(opens in new tab) The universally-acclaimed and brilliantly inventive time travel movie Looper , starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the same man (one of them has to assassinate the other) is out on DVD and Blu-ray on Monday 28 January. SFX managed to grab a chat with the …
Read More »Haven 3.12 “Reunion” REVIEW
Haven 3.12 “Reunion” TV REVIEW Episode 3.12 Writers: Gabrielle Stanton Director: Lee Rose THE ONE WHERE A troubled man turns his old high school nemeses back into teenagers when murdering them, and the Skinwalker is revealed to be Arla, the Colorado Kid’s troubled wife. VERDICT In the arc-heavy second half …
Read More »Crysis 3 multiplayer beta launches January 29
EA will launch a Crysis 3 open multiplayer beta next week on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Running from January 29 until February 12, it will let players sample two of the game’s eight multiplayer modes, Crash Site and Hunter, across two maps. Participants will be able to level up …
Read More »South Park Studios objects to THQ sale
The auction that could see THQ’s properties sold off one by one begins today, but at least one franchise may not be up for bids. Selling South Park: The Stick of Truth to another company without the consent of South Park Studios would violate its contract, the company claims. Polygon …
Read More »Attack! 10 turn-based JRPGs that dared to be different
A battle of patience The typical Japanese role-playing game runs on a predictable cycle. Step one: Run around fields while world-threatening events unfold. Step two: Watch as the screen fizzles into a battle scenario. Step three: Tap buttons while your rag-tag team of heroes stares awkwardly at assailants until an …
Read More »Gas Powered Games implements significant layoffs
UPDATE: Gas Powered Games founder Chris Taylor told Gamasutrahis studio “had to slim WAY down to conserve cash reserves” but is still operating, with its future staked on the success of Wildman. The original story follows. Gas Powered Games, developer of Dungeon Siege, Supreme Commander, and the nascent kickstarter for …
Read More »Wool by Hugh Howey REVIEW
Wool by Hugh Howey book review : Buy it and you won’t feel fleeced. In today’s dystopia-crazy book world, the only real surprise about the “underground, enclosed society” subgenre making a comeback is that it’s taken quite so long. Ever since the nuclear paranoia of the ‘50s, SF has regularly …
Read More »Tom Hiddleston on being voted Total Films Sexiest Actor Right Now: interview
You voted, and the results of Total Film ’s Sexiest Stars In Movies Right Now poll have been revealed . You can see the list of your favourites laid out in full in issue 203 of Total Film magazine , which is available now on newsstands, iPads and Android devices. …
Read More »Throne Of The Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed REVIEW
Throne Of The Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed book review: The Doctor will kill you now. It’s easy to agree with Lies Of Locke Lamora author Scott Lynch when he says that Throne of The Crescent Moon “buoyantly fails to suck”. Another ho-hum, medieval backdrop would have sucked. Prophecies would …
Read More »Dishonored dev says games can help curb violence
Violent games have reclaimed their status as a global scapegoat for societal ills, and gamers and game makers are nigh-unilaterally trying to shut down the conversation. Dishonored developer Joe Houston thinks games are probably not part of the problem, but he wrote in a Rock, Paper, Shotgun guest editorial that …
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