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Fear The Walking Dead S1.01 “Pilot” Review

One of the smarter moves that The Walking Dead (both the show and the comic) made was in declaring the end of the world unimportant. Sure, it was a pretty big deal for the characters, but for the viewers it’s all been about the “post” part of post-apocalypse. Shit happened. …

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Metroid in Unreal Engine 4 is shiny and chrome

Metroid Prime: Federation Force looks fun, but I understand why a lot of series fans are rolling their eyes at it. They don’t want cartoony co-op escapades; they want sharp, foreboding, atmospheric Metroid. Even if Nintendo isn’t inclined to give it to them, the creator of that Sonic Unreal Engine …

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The Bridge review: Escher pressure

With a great many contemporary games obsessed with rendering the real world in increasingly authentic detail, it’s refreshing to play something that goes in completely the opposite direction. The Bridge is a puzzle game that explores a bizarre, dreamlike world built from structures clearly inspired by the works of Dutch …

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Velocity 2X review: Speed is everything

As you might have guessed from the name, Futurlab’s slick sci-fi actioner is a game primarily about moving very quickly. Sure, it has plenty more verbs in its vocabulary – you’ll also leap, slide, throw, shoot and teleport – but its defining characteristic is speed. You’ll earn stripes and stars …

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The Hitman: Agent 47 reviews are in, and everybody hates it

The new Hitman movie, Hitman: Agent 47, isn’t very good. At least that’s what critics’ early reviews of the film, in theaters tomorrow, are saying. And though the reviews differ on the details of what precisely was most offensive about this adaptation, there’s an underlying theme to most critiques: it’s …

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Monster mash: Jurassic World writer joins King Kong prequel

King Kong prequel Kong: Skull Island is set to add some monster movie expertise to its production team, with THR (opens in new tab) reporting that Jurassic World co-writer Derek Connolly has signed on to work on the script. A regular creative partner of Colin Trevorrow, Connolly has been brought …

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