Having gone quiet for several years since its first announcement, Alcon Entertainment’s Point Break remake looks to be up and running again with the announcement of a new director. The man stepping behind the camera is a chap named Ericson Core, who might sound like Sony’s latest gadget, but is …

The Village (2004) The Cameo: M. Night Shyamalan shows up during the film’s big reveal, reading a newspaper in what’s revealed to be present-day America. Why It’s Bad: Coming as part of a hugely infuriating “twist”, it’s the bitter icing on an extremely unsatisfactory cake. Zero Dark Thirty (2012) The …

Dota 2 is the most-played PC game in the West, according to a report by DFC Intelligence (via GamesIndustry International). The multiplayer online battle arena surpassed League of Legends for North American and European hours played for the first time in 2013’s first quarter, according to DFC’s PC Game Meter …

Nintendo of Europe has delayed the Dr Kawashima’s Devilish Brain Training release date from this Friday, April 12, to an unspecified launch window. The platform holder said in a statement issued to Nintendo Life: “Nintendo has made the decision to push back the launch date of Dr Kawashima’s Devilish Brain …

HBO has released a full-length trailer for upcoming TV movie with big-screen calibre, Behind The Candelabra (which is getting a cinema release in the UK). Steven Soderbergh is directing, and it looks set to be his last feature-length stint behind the camera (for the time being at least). Michael Douglas …

ABC has announced that the new Joss Whedon TV show spin off from The Avengers has changed name from Marvel’s SHIELD to Marvel’s Agents Of SHIELD . How long before it’s changed again to Disney Subsidiary Marvel’s Agents Of SHIELD , we wonder? “Joss Whedon shows us not all heroes …

Sega Studios Australia will be shut “later this year” as part of the Japanese publisher’s ongoing restructuring efforts. A Sega representative confirmed the news to Kotaku, which reports that the studio was once known as Creative Assembly Australia due to its work on Medieval II: Total War and Medieval II: …

Paul Reubens, best known as Pee-Wee Herman (but with a long, long list of other sci-fi and fantasy roles including Buffy The Vampire Slayer , Mystery Men , Matilda , Flight Of The Navigator , Pushing Daisies and Tron: Uprising ) has been cast as the voice of the White …

Tim Burton’s next project Big Eyes is beginning to take shape, with Deadline reporting that the Gothic maestro is confirmed for the director’s chair while Christoph Waltz and Amy Adams are in line to play the leads. The duo are set to play Walter and Margaret Keane in the new …

The various improvements featured in the Wii U version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution look set to be exclusive to Nintendo’s platform, according to Eidos Montréal’s Emile Pedneault, game designer on the upcoming Director’s Cut. Square Enix announced the game last month, when it said that it’ll offer “overhauled boss …