Skyfall opens in the UK imminently, and to tide you over another full-length trailer has been released. This one doesn’t offer up much in the way of new clips, but does a decent enough job of shuffling the already released promo material into an impressive showcase. If you look closely …
Read More »Borderlands 2: Captain Scarlett and Her Pirates Booty DLC review
Gearbox has wasted no time in getting post-release content queued up in the month following Borderlands 2 (opens in new tab)’s launch. First, the developer unveiled a downloadable fifth class, the Mechromancer; now, the game gets its first add-on content, in the form of the pirate-themed Captain Scarlett and Her …
Read More »Michael Bay hits back at Hugo Weavings Transformers criticism
Earlier this week, Hugo Weaving gave an interview to Collider in which he fleetingly mentioned his work on Transformers , and was less than complimentary about the experience. “It was one of the only things I’ve ever done where I had no knowledge of it,” said Weaving. “I didn’t care …
Read More »Top 10 Sci-Fi And Fantasy Sidekicks
Words by: Alasdair Stuart 10 Vir Babylon 5 (opens in new tab) Who knew, when Babylon 5 first started, that one of the best elements of the show would be Vir? The perpetually terrified, cringing Centauri aide started out as little more than comic relief, but over the course of …
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 is the new sci-fi RPG from CD Projekt RED
The upcoming sci-fi RPG from The Witcher 2 developer CD Projekt RED has an official name, and we have some tempting details. CD Project RED announced today that Cyberpunk 2077, aside from apparently taking place 55 years after tabletop game Cyberpunk 2022, will include a mature multi-threaded narrative and plenty …
Read More »Sega announces Model 2 Collection, bringing its best era of arcade games to 360 and PS3. First trailer here
Sega has released a trailer for a new collection of old games heading to (at least) Japan in the near future. But don’t think this is some pointless collection of old duffers. We’re talking about its Model 2 arcade games from the mid-1990s, arguably some of the finest videogames ever …
Read More »Wii U manufacturer Foxconn employed underaged workers
Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer of the Wii U, has admitted to employing 14-year-old students in making the consoles. Various reportage compiled by Eurogamer confirms the students, as part of an internship program, were illegally put to work to cover a production shortfall in advance of the console’s November 18 launch. …
Read More »Dark Tide review
Halle Berry strips down to her bikini (again) in this toothless shark drama from maritime-mad John Stockwell ( Into The Blue , Blue Crush ). Playing a traumatised free-swimmer who survives a face-to-face encounter with a hungry Great White, the actress suffers the curse of Oscar in a movie that …
Read More »Paper Mario: Sticker Star – 10 things you need to know about the first hour
Get out your sticker album! Many are eyeing Nintendos big November 18 release of the Wii U, but three days before that, the publisher releases its biggest 3DS game of the fall, Paper Mario: Sticker Star. We recently went hands-on with a near-final version of the game, playing the first …
Read More »Dance Central 3 review
With its first two installments, Dance Central has proven itself to be the dance franchise to beat. Utilizing the Kinect to full effect and wrapping everything up with great presentation, this series has been a recent reigning champ in the motion-controlled and party-game genres. But where could Harmonix take it …
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