Having been featured heavily in the pre-release marketing, it was a little surprising that Gwendoline Christie’s Captain Phasma ultimately had very little screen time in Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Thankfully we haven’t seen the last of the character, as Christie confirmed Phasma’s return on the red …
Read More »Leak points to The Division open beta starting February 16
The streets of post-outbreak Manhattan will surge with well-armed life once more when The Division (opens in new tab) enters open beta later this month, if an apparent leak on Facebook (via Eurogamer) (opens in new tab) is accurate. The online shooter from Ubisoft is now at the tail end …
Read More »Fallout 4s second major update will hit consoles later this week
Fallout 4 (opens in new tab)’s second major post-release patch will roll out to consoles this week, heralding a new dawn of easily rotatable objects and Sole Survivors who always die when they get their heads blown off. Fallout 4 Update 1.3 also fixes a number of quest and companion …
Read More »The 20 best films of Sundance 2016
Best Of The Fest Diversity was the buzz word uttered by founder Robert Redford when the festival kicked off on 21 January, and that dedication to new and interesting voices was evident in many of the 123 feature films playing at the festival. There was a Polish mermaid musical (The …
Read More »Movies to watch this week at the cinema: Point Break, Trumbo, Dads Army, more…
Out on Friday 5 February Point Break gets a remake. Bryan Cranston faces writer’s block. Jack Black brings R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps from page to scream. Yes, here’s this week’s new releases. Click on for our reviews of Point Break, Trumbo, Goosebumps, Dad’s Army, Rams, Miss Hokusai, Strangerland, Taking Stock, Lee …
Read More »Fire Emblem Fates makes the struggle to get a Marth amiibo worth it
In creating amiibo (opens in new tab), Nintendo hit the emphatic fan (emfantic?) jackpot, with Nintendo devotees going to sometimes extreme lengths (opens in new tab) to to get their twitchy, grabby hands on these plastic idols to their favorite classic characters. But in addition to looking great and being …
Read More »Watch The Division betas invisible invincibility glitch in action
The Division (opens in new tab)’s Dark Zone is easily the most tense part of the game… unless you happen to be invisible to all the other players and invulnerable to all damage. We already told you about glitches in The Division’s closed beta (opens in new tab)that mess with …
Read More »Hell is other people – The Divisions Dark Zone is an anxious PvP playground
We are not a strong team, so when we see a silhouette approach us from the absurdly filmic backlit subway corridor, we wordlessly stop, line up, and raise our piddly little weapons. It helps, a little. This is a human player – you can tell because he hasn’t automatically rung …
Read More »Christopher Nolan found it hard to let go of Batman, says Zack Snyder
This year’s big superhero face-off will be the first live-action Batman film helmed by someone other than Christopher Nolan for nearly two decades – and new director Zack Synder has revealed that the director found it difficult to hand over the Wayne reins. Speaking to Empire magazine (opens in new …
Read More »How (not) to kill a Far Cry Primal boss mammoth
Taking down a mammoth in Far Cry Primal (opens in new tab) is no mean feat. Don’t believe me? Just check out our video where we attempt to take on a Bloodtusk mammoth with only a bow and arrow, some spears and our wits. Not only is there the tusked …
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