Toy Story answered the question of what toys get up to when there’s no-one around and in the words of Disney’s John Lasseter in Wreck-It Ralph we “finally get to see what [ videogame characters’ ] lives are like when the arcade is closed.” Disney fans at the D23 Expo …

Games offer a lot of fantasy fulfilment options, and while blasting aliens as a bald space marine is enough for some people, there comes a time in every gamer’s life where he/she’s gotta try something different. Put down your imaginary assault rifle for a minute and imagine you’re El Presidente, …

Will Smith is currently being courted to star in sci-fi remake Fantastic Voyage , which has James Cameron and his Lightstorm Entertainment partner Jon Landau producing. Shaun Levy ( Real Steel , Night At The Museum ) is currently attached to direct, though he’s said to be considering leaving the …

After barely any info on Dota 2, today the first elimination round of Valve’s International Dota 2 Championship at GamesCom began, with the game played in public for the first time. Matches will continue through the end of the tournament on Sunday. To make it easier to follow the action, …

SFX Blogger Steven Ellis isn’t keen on how the mobile phone revolution is ruinin his enjoyment of films

From Software has released new gameplay footage from its Project: Gamer Rage (aka Dark Souls), revealing a little more about the terrifying tumor spiders, head crab dragons and iron giants set to terrorize players in the upcoming Demon’s Souls successor. Technically, the studio is calling this a ‘trailer’, but after …

Shadow Complex was a big success for Chair Entertainment and its owner Epic Games, so it%26rsquo;s not surprising that last March Chair%26rsquo;s creative director Donald Mustard promised (opens in new tab) the company would be delivering a follow-up. Speaking today at GDC Europe, Mike Capps, president of Epic Games, explained …

One of the stranger pieces of news to scme out of Gamescom, this. Nintendo is readying a new version of the Wii for release this Christmas. It’s a revision of the current hardware, dubbed the ‘Wii Family Edition’. The console will ship with two games – Wii Sports and Wii …

We’ve known for a while now that The legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is scheduled for release in Q4 this year. So we expeced some point in December, sufficiently early to secure massive Christmas sales, but long enough away that we’d be in perpetual yearning for what would feel like …

Above: Colours? Check. Leaves kicked up as Sonic passes? Check. Authentic physics model? Well… Firstly, the graphics look good, following the source material closely so that retro fans get the nostalgia kick the game has been designed to deliver. It appears Modern Sonic will be racing through the orangey, autumnal …