June, 2013

• 13 June

  Achievements getting overhaul for Xbox One

  

  Microsoft has announced a number of changes to the way Achievements will work on Xbox One (opens in new tab). Speaking via Major Nelson’s blog (opens in new tab), Cierra McDonald, the Program Manager of Xbox Live Achievements, confirmed that your Gamerscore and XBL profile will carry over from Xbox …

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• 12 June

  From The Archives: Iain M Banks Reader Interview

  

  In a tribute to the late bestselling SF author, here’s the feature from SFX issue 202 where Iain M Banks answered your questions! Back in 2010 ( issue 202 , to be precise), Iain M Banks agreed to take part in an SFX Fannish Inquisition. You know the format by …

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• 11 June

  The Last Guardian is on hiatus, says SCEA boss

  

  UPDATE: Following comments made by Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton (see below), SCE Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has assured fans that the elusive The Last Guardian is still “alive and kicking in terms of development”. In an interview with CVG, the exec added: “If you visit Japan …

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• 11 June

  Vin Diesel stars in new Riddick banner

  

  (opens in new tab) [ Click on the banner to see it in hi-res ] Riddick has released a punchy new banner, in which Vin Diesel’s titular badass looks mean and strikes a pose. The new banner is accompanied by the confrontational tag-line, “I bow to no man”, although from …

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• 11 June

  Xbox Live Summer of Arcade 2013 line-up revealed

  

  Microsoft has detailed this year’s Xbox Live Summer of Arcade line-up. Featuring Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows from developer Red Fly and publisher Activision, Flashback from VectorCell and Ubisoft, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons from Starbreeze and 505 Games, and Charlie Murder from Ska Studios and …

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• 10 June

  J.J. Abrams talks Star Wars plans

  

  J.J. Abrams has been determinedly coy about for Star Wars: Episode VII so far, but has given some impression of his plans for taking the sci-fi franchise forwards in a new interview. “That thing is so massive and so important to so many people,” says Abrams. “I know from seeing …

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• 7 June

  Pacific Rim: Extended Footage Reaction

  

  We were fortunate enough to catch a twenty minute sneak peek at one of 2013’s biggest blockbusters (in every way), Pacific Rim . While director Guillermo del Toro wasn’t there in person, he did appear in a pre-recorded video introduction wherein he proudly explained how he’s trying to build a …

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• 7 June

  BLOG Split Worlds Author Emma Newman INTERVIEW

  

  The books are a huge amount of fun, and are part of the new spearhead of British urban fantasy, along with Paul Cornell’s London Falling , Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers Of London series and The City’s Son by Tom Pollock. Emma’s been working in this world for some though, having produced …

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• 7 June

  Johnny Depp on not wanting Tonto to be a sidekick in The Lone Ranger

  

  Johnny Depp’s Tonto and Armie Hammer’s The Lone Ranger head up the band of rebels and outlaws that are leading the charge in Total Film magazine issue 208. Celebrating the renegades, mavericks and lone wolves of cinema, we’re looking at the stars and directors not afraid to break the mould. …

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• 6 June

  First official look at Michael Fassbender in X-Men: Days Of Future Past

  

  Bryan Singer’s conveyer-belt of on-set images from X-Men: Days Of Future Past continues apace, with Michael Fassbender the latest star to be revealed in action. The latest image shows Fassbender’s Magneto seemingly levitating some distance above the ground, although we’d expect some sort of metal sheet to be CGI’d in …

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