Fox has unveiled details of its 2015-2016 TV line-up that makes mention of a certain conspiracy-themed cult revival due to hit screens next year. A brand new limited season of The X-Files is now set to premiere in the US on Sunday January 24, 2016 as part of a two-night …
Read More »Total Film rolls out red carpet for NFTS 2015 Gala
The National Film and Television School is the gift that keeps on giving. Past NFTS graduates have brought us James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, and all sorts of iconic characters filling up your DVD shelves. And with an exciting batch of young graduates each year, the NFTS …
Read More »Guitar Hero Live fills its stadiums using 400 actors and a two ton robot camera from The Hobbit
When it wasn’t filming hobbits, wizards and dwarves in questionably fragmented fantasy prequels, a certain two-ton camera was used to capture the live-action concerts of Guitar Hero Live. The giant robot was previously used to film two shots at once, thus helping The Hobbit director Peter Jackson seamlessly combine them …
Read More »The COD studios check out each others games but dont share ideas
With three separate studios working on three different Call of Duty entries simultaneously, do the devs involved ever get together to share ideas? Or is everything super hush hush until it’s revealed to the world?According to Mark Lamia, the studio head at Treyarch, the team behind Call of Duty: Black …
Read More »Orion: Prelude makers want devs to stand by their (possibly awful) games
If I started selling a product I’d been dreaming about making for years and everybody absolutely hated it, I’d probably flee to Tibet and join a monastery. Somehow the creators of Orion: Dino Beatdown/Prelude overcame that instinct, overhauling their tragedy into a surprising success story through three years of work. …
Read More »Star Wars Battlefronts single player “inspired by moments from the films”
By design director Niklas Fegraeus’ own words Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab) is “first and foremost a multiplayer game”. It’s what the series is known for, but what about the single player side of it? The ‘Missions’ mentioned when the game was announced? Fegraeus describes these as “crafted …
Read More »Treyarch want to “break the rules we invented” with Black Ops 3 multiplayer
Playing with Call Of Duty’s multiplayer component must be a nightmare, given the zealous nature of the players. It’s something Black Ops 3 (opens in new tab) dev Treyarch knows only too well after design director David Vonderhaar received death threats following gun tweaks to Black Ops 2. So obviously …
Read More »Prison of Elders is a semi-random horde mode thats too tough for Bungie
Bungie gave players a look at Destiny (opens in new tab)’s new (and evidently pretty tough) Prison of Elders mode in a live stream earlier today. The short explanation is “yep, it’s definitely a three-player horde mode” – but with all the flourishes and quirks you expect from high-level Destiny …
Read More »Martin Freeman joins Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: Civil War has added another major name to its already sizeable cast list, with Marvel.com (opens in new tab) officially confirming that Martin Freeman has signed on to join the ensemble. This being Marvel, there are absolutely no details provided as to who he might be playing. Freeman …
Read More »Harley Quinn co-creator approves of Suicide Squad look
Reaction to the first costumed ensemble shot from Suicide Squad has been universally positive, with Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn one of the undoubted high points. It’s a view shared by the character’s co-creator, Bruce Timm, who has revealed he was pleasantly surprised by Harley’s big screen look. “I’m actually really …
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