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Zack Snyder is one of many directors to have been linked with heading up Warner’s Justice League adaptation, and while that role has still yet to be filled, Snyder has some clear ideas about how the film should be cast. While Snyder has previously asserted that Man Of Steel won’t …

Nintendo has confirmed the launch line-up of Wii U games for the console’s UK launch on 30 November. Here’s the list in full: Assassin’s Creed 3 Batman: Arkham City Armoured Edition Ben 10: Omniverse Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Darksiders 2 Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power Of Two …

We refuse to make the ‘egg’ pun, but there’s (potentially) very exciting news for gamers of a certain age as today sees a new Kickstarter (opens in new tab) launched to bring back Dizzy, the egg-shaped star of several classic platform/adventure games from the 1980s and 1990s. Dizzy Returns has …

Adi Shankar’s “all-female Expendables ” project has been moving gradually closer to fruition, with Katee Sackhoff one of the first names to sign on the dotted line for the forthcoming action fest. Sackhoff has been talking about the film during a recent interview with Collider (opens in new tab) , …

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ’s casting process has taken another twist, with four new names having been added to the list of potential actors for Harry Osborn. We’d previously heard that Dane DeHaan, Alden Ehrenreich and Brady Corbet were the three frontrunners for the part, but Heat Vision (opens in …

While Sam Mendes has yet to confirm that he’ll be returning to direct another Bond film, the signs are looking increasingly promising that the Skyfall helmer will take the reins on 007’s next outing. According to long-term Bond screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, Mendes already has an idea in …

The tools games can use to tell stories have come a long way, but narrative remains bound to scriptedcut-scenesfor many. Rhianna Pratchett, cinematic writer on the Tomb Raider reboot, sees knocking down that wall as one of her most important tasks. Ludonarrative dissonance is the ten-dollar term for it, but …

Breaking Dawn Part 2 has surprised precisely no one by storming to the top of the US box office, although it fell just short of the series’ best ever haul. The new film took a whopping $141.3m in its opening weekend, outstripping nearest contender Skyfall by around $100m. No wonder …

The crew of the USS Enterprise are set to engage audiences in summer 2013 with the upcoming sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness . However, cinemagoers will get the opportunity to see a juicy nine minutes of footage in December. Paramount are set to attach the preview footage from the 2013 …

The Wii U comes in two flavors with very different storage–but according to new information released by Nintendo, digital enthusiasts will likely need more room regardless. Nintendo broke down storage options for the new console in its Japanese Nintendo Direct broadcast (translated by Kotaku) last night. The first thing to …