Start in Shanghai, dig a hole straight through the centre of the earth, and you’d come out in a tiny riverside settlement in Argentina called Entre Ríos. That’s the idea behind Russian documentarist Victor Kossakovsky’s quietly magical film. He chooses four pairs of exact antipodean spots – also Siberia and …
Read More »Christian Bale passes on some Batman advice to Ben Affleck
Christian Bale has been talking about his successor to Batman’s cape and cowl, having apparently already contacted Ben Affleck to offer him some friendly advice. “I wish him all the best,” said Bale in an interview with Access Hollywood (opens in new tab) . “He’s a very experienced actor and …
Read More »PS4s Blue light of Death and Xboxs lack of launch features point to a premature launch
If you’ve been following the launches of the PS4 and Xbox One, you’ve had quite the emotional rollercoaster. They’re awesome and shiny, but as we near closer and closer to the releases, we’re seeing apps, features, and hardware stability dropout. First the delays. Over the past couple of weeks, Microsoft …
Read More »Crimson Dragon review
The first time you battle an army of laser beam-shooting jellyfish with your fireball-shooting dragon, you’ll probably get destroyed. It’ll take a few missions to get the hang of dodging enemy projectiles (less a matter of threading the needle, more a matter of mashing the barrel roll button). You’ll no …
Read More »Not even Kojima knew what to do with Ground Zeroes
There are people you really just don’t want to call on their shit. It’s uncomfortable, you know? Confrontational. They don’t really want to talk about it. You don’t really want to talk about it. But, it’s your job–or rather, it’s my job–so it’s got to be done. At a PS4 …
Read More »PlayStation Plus could be PS4s most essential launch game
If you’re planning on picking up a PS4 today in North America, or in two weeks’ time in Europe, you’ve likely spent plenty of time thinking about which next-gen game/s you want to buy on launch day. After all, having just spent £349/$399 on new hardware, there’s nothing worse than …
Read More »Sony was hoping for 7s with Knack, and thats just not good enough
“I was hoping Knack (opens in new tab) could score in the mid 70s”, said Shuhei Yoshida, the other day. He was speaking (opens in new tab) to GI.biz about the decidedly mixed review scores for PS4 launch games, and particularly, the outright stinker of the bunch. Mark Cerny’s platform-brawler …
Read More »From The SFX Archive: Paul McGann Interview
Thrilled by the return of Paul McGann in “The Night Of The Doctor”? Jaw still on overfamiliar terms with the floor? Here’s a timely chance to rediscover an exclusive SFX interview with the man himself, all the way from 2004, just before the show returned in triumph. “It would be …
Read More »COMPO Game Of Thrones Christmas Hamper
Win! A Christmas hamper of Ice And Fire (opens in new tab) Winter is coming. No, really, winter is coming which means Christmas is almost upon us. It also means that the traditional eleventh hour scramble for presents isn’t so far off either. Fortunately, our friends at HBO have your …
Read More »Michael Fassbender says Prometheus 2 is going to happen
Fans and critics alike of Ridley Scott’s epic Alien pseudo-prequel are in luck. Whilst chatting to Michael Fassbender about his new also-Ridley Scott-directed drama The Counsellor, the star admitted that – while news on its production may have gone quiet of late – Prometheus is going to happen. Fassbender, who …
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