November, 2012

• 23 November

  Wii U games line-up confirmed for UK launch, includes 24 titles

  

  Nintendo has confirmed the launch line-up of Wii U games for the console’s UK launch on 30 November. Here’s the list in full: Assassin’s Creed 3 Batman: Arkham City Armoured Edition Ben 10: Omniverse Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Darksiders 2 Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power Of Two …

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• 23 November

  Seemingly unrelated games you probably didnt know were set in the same universe

  

  Crossovers happen in games all the time. Capcom fighting games have been at it for years, and SoulCalibur (opens in new tab) has taken the idea to ridiculous lengths (Kilik vs. Darth Vader, anyone?). But that’s not the stuff we’re talking about here. That stuff never approaches canon legitimacy. It’s …

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• 22 November

  Katee Sackhoff talks all-female Expendables

  

  Adi Shankar’s “all-female Expendables ” project has been moving gradually closer to fruition, with Katee Sackhoff one of the first names to sign on the dotted line for the forthcoming action fest. Sackhoff has been talking about the film during a recent interview with Collider (opens in new tab) , …

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• 21 November

  Far Cry 3 letters of the lost locations guide

  

  The story of Vaas and Jason isn’t the only tale to be told on Rook Island. The Letters of the Lost offer an insight to some of its previous inhabitants as various soldiers from WWII, and a man named Hurk, have left their thoughts and memories scattered about in the …

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• 20 November

  Tweets Of The Week

  

  Amidst endless videogame journalism controversies (opens in new tab) and “Fake Geek Girl” controversies (opens in new tab) , it’s easy to forget that Twitter’s just a bit of fun sometimes. We can’t imagine ever tiring of Damon Lindelof’s endless trolling of people who abuse him on Twitter, for example: …

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• 20 November

  Sam Mendes has an idea for Bond 24

  

  While Sam Mendes has yet to confirm that he’ll be returning to direct another Bond film, the signs are looking increasingly promising that the Skyfall helmer will take the reins on 007’s next outing. According to long-term Bond screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, Mendes already has an idea in …

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• 20 November

  Sam Claflin and Eddie Redmayne linked to Harry Osborn in Amazing Spider-Man sequel

  

  The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ’s casting process has taken another twist, with four new names having been added to the list of potential actors for Harry Osborn. We’d previously heard that Dane DeHaan, Alden Ehrenreich and Brady Corbet were the three frontrunners for the part, but Heat Vision (opens in …

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• 20 November

  Tomb Raider writer wants to reunite action and character

  

  The tools games can use to tell stories have come a long way, but narrative remains bound to scriptedcut-scenesfor many. Rhianna Pratchett, cinematic writer on the Tomb Raider reboot, sees knocking down that wall as one of her most important tasks. Ludonarrative dissonance is the ten-dollar term for it, but …

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• 19 November

  The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 tops the US box office

  

  Breaking Dawn Part 2 has surprised precisely no one by storming to the top of the US box office, although it fell just short of the series’ best ever haul. The new film took a whopping $141.3m in its opening weekend, outstripping nearest contender Skyfall by around $100m. No wonder …

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• 18 November

  Scribblenauts Unlimited review

  

  The Scribblenauts series has from its inception made lofty promises of “write anything, solve everything” gameplay. More so than any previous installment in the franchise, Scribblenauts Unlimited for the Wii U delivers on that promise, thanks to a number of sweeping gameplay improvements and new features. As in previous games, …

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