We really, really want to love APB (All Points Bulletin): Reloaded more than we do. Yes, the original APB was riddled with enough cracks and flaws to take it from diamond-in-the-rough to half-eaten-Ring-Pop-that’s-shaped-like-a-diamond, but some of its more ambitious ideas were very nearly brilliant. And hey, Reloaded – for the …

Platform: 3DS | Publisher: Nintendo | Developer: Nintendo | Price: Free (limited time) All our downloads are piped in with the lightning-quick Virgin Media 50Mb Broadband… 3DS’ supposed killer app Kid Icarus: Uprising may have gone suspiciously quiet of late, but Nintendo’s still keen for you to get back into …

PlayStation 3 enthusiasts got their first taste of House of the Dead last year when the swear-tastic House of the Dead: Overkill was ported from Wii to PS3. Apparently that was just the start, as Sony’s system and its wonder wand Move are getting another taste of rotting zombie flesh. …

SFX ’s comics fanatic Stacey Whittle names her favourites reads from the past 12 months

New Street Fighter x Tekken screenshots released via the game’s Xbox Live Marketplace page reveal two new characters for the title. The shot, which features Bison and Ling Xiaoyu hiding above the life bar, doesn’t give players much to go on: all you really know now is that Bison will …

Plus Alpha is a weekly column that explores life in Japan from the perspective of American expatriate and game-industry veteran Jarik Sikat. Having worked in numerous areas of the game industry since 1994, Sikat relocated to Japan in 2010. Think fast: If you had 24 hours in Japan, what do …

There’s plenty of ‘bang’ for your buck in Steve McQueen’s second feature. Yet Shame’s long, hard look at sex addiction proves anything but sexy. Think harsh, haunting and powerful instead. As in his blazing debut Hunger , McQueen plays Scorsese to Michael Fassbender’s De Niro, the star owning the film …

Lavish version of The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe will be “a rougher, more elemental telling of the story”

Shenmue, Sega’s long-dormant open-world adventure, just can’t catch a damn break. Fans spent 2011 waiting for a smartphone port of social spinoff Shenmue Gai (aka Shenmue World or Shenmue Town). But Ysnet, the game’s developer, quietly announced over the Christmas break that instead of expanding Shenmue Gai onto new platforms, …

SFX.co.uk editor Dave Golder reveals what he’s getting most excited about… and a few things that are filling him with dread…