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Judging from what we’ve played so far, Max Payne 3 seems to do an admirable job of preserving the feel and rhythms of its more old-school predecessors. However, it’s also bringing a lot of modern tropes to the series, including sticky cover, (optional) lock-on aiming, and (perhaps most unexpected of …

(opens in new tab) Okay, so the season two finalé episode of The Walking Dead achieved record ratings in the States. The show is clearly doing well. But the first half of this season saw the show floundering. Even after that storming finalé, there are still a lot of things …

Oh boy, this is a tough one. See, what we want to tell you is Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (opens in new tab)’s first add-on pack, The Legend of Dead Kel, is absolutely worth your time and money—that it’s a shining example of quality DLC. For a mere $10 (or …

Fred Ward That Guy From: Southern Comfort (1981), The Right Stuff (1983), Tremors (1990), The Player (1992), Short Cuts (1993), Road Trip (2000), Sweet Home Alabama (2002) Why They’re Great: A grizzled, old-school charmer, Ward’s appeal is best encapsulated by his game performance in Tremors : wry, knowing and tough …

In case you didn’t know, Jet Set Radio is one of the best games ever made. Forget the Xbox-only pseudo sequel and the GBA ‘conversion’, it’s the Dreamcast original that’s where it’s at. It is one of those few games that tries to be cool and actually succeeds. Many games …

“I think it’s as good, if not better, than the book” The Hunger Games is the equally-awaited movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s book of the same name. Directed by Gary ( Pleasantville ) Ross, it’s out in the UK on 23 March. Every year in the ruins of what was …

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’ …

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 …

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 …

Jay Randall is a man who like an exploding head or two. As SFX chats to the second unit visual FX designer on Greek myth fantasy epic Immortals (out on DVD and Blu-ray on Monday) the subject of exploding heads comes up time and time again. Ask him his personal …