Review

Abandoned by his feckless dad (Jérémie Renier), 12-year-old Cyril (Thomas Doret) lives in a state-run home and is fostered on weekends by hairdresser Samantha (Cécile de France). Days are spent looking for his ‘stolen’ bike (his dad sold it), and, indeed, his father, as he inexorably gravitates towards delinquency. The …

There are no gaudy explosions, no zippy one-liners, no grandiose set-pieces. And it’s all over in around two hours. But Journey is one of the longest games we’ve played in quite a while. And that’s a rare compliment. Journey is long because it’s long-lasting. It’s a game that we will …

It’s that time again – time for our latest plot-specifics-free preview of the next episode of Being Human 1. What’s it all about? Alfie. He’s a bit of a heart-breaker. 2. The theme: can you trust new friends? Annie is made to wonder, and ultimately learns that you can’t. 3. …

Shining a light on the UK’s thriving small press comics scene…

Having a laugh in the caff THE ONE WHERE Hal gets a job working at the café, and is forced to decide which side he is on. VERDICT A simply hilarious episode, as funny as anything in the previous three series. Pairing up Tom and Hal to work together proves …

It’s no small feat to deliver a launch title on new hardware, and EA Sports FIFA Soccer comes at an interesting time for the franchise. You see, there’s a reason that the title is “FIFA Soccer” and not “FIFA Soccer 12.” It plays as an adaptation of FIFA 11, with …

Super Stardust has become wildly popular in a very short period, first as a staple of many PS3 owners’ collections as Super Startdust HD was the first game to support trophies, then as a not-as-stellar PSP title. It’s inevitable that the franchise would come to the PlayStation Vita, and Super …

Check back at 1:00pm PT for a gameplay livestream of Kingdoms of Amalur with the reviewers for GamesRadar and PlayStation the Official Magazine. When kings will be born, how they’ll die, who they’ll right and who they’ll wrong, whether or not the chef’s pastries will be burnt or come out …

As far as hackneyed soap opera tropes go, the old “selective amnesia” chestnut takes some beating – boy meets girl, girl forgets boy, boy tries to jog girl’s memory – and the basedon- real-events tag can’t negate the schmaltz factor at the core of Michael Sucsy’s debut. “Are you trying …

Giving “nuclear fusion” a whole new meaning When it comes to raising the dramatic stakes and getting the sort of cathartic kick that reminds you your life is actually pretty good, you can’t beat a good dystopia. Pure offers two for the price of one. On the one hand, we …