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2016's video game characters were out to put on their best Dirty Harry impressions. Here are our favorite badass lines.

Blizzard's done a great job of encouraging people to speculate about Overwatch's world, and a story mode could hamper that.

Video games continue to pervade mainstream culture in new and interesting ways, including beer labels.

Here's what's coming to the science-fiction world in 2017.

Gamers love debating hypothetical showdowns between their favorite characters, but there are a lot more ways to settle the score than a fight to the death.

So many solid titles released in 2016 that it was easy for some great experiences to get lost in shuffle. Find out if you missed anything. 

We daydream about a quest that could change the way Guardians approach their play sessions.

We run down the positives and negatives of the Pokémon Go Apple Watch app.

It must be big because there's an exclamation point in the headline.

In this video interview, the game's lead designer from Arkane explains why the game will make you jump but doesn't land neatly in the horror genre.

Prepare to have your mind blown by the images snapped by an A.I. character.

We made a Spotify mix comprised of the staff's favorite songs of the year just for you! 

Pokémon had a huge resurgence this year, which is why we're looking back on its original release.

We speak to Nicolas Hamilton, who despite battling cerebral palsy, went from a gamer to becoming a race car driver.

If you didn’t play the best of what the last generation had to offer, backward compatibility gives you a great chance to catch up.

Don’t tell any audio teams I said this, but I gained a deeper appreciation for playing games while listening to podcasts this year.

In issue 284, we asked readers to amuse us with their best video game-related joke. The results were unanimously awful. Now it's your turn step up to the mic and make your fellow readers laugh.

With the release of Street Fighter V's second season, we take a look at the game's past and potential future.

The Game Informer crew is here to wish you a happy holiday season, as they play terrible games.

Use these tips to die less, climb more, and upgrade to the best senpai you can be.