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It’s not that the DS’ New Super Mario Bros. was a crap game by any stretch of the imagination, of course. In fact it was bloody brilliant. But throughout, I just couldn’t shake the feeling that I was playing a game that lacked the freshness and spark that core Mario …

For those of you with fond memories of Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow crushing necks between her thighs in Iron Man 2, we have good news! Scarlett is reportedly insisting her Avengers character gets as many scrap scenes as the boys in Joss Whedon’s superhero spectacular. “Scarlett is making a point …

Shortly after revealing Mario Tennis 3DS, Nintendo showed a few seconds of footage from another popular series we too frequently forget exists: Fire Emblem. The new game looks much like the others, with 2D tactical combat on a grid-based map, but this time, it’s going to pop out of the …

Tom Hardy’s Bane will sound scarier than Scream’s Ghostface killer if the latest Dark Knight Rises set reports are to be believed. The actor is apparently using a voice box to control the pitch and tone of Bane’s villainous vocals. Despite the original rumour source being The Sun – the …

Volition’s new trailer for Saints Row: The Third focuses on the Deckers, a rival “hacker” gang who appear to celebrate every cyber-cliché ever advanced by confused people in the last 20 years. And if you think that’s a bad thing, you may be unfamiliar with the concept of the Saint’s …

Minor spoilers, as the actor talks to TV Guide magazine

The Hellfire Club from the X-Men comics almost had their own movie, according to X-Men: First Class producer Lauren Schuler Donner. Talking about their inclusion in X-Men: First Class , she revealed: “Bryan wanted to bring another element into it. I had always wanted to do the Hellfire Club because …

Michael Shannon admits that Terence Stamp’s General Zod made an impression on him when he was younger. He’s not letting that get to him, though. “I’m not going to impersonate Terence Stamp,” he told MTV while discussing Superman: Man Of Steel . “I’m not going to have a British accent …

PlayStation Plus subscribers will be happy to learn that they’ll be receiving 10 — count ’em 10 — free games this month. Of course, three are two-week free rentals and another three are minigames, but one of them is Plants vs. Zombies and they’re all included in the Playstation Plus …

Rockstar has selected September 13th as the day it shows Red Dead Redemption players some extra love in the form of a free multiplayer DLC offering entitled the Myths & Mavericks Bonus Pack. First announced in July, the Myths & Mavericks Bonus Pack is Rockstar’s no-charge love letter to the …