Battlefield Hardline (opens in new tab) is about to take its game of cops and robbers in a decidedly more feudal direction. The upcoming Betrayal expansion, which will come to Premium subscribers in March before reaching general players two weeks later, is adding swords to the mix. Freaking. Swords. Look …

Before Supergirl‘s first episode even aired, fans of DC’s small-screen universe wanted to know: would she ever cross paths with the Scarlet Speedster? Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg, producers on both Supergirl and The Flash, skirted around those crossover rumors (opens in new tab) for months. Well, until last week, …

A live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie is coming in 2018, courtesy of a partnership between Sony Pictures and Sega. Hajime Satomi, president and CEO of Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. (the parent company of Sega as we know it), revealed the news in an interview with The World Folio (opens in …

A video game movie thinking about other films and different ways to approach the story? You’d think they were taking the whole thing seriously. Assassin’s Creed movie producer and double Assassin Michael Fassbender opened up to Empire (opens in new tab) about his take on the franchise’s genetic memory storyline. …

There’s a reason Second World War shooters went away: fatigue. They didn’t stop being good, they just got tired like an overused muscle. Medal Of Honor, Call Of Duty, Brothers in Arms – even things like The Saboteur – wore the material to a tissue paper thinness. Borrowing ideas, tropes …

For plenty of folks, 2016 truly starts on February 8th; that whole ball-drop nonsense on December 31st signified nothing more than a pretty light show. In many cultures (opens in new tab), today marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year, which depends on the phases of the Moon rather …

Firewatch is one of the most enthralling slices of entertainment I’ve ever experienced. For 5-6 hours you’ll walk in the hiking boots of Henry, a likeable, slightly chubby man-with-a-beard in his late-30s. After a devastating, tragic development in his family life, Henry takes a job as a fire ranger in …

I like Batman. I do. I mean, I have a Batman egg cup with a set of Batarang cutters for the toast. I’m pro Dark Knight, OK? But there is a line and I think I draw it at 7.2ft statues of Ben Affleck’s Caped Crusader. Especially $7999 ones from …

Peer hard enough at the obscured walls and hidden alcoves of AC2, and with enough luck you’ll find the ‘glyphs’ scattered around AC2’s digital vision of Renaissance Italy, esoteric puzzles that slowly reveal the ‘true’ history of the world, one ridiculous conspiracy theory after another. As ludicrous as the whole …

A sexy witch and a dragon-person are about to enter a melee with Mario, Samus, Kirby, and a whole bunch of other Nintendo characters. Bayonetta and Corrin, the next two characters to be added to Super Smash Bros. (opens in new tab) for Wii U and 3DS, will be available …