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I kind of liked Project Morpheus, god of dreams and all that. But it’s obviously not a clear message, hence Sony’s shift to the new name: PlayStation VR. Sure, it’s a little less interesting but it’s hard to miss the point – it’s VR, on PlayStation. There’s a quick quote …

He’s the screenwriter behind After Earth and even briefly worked on Star Wars spin-off Rogue One, but Gary Whitta didn’t have big blockbusters on the brain when he sat down with Crime Scene magazine (opens in new tab). The writer and producer talked all things Colombo and why he thinks …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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,” …

Much like every other game this year, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate will be pounding the cobbled streets of Victorian London. The decision to modernise the latest entry has brought with it both challenges and new avenues of freedom (hello, rope launcher), but that hasn’t stopped Ubisoft Quebec from including the series’ …

While some humans prepare to purchase Forza Motorsport 6 (opens in new tab) later this month, perhaps thinking of whether an umbrella should go with them to the shops, the computer-driven drivers in the game are still becoming aclimatized to the rain. According to the game’s developers, players may witness …