Tecmo Koei will be updating Ninja Gaiden for 2012 in several ways when the third title’s released later this month. Besides classing things up a notch with a stronger emphasis on character development and a new 8-player online mode, the company will also be doing that other thing we’re all …

Casey Affleck will play Christian Bale’s murdered brother in Scott Cooper’s revenge-fuelled feature Out Of The Furnace . As well as that awesome brotherly pairing, the rumour mill has been put into overdrive as Zoe Saldana has also been linked to the cast, perhaps in an effort to leaven the …

The rumors were true. Tonight, EA officially announced a reboot of Sim City, due out on PC In 2013. Lucy Bradshaw, senior VP of Maxis, took the stage at a pre-GDC event to reveal the game, and to out the first details. Every time you place a building you plop …

The winner of the UK Pokemon Championships, Rubén Puig Lecegui, has been stripped of his title by the Pokemon Company for failing to ‘maintain high standards of behaviour conducive to the family-friendly environment’. How? By allegedly having a poo fight in a hotel corridor. Yes, with human poo. Firstly, we …

When 2K Games revealed they were rebooting XCOM, fans of the classic tactical strategy title rejoiced…until the other shoe dropped. Developed by BioShock 2-maker 2K Marin, it turned out the game was actually a story-driven FPS sharing little with the turn-based title that spawned it. But then the publisher pulled …

Inception (2010) The Improvisation: “You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling,” advises Eames (Tom Hardy), as he shoulders Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) out of the way and whips out a super-huge firearm. What Was In The Script: The “darling” part was Hardy’s own affectionate, plummy addition. “The ‘darling’ …

Team Ninja’s big return to fighting games continues to build to its fall release later this year. This newest trailer showcases a new stage with a battle between series stars Kasumi and Ayane. But at about the halfway point, things take an odd turn. Out of nowhere comes Virtua Fighter’s …

What is it? It’s the return of the king of online first-person shooters. Bringing back familiar maps like Dusk and Office, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pits terrorist and counter-terrorist players against each other in the recognizable demolition and hostage modes while adding several new hybrid gameplay modes and complimentary maps. Who …

Writer/Director Daniel Edelstyn makes an affable debut with this personal doc chronicling the unexpected, vodka-flavoured turn his life took after he discovered his gran’s journals. Fixated on his ancestors’ titular empire, he heads to their now-defunct Ukrainian distillery, taking it on himself to re-launch the vodka, despite lacking business nous. …

“What do we keep? What do we throw away? What do we add?” For the first time in a decade, Halo is poised to evolve, and this behind-the-scenes documentary from new developer 343 Industries is our first truly in-depth look at what major changes could be in store for the …