Bill Nighy is about to unveil his nasty side again as the lead villain in Stuart Beattie’s I, Frankenstein . Nighy is in talks to play a demon prince, with Socratis Otto ( X-Men Origins: Wolverine ) signed to play his henchman (because every villain needs a henchman). Beattie, who …

After years of exclusivity with Impulse – its proprietary digital distribution platform – Stardock has announced that its library popular PC-exclusive games is heading to Steam (Impulse’s largest competitor). The first game to be made available on the service is the popular, well-reviewed Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, which …

Having pulled a successful caper by remastering Sony’s Sly Cooper Collection for PS3 play, Sanzaru Games is dividing the loot for the titles’ PSN release. Sanzaru’s HD reissues of the Sucker Punch series have been issued with fresh individual PEGI ratings (opens in new tab); details haven’t been released, but …

Attempted murder: it’s a piece of cake!

David Yates says that he’ll take two or three years “to get it right” but it will not tie in with TV continuity

<!–{132135 [brightcove]1266548758001[/brightcove] It’s a good week for Tarsem Singh; earlier this week, his Immortals sliced its way to the top of the US box office, and now it’s done the same in the UK – only just slaying Arthur Christmas in the process. The 3D swords-and-sandals epic starring future Superman …

We thought it would just be a clip, but maybe there’s something else in store

The Facehuggers from the Alien films are the archetypal enemies that scuttle and jump at your face. If these scuttling, jumping-at-your-face enemies had never been invented, video games would probably have 100% less scuttling enemies launching themselves in the general direction of your face area. Thankfully, not all the gaming …

Sony has announced that InFamous: Festival of Blood, the standalone spinoff from this year’s InFamous 2, has become the fastest-selling digital title in the history of PlayStation Network in the time since its late October launch. IGN reports (opens in new tab) that the Halloween-themed title racked up the sales …

Steve O’Brien looks at the case for reopening the DVD box for the big screen remake