August, 2015

• 25 August

  MGS5 companion app takes the (phantom) pain out of the big world & even bigger story

  

  Want all the 80s anthems of MGS 5 (opens in new tab) in your ears while you plan your stealthy method of attack from your mobile? Of course you do and that’s just what the MGS 5 companion app is for. Announced on the Konami blog (opens in new tab) …

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• 25 August

  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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• 25 August

  The most unappreciated Zelda game is secretly its most innovative

  

  If you’ve ever sat there angrily stabbing the A button while trying to skip the obligatory tutorial section of a modern Zelda game, spare a thought for those who didn’t have the luxury of such mentoring back in the day.I was one of those poor souls, a mere six years …

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• 24 August

  Henry Cavill says Superman will not appear in Suicide Squad

  

  With Batman already confirmed to make a brief appearance in Suicide Squad (he even pops up in the trailer (opens in new tab)), there have been rumours that Henry Cavill’s Superman might drop in for a cameo. However, those rumours can now be safely put to bed, with Cavill himself …

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• 21 August

  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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• 21 August

  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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• 21 August

  Finally! A way to take your dog with you when you play VR

  

  And here we were scared of VR being lonely. Devs StressLevelZero have created a way you can take your trusty canine into VR worlds with you and the result is pretty incredible. Not to mention disturbing when you see a furry pooch be effortlessly transformed into an armoured spiky worm …

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• 20 August

  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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• 20 August

  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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• 19 August

  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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