Thirty-one years since the original Child’s Play, the film that spawned six sequels and gave the world Chucky the killer doll, the franchise gets a slick and satisfying update. Directed by Norway’s Lars Klevberg, this reboot/remake ditches the brought-to-life-by-voodoo angle. Instead, we have a story of artificial intelligence gone haywire. …
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Xbox One X Enhanced games will bring out the very best in Microsoft’s powerful high-end console. These games come in all shapes and sizes – exclusive or multiplatform, current or backwards compatible, available now or still to come – but no matter the circumstances, they’re going to look excellent. Visual …
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There are a lot of things from 1997 that haven’t stood the test of time. Alien Resurrection, the song Mmmbop, Teen Angel, my crush on Leonardo Di Caprio, but the new Final Fantasy 7 Remake (opens in new tab) stands up to its modern rivals and then some. We’ve all …
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Nintendo’s latest mobile game, Dr. Mario World, is launching on July 10 for both iPhone and Android. Players can pre-register (opens in new tab) on either platform through Nintendo’s official website in order to jump in on the action as soon as the game launches. Dr. Mario World is fairly …
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The fallout from Game of Thrones season 8 (opens in new tab) still hasn’t passed. In fact, one of its most controversial deaths still has certain tongues wagging – including the actress who befell the brick-filled fate. That’s right: Lena Headey has opened up for the first time about Cersei’s …
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“We only have a few hours to live up to this hero shit,” says Jessica Jones halfway through her third season. Talk about an on the-nose comment: for its final outing (on Netflix, at least), showrunner Melissa Rosenberg’s Marvel adaptation faces the task of providing a send-off for both the …
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There’s dramatic irony, and then there’s the The Outer Worlds (opens in new tab) and the way it is relentlessly satirising corporatism when its makers have just been acquired by one of the largest corporations in the world. Given their penchant for seeing the funny side of things, though, it …
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With E3 2019 (opens in new tab) winding down it’s time to look back across the week and imagine what could have been. Sure, there are loads of really awesome E3 2019 games (opens in new tab) to look forward to now, but we can’t help but think about all …
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Big deals Get 50% off everything at ThinkGeek (opens in new tab) Sad news: ThinkGeek (opens in new tab) is shutting down. Well, kinda. The store is moving over to a partnership with GameStop in the US, and is closing its website for good. What does that mean for us? …
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As I said in my Doom Eternal preview (opens in new tab), the upcoming sequel – now due on November 22 – is fun as hell. It makes some big changes to Doom 2016’s already sterling formula, including a total multiplayer overhaul revealed during the Bethesda E3 2019 conference. As …
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