Downloads are going live for Metal Gear Online, the traditional multiplayer component of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (opens in new tab) set to go live Tuesday (except on PC (opens in new tab)). Japanese gamers are already downloading the add-on files which weigh in at a relatively …
Read More »Michael Bay maps out Transformers for the next 10 years
While critical opinion has never been particularly kind towards the Transformers series, the films have performed consistently well at the box office, explaining Paramount’s eagerness to move forwards with the fifth episode in the long-running franchise. However, Transformers 5 may just be the beginning, with Hasbro Studios President, Stephen J. …
Read More »Kurt Russell leads the charge in trailer for cannibal western Bone Tomahawk
Before Kurt Russell saddles up for Quentin Tarantino’s snow-capped western The Hateful 8 later this year, he’s on the prowl through the frontier in Craig Zahler’s Bone Tomahawk. If early reviews out of Fantastic Fest are any indication, the horror and gore glimpsed in this first trailer is just the …
Read More »Destinys sound effects come from weird places. Tinfoil, cats &… vegetables?
Spend the weekend productively, did you? Buying from Xur, patrolling the Moon and on strikes in Destiny: The Taken King (opens in new tab)? Yep, me too but I bet you didn’t know you were arriving on planets with the sound of vegetables sizzling in your ears. In an interview …
Read More »Doctor Who S9.03 “Under The Lake” review
Doctor Who has done ghost stories before, base-under-siege stories before, and stories with underwater menaces before. Here’s one combining all three, and it’s a tense, claustrophobic affair, well shot and edited but bordering on exhausting and, visually speaking, oppressively gloomy. Toby Whithouse’s fifth script for the show might be full …
Read More »How Warioware nailed the minigame formula for generations to come
Nintendo’s reign over the handheld market has never faced a stronger threat than the bite-sized mobile titles on your phone or tablet. They’re cheap, cheerful and immediately accessible. WarioWare, Inc: Minigame Mania! however, beat them all to the punch. In 2003 the idea of a game split into hundreds of …
Read More »Doctor Who spins off Class, a new show for young adults
BBC Three has today announced plans for a brand new Doctor Who spin-off series. Class is billed as a young adult-style series that’s eyeing an early 2016 shoot, with A Monster Calls author Patrick Ness on track to pen all 8 of the 45-minute episodes ordered by the Beeb. “Class …
Read More »Marvel films and TV shows will eventually get a crossover
For some time now, the larger events within Marvel’s cinematic universe have only been subtly referenced throughout the comic giant’s many TV series. The Hell’s Kitchen in which Daredevil takes place is reeling from the devastation caused by The Avengers/Chitauri incident, and Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. picks up in the aftermath …
Read More »Meet the creator of Super Mario Maker levels you will never, ever beat
For many of his followers, Alex ‘PangaeaPanga (opens in new tab)’ must seem like nothing short of a god. Not only does he have the genius to devise some of the hardest, most grueling Super Mario Maker (opens in new tab) levels imaginable – he also has the astonishing skills …
Read More »If you want to play Driveclub for free, download the PS Plus Edition now
Three months and 11 days after it finally came online, Driveclub (opens in new tab) PS Plus Edition will drop off the PlayStation Store. The scaled-down version of Evolution Studios’ social racing game will remain a free bonus for PlayStation Plus subscribers… but only those who have activated it by …
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