It’s time to call off the search, because Jeremy Renner has officially been offered the lead in the next Bourne film, The Bourne Legacy . After an exhaustive search by Universal Pictures for somebody capable of filling Matt Damon’s sizeable shoes in the fourth Bourne film, they appear to have …

Before Black and White arrived last month, there were 493 pocket monsters clogging the fields, caves and streams of the Pokemon universe. Each creature comes with its own official description, some of which are… well, honestly they’re pretty messed up. We already identified the most disturbing offenderslast year, but now, …

Gamers want choices. It’s all very well to throw us into the midst of a few dozen faceless representatives of Generic Evil, Inc and hand us a machine gun (in fact, that’s pretty much the entire design brief of several (opens in new tab)classic (opens in new tab)games (opens in …

Videogames will turn you into a hopeless glutton, according toa new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (opens in new tab)- or at least that’s what the media seems to be implying. As usual, the media’s interpretation doesn’t quite match the study. “When we play video games, yes, …

Sad, sad news. Elisabeth Sladen – Doctor Who ’s greatest companion ever, Sarah Jane Smith – has passed away

EA Sports may soon regret its decision to leave the image of its Madden franchise in the hands of online voters. Yesterday, the publisher announced the two football star finalists vying for a coveted spot on Madden 12’s cover; one of which could put EA in an awkward position. The …

Do you know what Patapon is? Have you played the first two Patapon games to completion? If you answered “no” to one of those questions, Patapon 3 is not for you. At its core, Patapon 3 is a unique, addicting rhythm game, but reaching that core takes hours and hours …

The first image from Shark Night 3D has been revealed online. With a title like that, the new film from David R. Ellis ( Snakes on a Plane ) was never going to be a tough sell. The picture features star Sara Paxton (of The Last House on the Left …

Brad Bird has spoken to Entertainment Weekly about making the change from animation to live action for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol . In an interview to promote the Blu-ray release of The Incredibles (Region 1, sadly), Bird did answer a couple of questions about M:I 4 , as well …

We chat to stars Mark Addy, Jason Momoa, Harry Lloyd and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau about the George RR Martin adaptation