He’s the screenwriter behind After Earth and even briefly worked on Star Wars spin-off Rogue One, but Gary Whitta didn’t have big blockbusters on the brain when he sat down with Crime Scene magazine (opens in new tab). The writer and producer talked all things Colombo and why he thinks …
Read More »Denis Villeneuve talks deep fear about Blade Runner 2
Denis Villeneuve has been discussing the pressure involved with making the Blade Runner sequel, telling Collider (opens in new tab) of his “deep fear” of failing to live up to the original. Intriguingly, he also gives a pointer as to what we might expect from his film, revealing that he …
Read More »Showing football players their FIFA 16 stats is really quite sad
EA Sports Deutschland has done something I’ve wanted to for many years – corralled a load of football players, showed them their stats in the new FIFA game and filmed their reactions. It’s magnificent stuff, and the range of responses is quite, quite beautiful. Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Yann Sommer gurns like …
Read More »Xbox Live Indie Games is dead (kind of)
It’s easy to sneer at XBLIG. Really easy, because a lot of what comprised the open-armed game creation service was very stupid and absolutely worth sneering at. Cheapo avatar quizzes, leering sexist trash and broken, broken, broken things. And yet I’m left really very sad that Microsoft has finally formally …
Read More »Jason Momoa responds to all those Aquaman jokes: “just wait”
While even non comic-book fans can easily get behind the idea of Batman v Superman, poor old Aquaman often comes in for some fish-related mockery. However, Jason Momoa has urged audiences to give the character a chance before writing him off as a joke… “You know, it’s cute and funny,” …
Read More »XBLA classic Castle Crashers is getting a remaster this week
Oh, halcyon days. Before Share buttons and in-game social integration matrices, when Twitching was something that you went to A&E for, and 60 frames per second was Bobby Fischer’s sideline in record-breaking snooker. These were the days when all you had were a few friends, a few controllers and some …
Read More »Ubis planning a next-generation theme park in … Malaysia
So it looks like everyone is getting in on this theme park lark. After Nintendo announcing its plans with Universal Studios (opens in new tab), Ubisoft has announced that a ‘next-generation’ theme park is being planned for a 2020 opening in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. “Ubisoft’s intention for this park …
Read More »Assassins Creed Syndicates producer talks twins, Thames and trains
Much like every other game this year, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate will be pounding the cobbled streets of Victorian London. The decision to modernise the latest entry has brought with it both challenges and new avenues of freedom (hello, rope launcher), but that hasn’t stopped Ubisoft Quebec from including the series’ …
Read More »MGS5 servers coming back online, PS4 version still undergoing maintenance
It’s a good thing that Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (opens in new tab) is still a lot of fun offline, because its first few days have been plagued with slow servers and extended downtime. Now Konami says on its official status page (opens in new tab) that …
Read More »Geralts romance options get some love from the devs in next Witcher 3 patch
Oh, the woes of a Witcher in love; The Witcher 3 (opens in new tab): Wild Hunt features Yennefer of Vengerberg and Triss Merigold, two beautiful sorceresses chasing after Geralt’s heart. If matters of courtship and passion rank highly on your list of Witcher 3 features, good news: you’re about …
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