Tag Archives: Action

 Warner Bros. has snagged another actor from Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man franchise for its burgeoning superhero universe, as THR (opens in new tab) reports that Willem Dafoe has signed onto the cast of Justice League (opens in new tab). The former Green Goblin joins fellow webslinger alum JK Simmons, who famously …

Here’s an interesting peek behind the curtain for Uncharted 4 (opens in new tab)’s development from actor Troy Baker, who plays Nathan Drake’s brother Sam. In a recent interview he highlighted a “huge set piece” that was cut from the game to ensure it wasn’t “shipped broken”. Uncharted 4’s been …

Leslie Benzies, former president of Rockstar North and lead producer of the Grand Theft Auto series for GTA 3 through GTA 5 (opens in new tab), is suing his prior employer Take-Two Interactive (which owns Rockstar) for $150 million in unpaid royalties. His suit alleges “numerous deceptions” on the part …

GTA Online (opens in new tab) will get a second gridiron-inspired Adversary Mode (opens in new tab) next week, pitting two teams of homicidal goons against each other in a battle to claim one essential package. And if you’ve already fallen behind on GTA Online’s steady infusion of clever competitive …

The best parts of the open-world Arkham games come at the end. That’s not a slight against the games’ quality. I love them a great deal – with the sole exception of Origins – and have sunk more hours than I wish to calculate about into rinsing City and Knight. …

Video game characters usually only change their outfits when they find better gear or buy DLC. But Naughty Dog is trying harder than ever to make Nathan Drake feel like a living, breathing, grunting person in Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (opens in new tab), and part of that is …

Shadow Complex was an early success for downloadable games on Xbox 360 back in 2009, and now you can explore its labyrinthine paramilitary facility on Xbox One. Shadow Complex Remastered is available for $14.99 / £11.99 on the Xbox Store, after being made available free for a limited time on …

Spoiler alert if you still haven’t played The Last of Us (opens in new tab), but watching a herd of giraffes wander through downtown Salt Lake City is easily one of the best moments in the game: the underlying theme of nature reclaiming the world after the fall of mankind …

After the reaction to Star Wars: Battlefront and Rainbow Six Siege’s story-starved single player offerings (let’s not even talk about Titanfall’s total lack of solo play), you can see why a developer releasing a multiplayer-focused combat game might be a bit antsy about letting people know there’s a single player …

There are plenty of video game weapons well-suited to destroying whatever they come in contact with, but few are as no-nonsense, straight-to-the-point, and pants-wettingly terrifying as Pyramid Head’s Great Knife from the Silent Hill games. And thanks to YouTube series Man At Arms, it now exists in the real world. …