Hollywood hasn’t had the best luck when it comes to video game movies, but one of the few times they got it right was with 2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. The combination of the games’ popularity and the casting of Angelina Jolie – who was just coming into her own …
Read More »Nintendo Classic Mini is a “standalone” system and wont get more games
That adorably tiny NES that comes with 30 games (opens in new tab) will remain with those 30 games for the rest of time, Nintendo has confirmed. the NES Classic Edition system will not be able to connect to the internet to download more games in the future, Virtual Console-style. …
Read More »Game of Thrones leads Emmy awards list with 23 nominations
The nominations for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced yesterday, and just like last year they were dominated by Game of Thrones (opens in new tab). The popular HBO show picked up an epic 23 nominations – just one shy of the record it set in 2015 – and …
Read More »Heres what happened in the new Star Wars: Rogue One trailer (if you want to know)
The Rogue One (opens in new tab) panel at Star Wars Celebration Europe revealed a whole host of exciting new details about the franchise’s first standalone movie, but the main thing everyone was waiting for was the new trailer. Unless you were lucky enough to be in the talk at …
Read More »Heres what its like to explore No Mans Sky
No Man’s Sky (opens in new tab) definitely looks cool, but the recurring question remains: “what do you actually do?” Sony and developer Hello Games have begun publishing a series of videos to lay out the complicated answer to that simple query, each focusing on one of the game’s four …
Read More »Another X-Men TV series is happening over at Fox
Plans for a small screen X-Men universe started last year when Fox and FX announced (opens in new tab) a double-whammy of mutant series in the works. Despite some enthusiastic comments (opens in new tab) from executive producer Bryan Singer, Hellfire has since been canned. The other show, Legion, stars …
Read More »Suicide Squad director on why he prefers villains to heroes: “They’re not bound by the normal rules”
One of the many reasons Suicide Squad (opens in new tab) is arguably 2016’s most intriguing comic book movie is the idea of heroic criminals. Guardians of the Galaxy didn’t really take that concept as far as they could – Rocket, Groot and co did the right thing for the …
Read More »Looks like Pokemon Go is giving hour-long bans to GPS cheaters
If you don’t have many Pokestops or Gyms nearby, Pokemon Go (opens in new tab) can be tough to play. But multiple player accounts confirm that trying to fool the game’s GPS system into thinking you’re in a more generously populated area will make it downright impossible, at least for …
Read More »Fallout 4 DLC that lets you experiment on Vault dwellers is coming July 26
Are you ready to throw scientific ethics to the wind and start building your own Vault experiments in Fallout 4 (opens in new tab)? You’ve got until the end of the month to get your research plans in order: Bethesda has confirmed via Twitter that the Vault-Tec Workshop DLC pack …
Read More »Shadow of the Colossus-inspired Prey for the Gods now on Kickstarter
Last fall, a group of three independent developers revealed Prey for the Gods (opens in new tab), an impressive looking giant slayer simulator that leaned heavily on Shadow of the Colossus-inspired monsters and gameplay. I noted then that it had all the makings of a crowdfunding campaign, and eight months …
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