War. Avengers: Infinity War starts the two-part finale of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we know it. Will they die in a battle with Thanos, either in Infinity War or Avengers 4? We’ll start seeing heroes die in Avengers: Infinity War; we’ll just have to wait to see who those characters are. Avengers: Infinity War will be released on May 4, 2018.