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Rami Ismail bids us “good morning” in a voice that betrays his jetlagged state. It’s little wonder he’s tired: three weeks earlier, he left his studio in Utrecht, flying to Chicago to take part in a game jam during the 52-hour train journey from the Windy City to GDC in …

This animated adaptation is visually impressive, but falls short when it comes to story. Here’s Jordan Farley’s reaction… Since its publication in 1943 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s illustrated novella The Little Prince has become one of the best-selling books ever made, with nearly two million copies bought every year. It’s beloved, …

Have you heard of Hearthstone (opens in new tab)? It’s quite popular in that ‘maybe an intervention is in order’ kind of way. Speaking to GamesMaster, director Eric Dodds wants it to stay like that, he just hasn’t worked out how yet. “I want Hearthstone to be played over a …

Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin) directs an unlikely siege movie starring Patrick Stewart as a neo-Nazi. Here’s Jordan Farley’s reaction… Almost every year a film screening out of competition in the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes becomes the talking point of the festival, with whispered hyperbole (or justified praise) spreading along the …

No, this isn’t another ‘contrary’ dig at the cult of Destiny (opens in new tab), dear reader. Instead, my potent ire is directed at something far broader and mainstream than men, women and children who get up at the crack of dawn to mine spinmetal with their chums. My beef …

They’re here. Again… “If you really wanna make some money quick, a poltergeist abduction isn’t a bad idea…” So says paranormal investigator Boyd (Nicholas Braun) halfway into Gil Keenan’s slick update of the 1982 Steven Spielberg/Tobe Hooper spook film. The executives at Ghost House Pictures (Evil Dead, The Possession, Boogeyman), …

UPDATE: Take-Two has now issued the following statement: “Strauss misspoke during today’s call, as over a year ago Rockstar Games had said that they were exploring story mode content for Grand Theft Auto V. However, no further information has been released since. As always, we leave it to Rockstar Games …

The Witcher 3 (opens in new tab) won’t launch for a few hours yet, but we already know what improvements its day-one update is bringing along. Several NeoGAF (opens in new tab) users have posted their early patch notes, laying out in detail the first of CD Projekt Red’s post-release …

Days of future park… So is it all about Disneyland? Is Uncle Walt in it? Does it have anything to do with that weird box of clues on Twitter? Do we find out why George Clooney has an exploding bathtub? Err… in response to all the above, yes and no. …

Betrayal, anguish, death. As Anakin puts it: “This is where the fun begins!” After the Midichlorians, taxation, Jake, Jar Jar, and juvenile romance, Star Wars gets seriously entertaining with Sith. Revenge is indeed sweet. And, yes, pretty damn dark. Perversely, though, for all the pain and suffering and severed limbs, …