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Ubisoft Motion Pictures is close to announcing a partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment to adapt Assassin’s Creed into a major Hollywood production, says Variety. The studio, first announced in May, has been commanding attention from a number of top studios with the property. Sony’s bid for the Assassin’s Creed film …

A fourth film is on the way for the sci-fi franchise Starship Troopers and it looks like it will sensibly leave parts two and three behind. Instead, Starship Troopers: Invasion – which will be CGI rather than live-action – will continue the story of the 1997 Paul Verhoeven movie. Let’s …

Music being such an integral part of a Quentin Tarantino movie, you’d expect that when he gets together with one of the biggest names in rock it would be a proper meeting of the minds. In Lars Ulrich’s case, that wasn’t really true. The initial bonding sounds like it went …

Gran Turismo 5’s big DLC additions have been delayed until Oct 25 in the US. Asian and European players should be downloading the new content by the time you read this, but it won’t hit American servers for another week. GT5 fans are a patient lot, so instead of bemoaning …

Has speculation already started about who will play James Bond when Daniel Craig decides not to return to the tuxedo? Or is Hugh Jackman just throwing his hat into the ring early for a shot at portraying the secret agent? Jackman claims he had the chance to play 007 when …

Despite Eli Roth washing his hands of the next instalment in the Hostel series, director Scott Spiegel ( From Dusk ‘Til Dawn 2 ) and producer Chris Briggs ( Hostel: Part 2 ) are giving the torture porn junkies another hit. The next chapter of the franchise debuts on unrated …

Walt Disney Pictures has flicked through its Calendar app and reset dates for two of its big blockbuster movies. Thor 2 was previously slated to bother box offices on 26 July 2013 but will now appear later that year on 15 November. And after rumours a while back it has …

We’re still waiting for confirmation that Bond 23 will be called Skyfall, but we can now reveal the official title for Die Hard 5 : A Good Day To Die Hard . Tom Rothman, Chief Executive Officer at Fox Filmed Entertainment, made the announcement on American TV. Rothman didn’t stop …

Sony Online Entertainment, Mojang Studios and Trion Worlds were among the top honorees at the Game Developers Choice Online Awards. Held last night during the GDC Online event in Austin, Texas the evening celebrated excellence in online gaming, and included the induction of Everquest into GDC’s hallowed Hall of Fame, …

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