Portal 2’s 100-or-so-year leap from the original has opened up a lot of questions; namely, “What the crap happened?” and, “Seriously guys, what the crap happened?!” Meeting fans halfway, Valve is releasing a comic book entitled Lab Rat, which will bridge the gap between the two games through the story …

Interview: The top fantasy author chats to Stephen Jewell about her forthcoming book The Rogue

There’s an exclusive interview with Thor director Kenneth Branagh in the new issue of SFX . Here’s an extract

The Combat of Giants series of games is one that has typically failed to impress. This can be attributed to lack of polish, ambition, and general effort on the parts of developers. The most recent title, Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D continues this proud tradition of not-even-aiming-for-mediocrity as the worst …

We love a good survival horror game, but it’s a genre that’s difficult to get right. That’s why we’re excited that publisher Lexis Numerique is taking a chance on Amy, a new title that aspires to be in similar vein to Silent Hill 2. It’s a tale of a woman …

Logan’s Run , Iron Man 3 , Dark Shadows, The Seventh Son , Zeroville , Chuck , Transformers: Dark Of The Moon , Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters , Maggie

Gameloft’s mobile sci-fi shooter N.O.V.A. will be getting a sequel, but if you want to play it before everyone else you’ll have to buy an Xperia Play, or as most refer to it, the “PlayStation Phone.” The Xperia Play launches in the UK early next month, presumably followed quickly by …

DC Universe Online has just added a new feature that Sony Online Entertainment is calling “3D voice.” You don’t need a 3D TV to access the buzzword-ey feature – a fully functioning auditory system will do. SOE CEO John Smedley explains, “What it means is people inside the game have …

The mad scientist has been an archetypal breed of character for years. Centuries, in fact. From Doctor Moreau to Doctor Giggles, the worlds of literature, television and film have been filled with scientists and surgeons who sport a Ph.D in crazy. Naturally, videogames are no different. In memory of some …

Dead in the water? Not quite. Last-minute negotiations to reanimate an adaptation of Max Brooks’s zombie novel are proving quite fruitful, according to sources. With Paramount threatening to cut the rope without a financing partner, all hope on a World War Z film had seemingly been quashed. But today word …