Spirits are low in this 1949 Ealing classic in more ways than one: on the Hebridean island of Todday, the whisky has run out and glum faces are everywhere. When a ship laden with booze is wrecked off the coast, the parched islanders scramble to salvage what they can. Standing …

A loving hybrid of Populous and Lemmings, From Dust is a slick, strange adventure that falls somewhere in between the Puzzle and God Game genres. That unusual pairing is matched with equally unique visuals and gameplay; tiny tribesmen with Katamari masks mill around as you, some sort of landscaping demigod, …

For Gears 3, series creator Cliff Bleszinski has gone one up on the eminently-gameable skill-matching that traditionally – and roughly – eases players into the world of online chainsaw bayonets. The game features a “casual” multiplayer mode available only to those who’ve never played Gears online before. Likened by Bleszinski …

Maybe it was the point when Vincent Brooks, Catherine%26rsquo;s protagonist, grew ram horns from the back of his head. Or maybe it was when we had to ascend a series of seemingly unending blocks to escape a mutant infant that was spewing chainsaws from its mouth. The thing is, we …

Snow White And The Huntsman hasn’t even started filming yet (shooting kicks off in the UK next week), but that didn’t stop the film’s director and cast attending this year’s Con. The fairytale film’s panel began with an introduction to the work of debut feature (and relatively unknown) director Rupert …

Final Destination 5 ’s opening disaster sequence screened exclusively today at the San Diego Comic-Con. The footage aired in a purpose-built portable cinema that only served to crank up the claustrophobic feeling of escalating horror. Final Destination has become a horror franchise synonymous with elaborate, cataclysmic scenes of utter devastation, …

2K’s NBA 2K12 will carry three different covers, each featuring a different Hall of Famer, the company revealed this week. Distributed equally to stores throughout the US, fans will be able to choose between images of Magic Johnson, Larry Bird or series regular Michael Jordan, all emerging from what appears …

Remember a little game called Marvel vs Capcom 3? We thought it was pretty badass (opens in new tab), and we really looked forward to all the DLC possibilities for the title. Sadly, after one modest costume pack (opens in new tab) there was nothing, aside from rumors that Capcom …

The first trailer for Dream House , the harrowing-homestead chiller starring Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz, has been unveiled. The story concerns a family who move into a house, unaware that their new place has a creepy backstory. It seems that the previous occupants were killed, with the father being …

Activision’s Spider-Man: Edge of Time has secured the not-inconsiderable acting talents of Val Kilmer to play the game’s villain, time-traveling supervillain Walker Sloan, the company has confirmed. Kilmer, who once played Batman, joins Laura Vandervoort, who once played Supergirl, and Katee Sackhoff, who hasn’t been in anything about superheroes but …