After years of exclusivity with Impulse – its proprietary digital distribution platform – Stardock has announced that its library popular PC-exclusive games is heading to Steam (Impulse’s largest competitor). The first game to be made available on the service is the popular, well-reviewed Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, which …

Bill Nighy is about to unveil his nasty side again as the lead villain in Stuart Beattie’s I, Frankenstein . Nighy is in talks to play a demon prince, with Socratis Otto ( X-Men Origins: Wolverine ) signed to play his henchman (because every villain needs a henchman). Beattie, who …

We thought it would just be a clip, but maybe there’s something else in store

<!–{132135 [brightcove]1266548758001[/brightcove] It’s a good week for Tarsem Singh; earlier this week, his Immortals sliced its way to the top of the US box office, and now it’s done the same in the UK – only just slaying Arthur Christmas in the process. The 3D swords-and-sandals epic starring future Superman …

David Yates says that he’ll take two or three years “to get it right” but it will not tie in with TV continuity

Attempted murder: it’s a piece of cake!

Sony has announced that InFamous: Festival of Blood, the standalone spinoff from this year’s InFamous 2, has become the fastest-selling digital title in the history of PlayStation Network in the time since its late October launch. IGN reports (opens in new tab) that the Halloween-themed title racked up the sales …

The Facehuggers from the Alien films are the archetypal enemies that scuttle and jump at your face. If these scuttling, jumping-at-your-face enemies had never been invented, video games would probably have 100% less scuttling enemies launching themselves in the general direction of your face area. Thankfully, not all the gaming …

Steve O’Brien looks at the case for reopening the DVD box for the big screen remake

Ezio has been the star of Assassin’s Creed for the last three years, and within the game’s story, he’s been killing Templars for three decades. For better or worse that’s got to come to an end eventually, and it looks like Ezio is about to ride off into that Renaissance …