February, 2015

• 26 February

  Neill Blomkamps Alien sequel will directly follow Aliens

  

  Chappie director Neill Blomkamp recently announced that he had officially been given the go-ahead by Fox to helm a new sequel in their Alien franchise. Since then, talk has turned to whether or not series star Sigourney Weaver would reprise her role as Lt. Ellen Ripley. While the specifics of …

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• 26 February

  Survey finds PS4 owners buy for resolution, Xbox One for brand

  

  Why’d you buy your new-gen system? Besides “to play new-gen games”, I mean? That was one of the questions asked by Nielsen (opens in new tab) in its recently released 360 Degree Gaming Report, and it reveals some surprising differences between big three buyers. One of the survey questions asked …

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• 25 February

  Margot Robbie confirms multi-picture deal as Harley Quinn

  

  Margot Robbie has been discussing her involvement in upcoming comic-book actioner Suicide Squad, hinting to the Arizona Republic (opens in new tab) that she is tied down to a multi-picture deal. Robbie will star as the Joker’s paramour Harley Quinn in the new film, and admits that signing on to …

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• 25 February

  Disney launching new Duck Tales animated series

  

  Another classic eighties property is headed back to the small screen. Disney XD has today announced plans to reboot DuckTales as a brand new animated series. Produced by Disney Television Entertainment, the new version is expected to arrive in 2017. Based on the comics by Carl Barks, the original series …

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• 25 February

  Ping from the Radar – Letter from the Editor

  

  Dear readers, It’s been a few months since we first joined forces with Total Film and SFX to bring you TV and movie news and now it’s time for our next phase! We’ve relaunched our news channel and we’re bringing gaming brands that you may already know and love like …

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• 25 February

  Ori and the Blind Forest is almost out of the woods

  

  “Even now, after four years of development, I find myself playing Ori almost every day and still enjoy it so much.” Show-off. The rest of us have had to put up with a lengthy delay to Moon Studios’ console-exclusive debut. But, as director Thomas Mahler explains, Ori’s entire existence can …

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• 24 February

  Game of Thrones: Iron From Ice review (Gamesmaster)

  

  Living through the Red Wedding the first time was bad enough, so it’s evidence of Telltale’s sadistic streak that it wants us to revisit the scene of the Stark-slaying crime. In fairness, your participation during the developer’s debut Game of Thrones (opens in new tab) episode is slightly less harrowing, …

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• 24 February

  James Gunn defends superhero movies from serious filmmakers

  

  In the wake of Dan Gilroy’s pointed comments at the Independent Spirit awards, James Gunn has come out in defence of the superhero movie, insisting that just as much love goes into his films as those of any other more celebrated “auteur”. Gilroy made reference to overcoming a “tsunami of …

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• 24 February

  Everybodys Gone to the Rapture – should you join them?

  

  When we Brits do the apocalypse, we do it in style. We’ll have none of this exploding petrol station nonsense, nor any of that revolver-touting, sunglasses-wearing, one-liner spouting poppycock. No, sir. We take our end times with no sugar and a stiff upper lip, thank you very much. We are, …

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• 24 February

  The city is the star in Tom Clancys The Division

  

  Thanks to Watch Dogs not being quite as ‘next-genny’ as previously suggested, a lot of hope now rests on the shoulders of Ubisoft’s The Division (opens in new tab), with its tantalising mix of MMORPG concepts, third-person shooting, and, of course, realistic car-door-closing action. Most of Ubi’s chatter has been …

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