Can’t have the ‘games’ without the ‘video’… Not even the strangest-smelling games journalists are asking ‘how many floating points’ a game has any more. Obviously it depends how many you score (fnar), but I am so pleased to say that we’ve all got past the stage of citing polygon counts …

Emily Blunt has revealed she turned down two major roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but has denied that she has been offered the chance to play Captain Marvel. “No one’s offered me that officially,” Blunt told Vulture (opens in new tab), when asked about the latter role, “so it’s… …

Matthew Vaughn has been speaking to Collider (opens in new tab) about his decision to drop out of X-Men: Days Of Future Past, while also saying that around 90% of his script actually made it into the finished film. “I’d say 90%,” says Vaughn. “I mean, we worked on the …

Not the sharpest tools in the shed In cinemas vast back catalogue of memorable characters lies a category that separates the wheat from the chaff. For every confident swaggerer (think John Waynes entire resume) theres a dim-witted fool (think Ruprecht). Sure, these oddballs might not possess the charisma or wit …

Ok, try to think of the least likely source material ever for Telltale Games to adapt into an episodic adventure series… Did you actually guess or just read the headline? Sorry to spoil the mind-bending surprise, then, but Mojang and Telltale are collaborating to create Minecraft: Story Mode, an episodic …

In the wake of the Sony hacking affair, and terror threats from the anonymous group responsible, the studio has taken the decision to cancel the theatrical release of The Interview. Having seen a number of key exhibitors decide against screening the film in the wake of opening-day bomb-threats, Sony released …

Unless you haven’t been paying attention to the internet (opens in new tab) for the last month, you already know why Ubisoft discontinued Assassin’s Creed Unity (opens in new tab)’s season passes and pledged to give its biggest piece of DLC away for free to all owners of the game. …

Xbox One finally came in with a kiler c-c-c-combo breaker after 10 months of PS4’s retail dominance. According to figures provided by the NPD Group, Microsoft’s new-gen system was the best-selling console in the US and UK in November – the first time that’s happened in the US since December …

The first image has arrived online from Biblical drama, Last Days In The Desert, featuring our first look at Ewan McGregor as Jesus. The new film will focus upon “an imagined chapter” from Jesus’s forty days and nights in the desert, as he finds himself confronted by the Devil himself …

This week, we’re highlighting the top five titles in our Game of the Year 2014 list. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor ranks at #4 – and here’s Ashley Reed’s take on what makes it so awesome. It’s funny how life can surprise you. Back in the ancient, bygone days of September …