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This SQUID GAME article contains MAJOR spoilers. For a series with a relatively well-worn premise, Netflix’s Squid Game sure does manage to pack a lot of surprises into its conclusion. It does this in large part by recognizing that the series’ success hinges not so much on who wins the game, but on how they win it and what it all means. Like the show’s beginning, much of Squid Game‘s final hour is set outside the world of the arena—this time, a year following the events of the bulk of the show....

Warning: This artic​​le contains Star Trek: Picard season 2 finale spoilers. Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Episode 10 Star Trek: Picard season 2 started with small, intimate moments, and in the end that’s where it ended. Along the way though Picard and the rest of the gang (are they even technically a crew?) went to an alternate universe, time traveled, prevented history from being altered, and even gave us some perfect moments where Raffi and Seven lived up to the motto, “be gay, do crimes....

If you’re reading this, you obviously know what we do at Den of Geek. What you might not know is that it’s a relatively small team that makes everything run here. The folks who populate the website homepage every day with the best opinion and analysis on pop culture in the business are the same ones responsible for making sure our award-winning print magazines make it into your hands. And while they’re doing that, some of them are hosting and producing our podcasts (more on those in a minute), and others are attending or organizing events that give Den of Geek a real-world presence in addition to our virtual one....

Star Wars Battlefront 2 will feature four distinct classes and today EA is offering a deeper look into one of those, the Heavy. The Heavy class, as its name implies, embodies power in combat. While every class is deadly in Star Wars Battlefront 2, the Heavy is the class players don’t want to bump into unprepared or protecting the point they need to capture. Truth be told, it is just the kind of class fans will want to play if brute force is their style....

Electronic Arts reveals an infographic showing the stats behind the Star Wars Battlefront beta, which was EA’s biggest ever. With less than a month before Star Wars Battlefront hits retail outlets across the globe, Electronic Arts has compiled the statistics from their pre-launch beta, which has pulled in some truly impressive numbers. Without a doubt, the masses are interested in a Star Wars Battlefront revival, and the open beta has garnered a laundry list of feedback from fans....

Party like it’s 2003! On April 2, Disney+ will begin streaming the Genndy Tartakovsky version of Clone Wars, which means, for certain generations of Star Wars fans, a slightly alternate version of the iconic storyline will be available to watch on the app for the first time. Along with Clone Wars, Disney+ is also dropping two of the made-for-TV Ewok movies, and the animated ‘80s TV series Ewoks. And while all of that Ewok action certainly makes us nostalgic, let’s get serious: the Tartakovsky Clone Wars is the real deal....

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order did itself a service by not focusing on any of the more well-known Star Wars characters in its first installment. Some of these individuals do make appearances in the game, but their roles are either very minor or just Easter eggs. They don’t impact the overall story much, if at all. Because Fallen Order is set up like this, its original cast of characters has the luxury of integrating themselves into the Star Wars universe without fear of having attention taken away from them....

As soon as you start a new save file in Stardew Valley, one of the first things you’ll do is cleaning up your farm. It will be filled with rocks, weeds, wood, and fiber. Although at first Fiber may seem like a pretty useless item that you can sell for one gold each, it actually has quite a lot of uses. Certain recipes that most players are bound to use frequently require Fiber, such as the scarecrow and the deluxe scarecrow, warp totems, wild bait, and all sorts of other useful items....

Netflix has apparently decided that the years 2020 and 2021 were strange enough as is. The streamer announced today that Stranger Things season 4 would not premiere until 2022. Thankfully, the announcement was accompanied by an exciting new teaser that features the very first footage from Stranger Things’ fourth outing. Give it a watch below! And here is the link to the Twitter trailer should YouTube’s falter. As you can see, Netflix really loves that upside down text feature as it promises to “see y’all in the upside down....

The Call of Duty: Warzone community is filled with players trying to find the best loadouts in the game. Although loadouts are important, a group of streamers have challenged themselves with the opposite goal and instead built some horrible loadouts. Warzone fans can take this challenge up themselves with this quick look into the worst loadouts in Warzone. Streamers CouRage, Lando, Marcel, and Noah worked together to go into quads equipped with that they believe the worst loadouts in Warzone are....

All in all, Streets of Rage 4 has widely been considered a glorious return for the classic beat-em-up franchise, but many have agreed that there’s still room for improvement. The good news is that much of that improvement is now available, as publisher and co-developer Dotemu has released a massive balancing patch for the game. After announcing last week that Streets of Rage 4 would be getting a balance update, Dotemu, alongside fellow co-developers Lizardcube and Guard Crush Games, have finally released the new patch, which boasts dozens of enhancements, bug fixes, and balance changes across the entire game, all of which were tested out by the SOR4 community....

I’d recommend two of the games in Super Mario 3D All-Stars to just about anyone. It’s hard not to - Super Mario 64 defined the 3D platformer in its time, and Super Mario Galaxy proved the Wii’s AAA viability against the powerhouse 360 and PS3. They’re important games, and for good reason - they mostly hold up as whimsical, enthralling adventures for kids of any age. Oh, Super Mario Sunshine’s also here....

Flying through space is great, and it’s always interesting to see real-world locations reimagined after an apocalypse, but there’s nothing quite like the immersion of a lovingly crafted fantasy game world. With unusual creatures, unprecedented political struggles, and intriguing magic systems, these five fantasy game worlds are some of the best to get lost in. Thedas – BioWare’s Dragon Age Series Yes, Thedas is quite clearly your stereotypical medieval England fantasy setting, and its name is just “the” plus the acronym for Dragon Age Setting....

The single most overused phrase that Tony Hawk probably hears is, “Do a kickflip!” The Birdman is turning the tables now, however, offering up Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater players the chance to do kickflips (and grinds, grabs, and other tricks) for some awesome prizes. Tony Hawk has partnered with Pacifico Beer to create Pacifico’s Tony Hawk Pro Skater Challenge, which will be a livestreamed event that airs on IGN’s YouTube, Twitter, and Twitch channels on Thursday, February 18 at 8 pm EST....

The release of a new Dungeons & Dragons book means new gorgeous fantasy art to pour over. Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything just hit shelves and doorsteps this week, offering pages upon pages of new options to spark imagination. A lot of that imagination is in the art, which showcases far realms, a colony of mimics, and a wizard goblin in a pink dress. It also features some of the most clothing-optional depictions of D&D characters I’ve ever seen....

The Ataris and Useless I.D. NOFX and Rancid. Tony Sly and Joey Cape. The late-90s and early-2000s were a wondrous time in which bands would often combine forces to put out split albums or sampler-style compilations that could be snagged from local music stores or concert venue merch table - this being well before the Internet made exposure and self-promotion far easier for musicians. For those, like myself, who reveled in those days, a new type of musical split ‘experience” is available now in playable form and is well-worth checking out....

Over the weekend, we learned that Telltale is working on a sequel to Minecraft: Story Mode. Now, there’s word that the studio is also developing another one of its episodic adaptations, taking on one of the biggest franchises in the history of cinema — international super spy James Bond. In the wake of confirmation that Minecraft: Story Mode season two was in the works, a Twitter user known as @AnEvilHag decided to leak some more information regarding Telltale’s future plans....

Part of what makes the Pokemon franchise so memorable is its pool of Legendary Pokemon. These earth-shaking behemoths have tons of power and aren’t afraid to show it. That’s made for some climactic moments in the Pokemon games. As you progress through the RPGs, whether the main story or post-game, you’re bound to run into these extremely powerful Legendaries. Many have been left in awe from witnessing them display their full power....

The PlayStation 2 has a reputation of being one of the greatest consoles of all time when it comes to Japanese RPGs. It had a much wider and more varied range of games in the genre released in the west than the PS1. Even European gamers got to play some great titles that wouldn’t have seen the light of day in previous generations due to many developers not willing to commit to translating Japanese languages into several European languages....

The Nintendo Switch is an amazing machine with an ever-expanding list of top titles in its library. 2020 marked another fantastic year for the system, with lifetime hardware sales continuing to make up ground on the PS4 and software sales tearing up the charts in every major region. Animal Crossing: New Horizons led the way with more than 26 million sales while Paper Mario: The Origami King and the Super Mario 3D All-Stars pack also performed strongly....