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Moving to the Vue West End and now occupying five screens, Film4FrightFest 2014 was bigger and better than ever before: 64 films to choose from, ranging from the staple sub-genres (vampires, ghosts, zombies, monsters, serial killers, occult, etc.) to fascinating, rule-bending fare occupying the outermost peripheries and darkest corners of …

Understandably, Activision and Sledgehammer Games want you to play Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (opens in new tab). But not just a little bit. They want you to play it, and play it, and play it. But why leave the realisation of that dream to such ambiguous factors as ‘how …

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A treasure trove of gaming riches You probably heard all about the great big-name announcements that came out of Sony and Microsoft’s Gamescom press conferences. The Bloodbornes and Halos, the Uncharteds and the Tomb Raiders–great stuff, all of it. But both conferences contained lots of equally interesting games from smaller …

The Batman: Arkham Knight (opens in new tab) demo at Gamescom 2014 is amazing. I’ve just tumbled out of it. Here’s how it goes down… The scene begins with police and Commissioner Gordon standing on a bridge outside the ACE Chemicals Plant. Batman arrives on the scene to hear that …

Do the creep It’s happened to all of us at some point. You pick up the latest E-rated mascot platformer and get ready to settle in for some family-friendly fun–and suddenly you jump out of your chair in disbelief as you stare at the monstrosity before you. This isn’t a …

James Gunn isn’t your garden variety, cookie-cutter Hollywood director. For a start, he’s only really directed one film that you could class as a Hollywood blockbuster. That film is Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy , and it’s pretty much the biggest film hitting screens this year. Though he claims to …

The man responsible is Sharknado scripter Thunder Levin (whaddayamean, “People are actually paid to write these movies?” Show some respect!), who says he was just as surprised as everyone else when his creation blew up into a social media phenomenon. “That was just the most surreal night of my life”, …

Headin’ down to San Diego There are many, many gaming and comic conventions throughout the year: but there’s only ONE San Diego Comic-Con. The five day affair takes over the California town every July, and at its the core of the convention are the thousands of vendors selling basically anything …

Another version of this article originally posted on July 17, 2013. Pro tips Tired of having to share your precious game time with your two-year old sibling that can’t even grasp the concept of a 2D platformer? Are you sad that you had to take your once-loved pet cat “for …