In these days with massive launches seemingly every other day, it’s not too shocking to see millions of sales for the launches of major games. Battlefield 3 sold 5 million, Arkham City did 2 million in the first week and Gears of War 3 sold 3 million in the first …

The Xbox 360 is coming up on its sixth North American Anniversary on November 21, making it two years older than the original 2001 Xbox was when it was replaced with something shinier and newer. Naturally, this means many are starting to openly question when and how the Xbox 360 …

Much like record companies in the late-’80s, game publishers have realized that they can mine their back catalogs by sprucing up a couple classics and putting them out in a single package. While some of these are obvious cash grabs, even those are often worth it for people who missed …

Game music has been a passion of ours roughly since, oh, 1985, but in the past 10 years, it’s come to mean something more. Don’t get us wrong, we still love the beepatronic music of the 8- and 16-bit periods (and the wave of chiptune artists it inspired), but the …

SFX Blogger Steven Ellis is underwhelmed by the new crop of US telefantasy shows

Earlier today we posted a trailer for DLC Quest, an Xbox Live Indie game that lampoons downloadable content. Since then, many of you have checked out the short, sweet game and loved it. Now, we’ve purchased the “Interview with the Developer” DLC pack, which we’re hoping gives some insight into …

With production underway on new Bond film Skyfall , a bit of casting news has been announced through the film’s official Twitter feed, with Helen McRory and Ola Rapace joining the impressive ensemble. McRory is probably best recognised for her work on the Harry Potter films where she played Draco …

The last time we heard from BioShock Infinite voice actors Troy Baker and Courtnee Draper, they were chatting with series creator Ken Levine about the nuances of playing the game’s leading roles. In part two of Irrational Games’ ‘People Behind Booker and Elizabeth’ video series, we find out how BioShock …

John Cooper smells the pages of new Who fanzine, looking at Abslom Daak and other classic companions from the Doctor Who comic

In a rare break from his usual brand of headline-making antics, Charlie Sheen has uploaded a selection of snaps from the set of Roman Coppola’s A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III. Covering a mixture of on-screen and off-duty moments, it’s nice to see the troubled star back …