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Badass hot chicks beating the crap out of monsters, flipping around in skimpy outfits and speaking with thick English accents might sell a few games, but unless a title can provide a real reason for gamer to pick it up, it could be bound for failure. Luckily, Blades of Time’s …

On paper, based on the explicitly revealed information, The Last of Us’ blend of cinematic third-person action and two asymmetrical protagonists currently sounds like a simple case of Uncharted meets Enslaved. Not a bad combo, but certainly not as exciting as we’d expect from a new Naughty Dog IP, and …

Cheerleaders, eh? The candy floss of the human race, are they not? Sugary, fluffy, and without much substance, they might be eye-catching but they’re also rather likely to make you feel a bit sick and rot the metaphorical teeth of your mind. But not in games. No, aside from their …

Page 394 The Scene: Snape’s mastery of his classroom is epitomised by his contemptuously drawling instruction to “turn to page three hundred and ninety four.” It doesn’t look much written down, but somehow Alan Rickman manages to make it sound like a threat… The Awesome: Rickman is perfect as Snape, …

Plus Alpha is a weekly column that explores life in Japan from the perspective of American expatriate and game-industry veteran Jarik Sikat. Having worked in numerous areas of the game industry since 1994, Sikat relocated to Japan in 2010. Most of you know Japan as the land of videogames and …

The SFX bloggers name the sci-fi actors they love to watch, even if what they’re watching them in is rubbish. Alasdair Stuart is master of ceremonies

Steven Ellis realises that Stargate SG-1 has taken him by stealth

King Kong was a box office success but most movie goers came away distinctly nonplussed. Jayne Nelson attempts to defend the much-maligned Eighth Blunder of the World

Save for online games, arcade games and Dark Souls, just about every game that’s ever existed has included a truly brilliant feature that we all take for granted every single day. The ability to freeze the action in place seems like a given at this point, but do most gamers …