A live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie is coming in 2018, courtesy of a partnership between Sony Pictures and Sega. Hajime Satomi, president and CEO of Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. (the parent company of Sega as we know it), revealed the news in an interview with The World Folio (opens in …
Read More »Michael Fassbender compares Assassins Creed to The Matrix
A video game movie thinking about other films and different ways to approach the story? You’d think they were taking the whole thing seriously. Assassin’s Creed movie producer and double Assassin Michael Fassbender opened up to Empire (opens in new tab) about his take on the franchise’s genetic memory storyline. …
Read More »Is it time to bring back World War 2 shooters? Heres what you think
There’s a reason Second World War shooters went away: fatigue. They didn’t stop being good, they just got tired like an overused muscle. Medal Of Honor, Call Of Duty, Brothers in Arms – even things like The Saboteur – wore the material to a tissue paper thinness. Borrowing ideas, tropes …
Read More »Celebrate the Lunar New Year with a trip to the Moon
For plenty of folks, 2016 truly starts on February 8th; that whole ball-drop nonsense on December 31st signified nothing more than a pretty light show. In many cultures (opens in new tab), today marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year, which depends on the phases of the Moon rather …
Read More »Firewatch review
Firewatch is one of the most enthralling slices of entertainment I’ve ever experienced. For 5-6 hours you’ll walk in the hiking boots of Henry, a likeable, slightly chubby man-with-a-beard in his late-30s. After a devastating, tragic development in his family life, Henry takes a job as a fire ranger in …
Read More »Dont worry, you can pay for this 7ft $8000 Batman model in installments
I like Batman. I do. I mean, I have a Batman egg cup with a set of Batarang cutters for the toast. I’m pro Dark Knight, OK? But there is a line and I think I draw it at 7.2ft statues of Ben Affleck’s Caped Crusader. Especially $7999 ones from …
Read More »Assassins Creeds best side-quest is long overdue for a comeback
Peer hard enough at the obscured walls and hidden alcoves of AC2, and with enough luck you’ll find the ‘glyphs’ scattered around AC2’s digital vision of Renaissance Italy, esoteric puzzles that slowly reveal the ‘true’ history of the world, one ridiculous conspiracy theory after another. As ludicrous as the whole …
Read More »Dont forget to add Bayonetta and Corrin to your Super Smash Bros. roster today
A sexy witch and a dragon-person are about to enter a melee with Mario, Samus, Kirby, and a whole bunch of other Nintendo characters. Bayonetta and Corrin, the next two characters to be added to Super Smash Bros. (opens in new tab) for Wii U and 3DS, will be available …
Read More »Halo 5 map recreates the best scene from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
If there was one thing the Star Wars prequels got right, it was podracing. The high-speed chases featuring small cockpits strapped to ludicrously large engines blazing across the surface of Tatooine were great to watch on the big screen, and even more fun to play when the inevitable video game …
Read More »Jessica Jones Trish is ready to go full-on superhero
Jessica Jones viewers who happened to also be fans of the Marvel heroine Hellcat were no doubt watching the character of Trish closely over the course of season one. The child star turned talk show host never went full superhero as she has in the comics, but the groundwork for …
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