January, 2016

• 29 January

  Hell is other people – The Divisions Dark Zone is an anxious PvP playground

  

  We are not a strong team, so when we see a silhouette approach us from the absurdly filmic backlit subway corridor, we wordlessly stop, line up, and raise our piddly little weapons. It helps, a little. This is a human player – you can tell because he hasn’t automatically rung …

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• 28 January

  Christopher Nolan found it hard to let go of Batman, says Zack Snyder

  

  This year’s big superhero face-off will be the first live-action Batman film helmed by someone other than Christopher Nolan for nearly two decades – and new director Zack Synder has revealed that the director found it difficult to hand over the Wayne reins. Speaking to Empire magazine (opens in new …

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• 26 January

  Star Wars Battlefront lays out free stuff up through March when the season pass begins

  

  EA and DICE finally laid out their almost-complete plans for Star Wars Battlefront (opens in new tab)’s post-launch content, and there’s even good news for folks without the season pass: a handful of new maps and new features are on the table for all players. But first, about that pass: …

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• 26 January

  How (not) to kill a Far Cry Primal boss mammoth

  

  Taking down a mammoth in Far Cry Primal (opens in new tab) is no mean feat. Don’t believe me? Just check out our video where we attempt to take on a Bloodtusk mammoth with only a bow and arrow, some spears and our wits. Not only is there the tusked …

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• 25 January

  Spotlight review

  

  And the Oscar goes to…? From the director of Adam Sandler’s The Cobbler comes the frontrunner for the Best Picture Oscar, an ode to old-fashioned journalism with nary a shred of sentiment or, one histrionic scene aside, sensationalism. Tom McCarthy’s sobering drama demonstrates disciplined filmmaking built upon scrupulous storytelling, clear-eyed …

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• 25 January

  The Walking Deads Lauren Cohan to be killed off in Batman v Superman

  

  Lauren Cohan has been playing zombie apocalypse survivor Maggie Greene for five years now on AMC’s The Walking Dead, but it looks like she’s about to see what it’s like on the other side of the grave. Entertainment Weekly (opens in new tab) reports that Cohan will play the role …

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• 22 January

  Fassbender reveals why Magneto serves Apocalypse in X-Men: Apocalypse

  

  Michael Fassbender will soon be reprising his role as (young) Magneto in the new X-Men film out later this year, but rather than taking on the role of the big bad, as he has in the past, this movie will see him serving a new master in the form of …

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• 22 January

  Check out the Saints Row game you never got to play

  

  Lots of game developers have old prototypes sitting in their utility closets. Far fewer are willing to dust one off, solder some dev kit cables to a streaming setup, and broadcast the buggy old thing on Twitch. Volition is an exception, and next week we’ll get the rare treat of …

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• 21 January

  Tap Ganondorf to take extra damage in Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD

  

  You won’t want to leave Ordon Village without your plastic figurine collection. No, not that plastic figurine collection. Nintendo has confirmed how amiibo can be used to expand and aid your journey in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, including granting access to the mysterious Cave of Shadows. As …

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• 21 January

  Bryan Singer FINALLY explains the new X-Men: Apocalypse timeline

  

  X-Men: Days of Future Past decimated the established timeline of the franchise. Wolverine’s time-hop to 1973 led to mutants being exposed to the public many years earlier, and if you stuck around for the final scene, a ton of character resurrections. It wiped the slate clean, effectively undoing the events …

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