Twenty years after Baraka , his last globe-trotting banquet for the senses, Ron Fricke returns with a sequel of sorts… or, Samsara being a Sanskrit word for the circle of existence, a cyclical continuation. Four years in the making, Fricke’s film is a non-verbal tour of the rituals and patterns …
Read More »Win tickets to attend FrightFest 2012
FrightFest 2012 is creeping into London town this Thursday 23 August, and Total Film has 40 tickets up for grabs to two of the festival’s hottest events. TF ’s exclusive guest at this year’s Fest is Italian horror icon Dario Argento, the director of Giallo classics Suspiria , Deep Red …
Read More »Company of Heroes 2 hands-on preview War machines and wintry woes
Never before have we played an RTS where our troops could die of hypothermia. Then we got hands-on time with Company of Heroes 2. We’ve sung the praises of THQ and Relic Entertainment’s World War II strategy game in previous Company of Heroes 2 previews, but this was our first …
Read More »BOND 50 OCTOPUSSY
2012 marks the 50th anniversary of James Bond on the big screen. To celebrate, SFX’s Nick Setchfield revisits each and every 007 adventure in a week by week countdown to Skyfall … MISSION 13: OCTOPUSSY (1983) INDIAN SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER Roger Moore suffered for his art on Octopussy . The imperishably …
Read More »Great Debate: Mario vs Sonic
Mario basically invented sidescrollers. Sonic brought the genre into the 90s. of these iconic mascots have been bitter rivals since the console wars of the early 1990s, when Sega and Nintendo were exchanging heated ad campaigns, and schoolyards were divided over which character was the best. Recently both characters have …
Read More »Planetary Annihilation Kickstarter launched by SMNC dev Uber Entertainment
The developers behind Monday Night Combat and Super Monday Night Combat have announced that they’ll be heading to Kickstarter to seek funding for their next project. CalledPlanetary Annihilation (opens in new tab), the title will be an RTS featuring huge battles based on the cult classic Total Annihilation. It’s not …
Read More »Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition – Developer walkthrough
Prepare to die even more, because the Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition is coming to PC later this month with new locations, enemies, and bosses to get frustrated over. The additional content takes you back through time, where you’ll get the chance to fight the Knight Artorias, a character …
Read More »BLOG Aurora Rises To Defy Tragic Shooting
(opens in new tab) All C’s Collectibles is the only comic shop in Aurora, Colorado. As a result, they’ve found themselves front and centre in the press coverage of the horrific shooting at the town’s cinema. A number of the victims were their customers. One of their staff was in …
Read More »Pokemon world champion repeats title at 2012 tournament
At the 2012 Pokemon World Championships – held this weekend in Hawaii – Pokemon virtuoso Ray Rizzo re-established himself as the dominant force in competitive Pokemon. Rizzo has now won the Championship three years running, and this year he and other top performers will actually be featured as downloadable trainers …
Read More »Jet Set Radio HD release date and price announced
We just received news via the officialSega blog (opens in new tab)that they have decided on a new release date for Jet Set Radio. While it was original planned to release this Summer, it ultimately ended up getting pushed back a small amount. The newly announced date/s for release are …
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