Enchantress, DC supervillain and recent star of the Suicide Squad movie, is the latest fighter to step into Injustice 2 (opens in new tab)’s ring. If you splashed out on the Injustice 2 Ultimate Edition, Injustice 2 Ultimate Pack, or Fighter Pack 3, you’ll get to play with her on …
Read More »Great games need a great bad guy – why the perfect nemesis is everything
Does anyone, other than politicians and teenagers, have real-life true enemies? It takes so much energy and effort to constantly hate someone. But in games it’s a different matter. They serve as narrative cocaine: keeping you focused and singularly determined to do whatever it takes – it doesn’t matter how …
Read More »This amazing Star Trek Discovery theory suggests Tyler isnt all he seems…
Star Trek Discovery (opens in new tab) has its fair share of fan theories and Easter eggs (opens in new tab). Like any other iteration of the show, viewers have poured over the details to try and find clues about what might happen next, or to dig up secrets from …
Read More »Games you completely forgot happened in 2017
As you no doubt know from our list of the best games of 2017 (opens in new tab), it was an outstanding year for games, with the spotlight shining on deserving superstars like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (opens in new tab), Horizon Zero Dawn (opens in …
Read More »The Fly at 30: Revisiting Cronenbergs body horror masterpiece and its rocky journey to the big screen
The Fly’s journey to the screen began in the early 1980s, after screenwriter Charles Edward “Chuck” Pogue had returned from England, where he had just written two Sherlock Holmes films, starring Ian Richardson. Pogue hooked up with a young producer named Stuart Cornfeld, today co-producer and business partner of Ben …
Read More »Hotline Miami’s cleverest surprise is that it’s not a shooter – it’s a puzzle game
Gunning down, knifing, and battering mobsters you have no personal truck with is Hotline Miami’s central, bloody hook. Yet despite scoring a full house in indignant headline bingo – casual slaughter, blood, the gamification of human suffering – Hotline Miami (opens in new tab) escaped the shouty tabloid wrath that …
Read More »The best local multiplayer games
The holidays are here and everybody’s gathering around with family, old friends, and… crap, crummy party games. Don’t let your group fall into the old “Well, I guess we could play old board games” trap again this year. Read through this list of excellent local multiplayer video games, pick out …
Read More »Destiny 2: Cure of Osiris review
Destiny 2’s Curse of Osiris expansion has been out in the wild for a couple of weeks now, but while we’ve been updating a review diary along the way, we wanted to wait a little while before publishing a final verdict. There was grinding to be done, and Raid content …
Read More »Feel the magic with this exclusive new Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald image straight from Paris
It’s only been a month since we had our first proper look at Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (opens in new tab) (that’s Fantastic Beasts 2 to those of us less well-versed in Harry Potter lore), but in the spirit of Christmas, we’re revealing another exclusive new image from …
Read More »The best TV shows of 2017
2017 has been a great year for TV. Netflix TV has really pushed hard on its original series’, producing (and licensing) a wealth of shows that cater for almost all tastes. Meanwhile, we had the thrilling, penultimate season of Game of Thrones (opens in new tab), CBS reinvented Star Trek …
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