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If you were looking forward to PAYDAY: The Heist, you’ll need to be a little patient. Developer Overkill Software has announced that the four-player co-op shooter, originally scheduled to release on October 6th, will be launching later this month. “This delay is a move to ensure players and fans of …

Remember last week when we all got worked up over a mysterious PlayStation 3 teaser video? It was pretty exciting. Anyway, the subject of the teasing was set to be revealed today, October 5. So now we can reveal that the teaser was teasing *drum roll*… a new PlayStation 3 …

Evangeline Lilly flew back from filming The Hobbit in New Zealand to attend the US premiere of Real Steel and was happy to chat about her new fantasy role. The Lost actress has now spent a month playing the Wood Elf Tauriel on The Hobbit set and says “working with …

James Franco’s character was originally supposed to die at the end of Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes , the effects team has revealed. Fox’s president of post production Ted Gagliano told the Visual Effects Society’s annual get-together that Franco had even filmed a death scene for his character …

SFX Weekender 3 guests wins Best Novel and Best Short Fiction awards

Stargate and Sanctuary producer to adapt the movie franhcise for the small screen

When we heard for the first time about the 3DS getting a bulky add-on that gives the system a second analog stick, we were less than enthused. What would it mean for future 3DS games? Is this the prologue to a big system revision? When we got a chance to …

Ezio Auditore’s proof that old dogs can learn new tricks, at least when it comes to murder. In Assassin’s Creed Revelations, the aging Italian protagonist heads to the Middle East and picks up some fresh skills from his Assassin brotherhood, as he gains the Ottoman Hookblade. Hiding in the same …

While we were excited by the return of SSX, the initial trailer didn’t really do it for us. At the time it was called SSX: Deadly Descents, and it put a huge emphasis on reality, and the dangers of snowboarding. Oh, and there was a Call of Duty-style segment where …

NCsoft has announced the launch City of Heroes Freedom, whhich adds a free-to-play model to the superhero MMO. The decision to supplement City of Heroes with a free-to-play option was first teased in June, but today’s launch of Freedom also comes with a major update. To try it, you can …