This month has seen a flurry of casting announcements for Spider-Man: Homecoming (opens in new tab), which recently began filming in Atlanta. According to Deadline (opens in new tab) the latest actor to join the Marvel film is Hollywood veteran Tyne Daly, who is best known as the star of …

Deliberate mistake or inattentive image searching? You decide. Whatever the reason, the Hotel Figueroa in LA currently has a lovely shot of Los Santos from GTA 5 (opens in new tab) on its website.  Here’s the shot from the site (as noticed on Reddit (opens in new tab)). It’s worth …

If you’ve ever thought that one of those Escape Rooms, where you’re locked in with buddies and have to solve puzzles to win your freedom, sounded like fun, then Zero Time Dilemma is right up your alley. Its version of escape rooms comes with rather more murder, but the core …

After a low-key season five Game of Thrones (opens in new tab) came back stronger than ever for one hell of a season six that rocked out its killer send-off on Sunday. With that finale being heralded as one of the best-ever episodes (opens in new tab) of television, setting …

PS4 and Xbox One owners, you won’t have to wait until October’s Titanfall 2 for a fast-paced mech game with plenty of hot metal-on-metal action and explosions. Hawken is coming to console; July 1 for Xbox One, and July 8 for PS4. Much like EA’s own robotic combat series, Hawken …

Resident Evil has become a superpowered zombie-slaying soap opera in the last decade, but that wouldn’t really work for Resident Evil 7 biohazard (opens in new tab). The game’s producer and director weren’t willing to offer many clues to the main character’s identity on the official Capcom blog (opens in …

Xur, Destiny’s weekend trader, bratwurst aficionado, and artisan baker of fine breakfast pastries, is back. This week he’s in the Tower, down by the Speaker. But what’s he selling? Well, a mix of underwhelming guff and one or two things you should actually pay attention to.  Mk.44 Stand Asides (Exotic …

It’s well-known by now how absurd and self-referential the official Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter (opens in new tab) account can be. But rarely do things get more bizarre and fourth wall-breaking than when Sonic himself and eternal nemesis/frenemy Dr. Eggman (AKA Dr. Robotnik) start answering fan questions, which is exactly …

Reshoots are common practice on big budget films, but when news broke that Star Wars: Rogue One (opens in new tab) was headed back to a galaxy far, far away for some additional filming (opens in new tab) many were worried about what it might mean for the highly anticipated …

I was not a gamer when I was young. I was allowed to play educational titles (Super Munchers anyone? No?) and a handful of arcade games like Tetris or pinball. And Myst snuck through on artistic merit. But that’s about it. Video games, not a big thing in my childhood. …