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The acclaimed anthology show Black Mirror returns for a second series of three episodes on Channel 4 at 10pm on 11 February, and in the next issue of SFX (#232, out next Wednesday) we have a major interview with writer/creator Charlie Brooker in which he goes into detail about each …

(opens in new tab) So, buried in a Variety article about the shifting power of various Warner Bros execs is this little gem: “Stakes are high for Man Of Steel . Other than Nolan’s Batpics, Warners has not been able to effectively exploit the DC library. Its 2011 Green Lantern …

There has been a ton of news going around this week. Bombs were dropped at the Nintendo Direct, and the THQ license buyout (opens in new tab) left the Darksiders franchise seeming like the kid that got picked last in PE class. There was a lot to cover and a …

(opens in new tab) The universally-acclaimed and brilliantly inventive time travel movie Looper , starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the same man (one of them has to assassinate the other) is out on DVD and Blu-ray on Monday 28 January. SFX managed to grab a chat with the …

By the time you read this, multi-character adventure platformer The Cave (opens in new tab) should be out on all its release formats –that is PC, Xbox Live Arcade, PSN and Wii U eShop –and as such you really should be thinking about playing it. Created by the man behind …

Adam Roberts is one of the most consistently inventive voices working in modern science fiction. His work ranges from playful parodies released under a pseudonym to books that take the basic principles of science fiction and do something genuinely surprising with them. For example, Yellow Blue Tibia is the story …

The D is silent We’re opening this feature on something most die-hard Tarantino fans will have seen. But be warned, there are some HUGE spoilers to follow. These 50 Best Moment features are designed to go in-depth on the experience of watching the best films of the year – to …

A battle of patience The typical Japanese role-playing game runs on a predictable cycle. Step one: Run around fields while world-threatening events unfold. Step two: Watch as the screen fizzles into a battle scenario. Step three: Tap buttons while your rag-tag team of heroes stares awkwardly at assailants until an …

Starfleet meets the Canadian Space Agency, Simon Pegg’s severed head and Nathan Fillion’s method for coping with the end of Firefly , all in the latest Tweets Of The Week (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) There are plenty of things wrong with Twitter. The relentless, ever-changing list …

The secret past of your favorite games Games can go through vast transformations between the time they’re conceived and released. Usually, though, the game that arrives on store shelves is more or less the one the developers sought out to make when they first came up with the idea. This …