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As part of the Gamescom news blast,Nintendo Europe has announced (opens in new tab)Game Boy classics Metroid II: Return of Samus and Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins will arrive on its 3DS eShop before the end of the year. Also along for the ride are Mega Man: Dr …

Plus, Katie McGrath lets us in on a secret about THAT clip of her in the BBC1 Autumn drama trailer

If games are the most technologically-obsessed entertainment medium of our time (which they are), and game development is the most techno-fetishistic of all entertainment professions (which it is,) it’s always interesting to see how developers get their heads around the notion of a world in which high-tech doesn’t exist. Capcom’s …

Emma Thompson’s long-awaited Effie is finally cranking into gear with the announcement that Dakota Fanning has signed on to take the film’s leading role. Set in 1850’s London, Effie tells the story of Effie Gray and her tumultuous marriage to art critic John Ruskin. Despite Gray’s famed good looks, Ruskin …

The release of Gears of War 3 is a little over a month away. And if you read our recent hands-on with thefirst two hours of the campaign, you’ll be more excited than ever to get back to the business of turning Locust into itty-bitty pieces of squishy flesh and …

One of the core rules of the Batman mythos is that he never uses a gun. Batarangs, grappling hooks, knockout gas, and strategic, non-lethal explosives are all fine, but for basically all of the Caped Crusader’s career he’s avoided using bullets of any kind. So how do you fit a …

Each week we look forward to new Game Boy classics finding their way to Nintendo’s 3DS Virtual Console. The past few weeks, however, have either featured questionable releases (wtf is Avenging Spirit?) or, strangely, no games whatsoever. With that in mind, it’s quite exciting to hear that Gargoyle’s Quest, one …

Yes, we’re aware the live-action Mortal Kombat: Legacy series can already be watched in its entirety on YouTube or through other online means, but we also know true fans might still be interested in spending a few bucks on the goodies-filled Blu-ray edition scheduled to pummel shelves on November 8th. …

In fact it sounds like every big silly thing you’ve ever thought awesome in your life, combined with – to paraphrase Hello – every film you%26rsquo;ve ever loved as a kid, cut together into some crazy montage.Read on,andI will relay more details, and no doubt flap excitedly throughout. Joe Danger: …

Sega has released a couple new character-based shorts from Platinum Games’ upcoming Anarchy Reigns, a sequel of sorts to MadWorld. Platinum’s message in these two clips (which could almost pass for social commentary, if you squint just right) seems fairly clear: “the collapse of society at the hands of lawless …