Most shooters cast you as a one man war striding into battle on a cloud of bullets, carving a path through the enemy like an angry lawnmower with guns. Homefront is a bit more like ringing the soldier’s doorbell and then running away. It’s all set in an America invaded …

Xbox One backwards compatibility (opens in new tab) has officially cleared the hurdle of multi-disc Xbox 360 games. The first supported multi-disc title, Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut (opens in new tab), went live last week, and Xbox Live director of programming Larry Hryb confirmed on Reddit (opens in …

Out on Friday 20 May The X-Men take on Apocalypse. Tom Hanks is a desert worrier. John Carney does it once again. Yes, here’s this week’s new releases. Click on for our reviews of X-Men: Apocalypse, A Hologram for the King, Sing Street, Heart of a Dog, Journey to the …

A conference call with Fox Television Group co-chair Gary Newman has confirmed that the X-Files aren’t ready to be closed just yet, Polygon (opens in new tab) reports. Everyone involved in the production is interested in returning for an 11th season of the conspiracy-courting television series, Newman said, it’s just …

Last month we learned that Willem Dafoe had joined the cast of Justice League (opens in new tab), but the details of what character he’s playing is being kept under wraps. A new rumour from Birth.Movies.Death. (opens in new tab) may have just given us a hint though, as the …

You may be able to get all three Call of Duty: Modern Warfare games in a single package soon, but you’ll still have to plug your old console back in to play them. The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Trilogy will hit Xbox 360 (opens in new tab) and PS3 …

Hood up. Eagle vision on. It’s finally time to watch Michael Fassbender in action in this year’s Assassin’s Creed (opens in new tab). It might be a time period we’ve never seen in the games but Macbeth director Justin Kurzel has managed to get in plenty of 360 viewpoints, eagles …

Remember the days when major musical artists wrote and produced original songs for films? Top Gun had “Danger Zone,” Rocky 3 had “Eye of the Tiger,” Space Jam had … “Space Jam.” That trend never really caught on with video games, but CHVRCHES is certainly going to try. The Scottish …

There’s a lot of mysteries surrounding Star Wars: The Force Awakens (opens in new tab), but two in particular stand out: Who are Rey’s parents and who is Supreme Leader Snoke? With regards to the latter, it seems we can cross the former mentor of Darth Sidious (AKA The Emperor) …

By Marshall Lemon Stop me if you’ve heard about this fantasy world before: Elves live in kingdoms among the wilds and are aloof compared to humanity. Dwarves life in mining communities beneath ancient mountains, and frequently bang heads with the elves. Humans are the relatively new race that nobody really …