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Pacific Rim might not be in cinemas for a little while to come, but Legendary Pictures has already given a potential sequel the green light. The news comes hot on the heels of the revelation that Guillermo Del Toro’s next film after Pacific Rim will be a “throwback” ghost story …

Star Wars: Battlefront 3 recently stumbled out of the morgue and into the spotlight when Free Radical Design co-founder Steve Ellis claimed the game was “99 percent finished” before its cancellation. The next in the Battlefield-esque series created by now-defunct Pandemic Studios was unceremoniously canned by LucasArts for financial reasons, …

Ok, there’s no way to phrase this that sounds less insane: indie studio Tales of Game’s is Kickstarting a sequel to Barkley: Shut up and Jam Gaiden, which was an unofficial JRPG-inspired sequel to both 1994 basketball game Barkley: Shut up and Jam and classic sporting film Space Jam. And …

Expect more steampunky plague-ridden open-level stealth in the future: Dishonored has outsold Bethesda’s expectations, solidifying the project as a franchise for the publisher. Looks like new IP can succeed, even in a season filled with titles from triple-A heavy hitters like Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed. “I can tell …

With Sacha Gervasi’s Hitchcock biopic looming on the horizon, Jessica Biel has been discussing her role as Vera Miles, and comparing modern-day Hollywood to the industry portrayed in the film. Miles was famously worked to exhaustion by Hitchcock, who then became embittered towards the actress when her pregnancy meant she …

Zack Snyder is one of many directors to have been linked with heading up Warner’s Justice League adaptation, and while that role has still yet to be filled, Snyder has some clear ideas about how the film should be cast. While Snyder has previously asserted that Man Of Steel won’t …

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 …

We refuse to make the ‘egg’ pun, but there’s (potentially) very exciting news for gamers of a certain age as today sees a new Kickstarter (opens in new tab) launched to bring back Dizzy, the egg-shaped star of several classic platform/adventure games from the 1980s and 1990s. Dizzy Returns has …

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) , …

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 …