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The great-grandaddy of first-person shooters, Wolfenstein 3D, today celebrates its 20th anniversary. Released in 1992, the game gave rise to a fledgling studio of plucky young upstarts called id software, who later went on to make a little game called Doom. (Perhaps you’ve heard of it?) While that game is …

In their financial results for the first quarter of 2012, Activision took the opportunity to tout some seriously impressive numbers about their most popular series. Not only is Call of Duty still kicking some serious tush online, but Skylanders is growing as well. “Through March 31 , players have logged …

Ever since Nintendo announced its 3D Classics initiative for the 3DS eShop, our imaginations have been working in overdrive dreaming of the many ways our favorite games could benefit from a three-dimensional facelift. Now, nearly one year since its launch, we’re still… well… waiting. With just a handful of downloads …

The Dictator has released a new red-band trailer featuring a new set of controversy-baiting antics from Sacha Baron Cohen. The film sees Cohen star as Middle Eastern despot General Aladeen, who embarks upon a state visit to the United States, before realising he has fallen into a trap. Stripped of …

Who is Michael E Briant? It’s a question even pretty knowledgeable Doctor Who fans can be forgiven for scratching their heads at. Briant helmed half a dozen of the Time Lord’s ‘70s adventures (including much-loved tales “The Green Death” and “Robots Of Death”), but has a lower profile than some …

(opens in new tab) Only yesterday SFX brought you the news that Nick Frost will be at this year’s Kapow! Comic Convention , and today we’re pleased to reveal that Noel Clarke will be appearing too. He and director Johannes Roberts will be presenting exclusive footage from their new film …

[brightcove]1572547593001[/brightcove] Forty nine years to the day after Sean Connery filmed From Russia With Love in Istanbul, the Skyfall crew have returned to the exotic Turkish city to film the opening scenes of Bond’s 23rd outing. Total Film flew out to catch the action and quiz the notoriously secretive team …

(opens in new tab) SKYRIM DLC HAS A NAME Remember on Monday we mentioned Bethesda’s plans for a Skyrim DLC reveal? Well, reveal it they have. An atmospheric image has gone up on Bethesda Blog, accompanied by the name: Dawnguard. They also say “Coming this summer to Xbox 360”, and …

After their teacher’s suicide, a grieving class gets an unlikely replacement in Algerian immigrant Bachir Lazhar (Mohamed Fellag). Philippe Falardeau’s intricate drama (a Best Foreign Language Film nominee) inverts ‘inspirational teacher’ clichés; Lazhar’s as troubled as his pupils but touchy-feely sentiment is actively thwarted by a ban on teacher/student contact. …

(opens in new tab) This weekend Manga UK and SFX held a massive cosplay competition at the London MCM Expo, an event always overbrimming with the most brilliant and outlandish costumes. And now SFX .co.uk is proud to be hosting the voting for the shortlisted finalists. Over the next three …