It’s the best Star Wars saga since the original: first Josh Gad pestered Daisy Ridley for Star Wars: The Last Jedi spoilers (opens in new tab), then drafted in Dame Judi Dench to do his dirty work (opens in new tab) and, finally, the Beauty and the Beast star outdid …
Read More »Heres your first look at the Han Solo movie cast (plus a breakdown of whos who)
That there is your first look at the Han Solo (opens in new tab) movie cast. The image, via StarWars.com (opens in new tab), shows the core cast and directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. It also confirms the previously rumoured Thandie Newton in an as yet unspecified role, who’s …
Read More »8 boss fights that are way different from the rest of their games
Well that was unexpected Sometimes a change of pace is good. We may love a game to pixels and be happy to while away our days in its digital landscape, but once you start hitting 10, 20, 50-hour benchmarks, variety starts to become a necessity. It’s not hard to inject …
Read More »Watch Prey tease its “Would you kindly?” moment right at the start [SPOILERS]
You probably already know that Prey (opens in new tab) takes place on a space station overrun by killer shape-shifting aliens. You’ll have that advantage over protagonist Morgan Yu, who starts the game believing they’re living in a nice apartment overlooking a futuristic city on Earth. Things fall apart within …
Read More »New Thor: Ragnarok concept art reveals a mighty Thor vs. Hulk battle
Today marks the digital release of Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange, and in the bonus features, there’s a new look at the highly-anticipated Thor: Ragnarok (opens in new tab). Most intriguingly, there’s some new concept art that shows Chris Hemsworth’s God of Thunder facing off against Mark Ruffalo’s Incredible Hulk in …
Read More »Moonlight review: “Jenkins’ genre-buster is a significant work that will knock you out”
“At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you want to be,” says drug dealer Juan (Mahershala Ali) to Chiron, a 10-year-old boy living in Miami with no father and a crack-dependent mother (Naomie Harris). From this brief description, Barry Jenkins’ film might sound like every other ’hood movie. …
Read More »Mass Effect: Andromeda fans are lusting over new companion Jaal, and BioWare has responded… pretty positively
Did you think games like Overwatch (opens in new tab) had the market on “AAA video game characters people want to have sex with” cornered? Not even close. A recent reveal of Mass Effect: Andromeda (opens in new tab) companion Jaal has got fans’ hearts all a-flutter (opens in new …
Read More »Mass Effect: Andromeda director explains how it breaks away from traditions dating back to KOTOR
Mass Effect: Andromeda (opens in new tab) is a fresh start for BioWare’s space saga – both literally and figuratively. The new setting of the Andromeda galaxy is the most obvious way in which the game will depart from series traditions, but creative director Mac Walters recently told Official Xbox …
Read More »Nintendo says Switch could do VR and this GameCube hack shows what it might look like
If Nintendo Switch (opens in new tab) ever gets VR games and accessories, the current console will be powerful enough to support them, according to Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima. The executive left the door open for the company to hop on the VR bandwagon in an interview with Time (opens …
Read More »GTA 4 and its episodes are now backwards compatible on Xbox One, a world of bowling awaits
Niko, my cousin, want to go bowling – on Xbox One?! Rockstar Games has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto 4 and its two standalone DLC episodes are now playable via Xbox One backwards compatibility. If you had save files for the original games uploaded to the Xbox Live Cloud, they’ll …
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