Denis Villeneuve has been discussing the pressure involved with making the Blade Runner sequel, telling Collider (opens in new tab) of his “deep fear” of failing to live up to the original. Intriguingly, he also gives a pointer as to what we might expect from his film, revealing that he …
Read More »Why I Love: Grow Homes frequent flying
If you’ve ever dreamt about flying, what was it like? It’s rare that my sleeping subconscious unwinds itself by letting me soar through imaginary skies, but for the few times it’s happened, I never felt like Superman. Instead of gracefully gliding through the air, it was as if I was …
Read More »Showing football players their FIFA 16 stats is really quite sad
EA Sports Deutschland has done something I’ve wanted to for many years – corralled a load of football players, showed them their stats in the new FIFA game and filmed their reactions. It’s magnificent stuff, and the range of responses is quite, quite beautiful. Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Yann Sommer gurns like …
Read More »Xbox Live Indie Games is dead (kind of)
It’s easy to sneer at XBLIG. Really easy, because a lot of what comprised the open-armed game creation service was very stupid and absolutely worth sneering at. Cheapo avatar quizzes, leering sexist trash and broken, broken, broken things. And yet I’m left really very sad that Microsoft has finally formally …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid 5 is the best and most disappointing game of the year
Warning: I’m spoiling everything up in here. You’ve been warned. Can a game be your favorite and least favorite at the exact same time? Because that’s the sort of mental gymnastics I’ve been dealing with since I rolled credits (full credits, mind) for the third time in Metal Gear Solid …
Read More »Whats Wattam?
We’re as surprised as you to hear that Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy creator Keita Takahashi has decided to curb the eccentricity of his latest game a little. “I understand that Noby Noby Boy was too much for some people,” he says with a grin, “so I just tried …
Read More »Jason Momoa responds to all those Aquaman jokes: “just wait”
While even non comic-book fans can easily get behind the idea of Batman v Superman, poor old Aquaman often comes in for some fish-related mockery. However, Jason Momoa has urged audiences to give the character a chance before writing him off as a joke… “You know, it’s cute and funny,” …
Read More »XBLA classic Castle Crashers is getting a remaster this week
Oh, halcyon days. Before Share buttons and in-game social integration matrices, when Twitching was something that you went to A&E for, and 60 frames per second was Bobby Fischer’s sideline in record-breaking snooker. These were the days when all you had were a few friends, a few controllers and some …
Read More »The unsung hero of Metal Gear Solid
Solid Snake was always supposed to be the hero of the Metal Gear franchise. He was inspired by Snake Plissken from Escape From New York. His image on the cover of the NES version of Metal Gear is almost identical to Kyle Reese in The Terminator (opens in new tab). …
Read More »Ubis planning a next-generation theme park in … Malaysia
So it looks like everyone is getting in on this theme park lark. After Nintendo announcing its plans with Universal Studios (opens in new tab), Ubisoft has announced that a ‘next-generation’ theme park is being planned for a 2020 opening in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. “Ubisoft’s intention for this park …
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