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Last night’s Nintendo 3DS press conference was a letdown for many fans. There weren’t any huge game announcements (with the exception of a new Fire Emblem and Mario Tennis) to speak of, and the 3DS slider-pad-thing ended up being just as awkward as we feared. To make matters worse, Nintendo …

The latest trailer for Insomniac’s co-op focused Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One takes a break from exhaustively cataloguing the game’s cache of cartoonishly inventive artillery. Now it’s time to take a look at the bits between the gunfights. Fortunately, the jumping ‘n’ collecting component of R&C has always been …

With Deus Ex: Human Revolution, we already have one excellent reboot of a much-loved ’90s cyberpunk franchise, and one which manages to freshen things up while also remaining totally true to the original to boot. And it seems that EA is in no way oblivious to that. It’s just that …

Michael Fassbender, whose star status has risen exponentially over the last couple of years, has just been awarded Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. He landed the award for his turn as a sex addict in Shame , directed by Steve Hunger McQueen. Fassbender also stars in A Dangerous …

Deus Ex: Human Revolution has been declared the victor in an otherwise depressing month for US video game sales. As detailed in retail analyst NPD’s August report, Square Enix’s role-playing shooter was the best selling title in a month that otherwise saw a year-on-year decrease of 23% in total retail …

You see people, this is how you make an exciting video game announcement. You don’t put out an empty web-site with a countdown timer to a countdown timer to a countdown timer for a crap online puzzle that the world has to spend six months solving by providing free marketing …

BOLLYWOOD megastar Amitabh Bachchan is the latest talent to join the cast of Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby. The name may not immediately set bells ringing because this will be the first time that Bachchan will star in a Hollywood film. That’s despite being voted the greatest star of the …

The Assassin’s Creed Revelations beta began on Sept. 3 as an exclusive event for PlayStation Plus and PS3-based Uplay members. But as of today, it opened up to all PS3 users in the UK as well. Although the beta will remain open through September 11 (this Sunday), there will be …

The world premiere of Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar will kick off the 25th edition of AFI Fest, the American Film Institute announced today. While it wasn’t confirmed in the announcement, the gala screening in LA will almost certainly be attended by the director and/or lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio. J. Edgar …