The vague and mysterious Xbox codenames Anaconda and Lockhart are on our minds, The Last of Us 2 release date gets rumored, Apex season 2 has begun and Sony’s unexpected PES 2019 / Detroit: Become Human swap.

EA’s quite ethical ‘surprise mechanics’ are the topic of discussion (we don’t say loot boxes around here), as is Apex’s mysterious new flyers and George R.R. Martin (and Miyazaki’s) Elden Ring.

Google’s gaming/streaming platform Stadia is all the buzz this week, Turtle Rock is Back 4 Blood, Cyberpunk 2077 might be out by June (??) and Apex is raking it in.

All aboard the good ship Speculation as we ponder Jedi: Fallen Order, Xbox Game Pass coming to Switch, Fortnite copying Apex and the upcoming Pokemon Sword and Shield.