It’s debatable whether there is a character on Tom Hanks’ CV more, well, Hanksian than Larry Crowne, an affable team-leader at a discount warehouse that gets downsized. Little wonder that the actor (co-scripting with Nia Vardalos of My Big Fat Greek Wedding fame) developed Larry as the hero of his …

We’ve had our fun, handing out irreverent awards with silly titles likeMost GraphicsandArtsiest-Fartsiest, but now it’s time for tradition. Time to be serious and actually pick – no jokes – our favorite game from E3 2011. First, the nominees… The Nominees: Batman: Arkham City Arkham Asylum was our 2009 Game …

PS3 Mortal Kombat players inEurope arethirsty forNetherRealm Studios and/or Warner Bros. Interactive blood after the latest title update arrived in the PSN store at double the US price without the promised Skarlet character pack. In a statement to Eurogamer, Warner Bros attributed the mix-up to “technical issues”, stating, “The Mortal …

Edge magazine speaks to William Gibson, Richard Morgan and Alastair Reynolds about what high-tech videogame developments we can expect

Ryan Gosling and director Nicolas Winding Refn have given away a few nuggets of information regarding their remake of beloved ’70s sci-fi Logan’s Run . While they’re both signed on to the project, neither is in a rush to get the film made. And neither is their producer, Joel Silver …

There are very few instances where it’s perfectly acceptable to fall asleep in the middle of playing a videogame.24 hour marathonscome to mind, as doesforced prison torture (opens in new tab). Though you may not see it, the commonality between those two examples is that the player has a greater …

US performance artist Jordan Wayne Long will soon attempt to answer one of mankind’s most enduring questions; namely, what would happen to a dude who spends seven days sealed in a crate on the back of a truck playing nothing but Lord of the Rings Online. The ‘Box Shipment #2’ …

You know what else I love? Goichi ‘Suda51’ Suda. Despite the fact that I’ve just referred to him as a “what” rather than a “who”, I’m a mighty big fan of the punk-ass,No-More-Heroes-creatingmentalist’s work, and I reckonteaming up withex-Resident Evil boss Shinji Mikami and ex-Silent Hillboss and composer Akira Yamaoka …

Director James Cameron has talked about how he’s approaching the scripts for Avatar 2 and 3 , revealing he’s not forming them as a proper trilogy. “We’re shooting two films back-to-back,” he tells Fox News, “so I’m writing two scripts, not one, which will complete a free-film story arc. “Not …

This is getting silly now. With all the world’s hardcore eyes on it after the miserably low-res Wii years, Nintendo has a lot to prove with the Wii U. Supposedly the Nintendo console for everyone, with enough cool tricks to please the casual player and enough horsepower to provide for …