I liked Project Spark back in the day. There was a powerful and interesting pictographic programming language under that cutesy exterior, although I was never a fan of the limited object options. You couldn’t build or craft customs things, limiting you to whatever kits and bits the game gave you. …

Big changes are coming to your PS4 tomorrow. Sony announced that PS4 update 3.00 (codenamed “Kenshin,” if you’re trying to keep up with the Japanese-sword themed update monikers) will be released on September 30, adding support for Twitter video sharing (opens in new tab), YouTube streaming, and ten times as …

Fox has released a new teaser trailer for its forthcoming X-Files revival, as Mulder and Scully are reunited for another round of digging into the unexplained. After all, as the trailer makes abundantly clear, the truth is still out there… The new series will run for six episodes, and will …

“Why do you walk on the wire? Pourquoi?” asks high-wire walker Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), direct to camera in the opening moments of The Walk. It’s a question audiences may want to ask director Robert Zemeckis, whose colourful but unsteady drama tells the tale of Petit’s 1974 tightrope walk between …

Whether you’re oogling some of the best user-created levels out there or cringing at some of stinkiest abominations, Super Mario Maker is proving to be one tasty treat. Sadly, there was a sour note from the oddly time gated content – something that was seemingly patched out or changed almost …

First, there’s the origin story everyone knows. Following the success of Donkey Kong Country in 1994 a Super Mario World 2 prototype was rejected by Nintendo’s internal evaluation team and Shigeru Miyamoto was told to move the graphics in DKC’s pre-rendered direction. One year later, Yoshi’s Island was the result …

As with almost everything about the new Star Wars film, Domhnall Gleeson’s character General Hux is shrouded in mystery as director J.J. Abrams and the rest of the team try to prevent any major spoilers getting out. While Gleeson has no intention of going against this, Total Film magazine did …

A new featurette has appeared online for Ash vs. Evil Dead, introducing the cast of new characters with a glut of new footage. And of course, alongside the newcomers, there’s also plenty action from everyone’s favourite one-handed badass. As well as introducing the supporting players, the new video also makes …

One of the differences between 2013’s grimy Tomb Raider reboot and this holiday’s Rise of the Tomb Raider (opens in new tab) won’t be obvious until you’ve seen the whole story. The primary writer behind protagonist Lara Croft, Rhianna Pratchett, was involved early in the project this time – and …

Out of time Note: A earlier version of this article was published in December 2013. By golly, that Metal Gear Solid 5 certainly looks sumptuous now doesn’t it? Even on the old school systems! Who’d have thought that a title as singularly ambitious as this could still appear so sweet, …