2K Games has pulled down its official content for the long-delayed XCOM shooter, and is refusing comment about the absence. All videos of the Cold War-era reboot were stricken from 2K Games’ YouTube channel, and the promotional site which used to harbor information for both the shooter and XCOM: Enemy …
Read More »No more Skyrim DLC as team moves on to next project
The Bethesda team behind Skyrim is moving on after more than 16 months of post-release support. No more DLC is planned for the smash hit open-world game, with the 1.9 patch its last planned major infusion of content, Bethesda announced today. The staff is moving on to its next major …
Read More »Evil Dead review
“One thing that seems clear to me, looking back at the films that truly scared me, is that most really good horror films are low-budget affairs with special effects cooked up in someone’s basement,” said Stephen King. Now, King has been the source for both clunkers and classics, but it …
Read More »Top 20 Greatest Sci-Fi & Fantasy TV Show Finales*
( *And we do mean proper finales, not just episodes that happened to be final episodes because the show was cancelled final episodes… ) Last month we asked you to vote for your favourite final episodes… but with a bit of a twist. We wanted you to restrict your votes …
Read More »Global PC shipments declining rapidly, report claims
International Data Corporation (IDC) reports that worldwide shipments of PC hardware have suffered the steepest quarterly decline since the research and consultancy firm began tracking the market in 1994. IDC claims global PC shipments totalled 76.3 million units in the first quarter of 2013, down 13.9 per cent compared to …
Read More »30 Worst Movie Cameos
The Village (2004) The Cameo: M. Night Shyamalan shows up during the film’s big reveal, reading a newspaper in what’s revealed to be present-day America. Why It’s Bad: Coming as part of a hugely infuriating “twist”, it’s the bitter icing on an extremely unsatisfactory cake. Zero Dark Thirty (2012) The …
Read More »Dota 2 play surpasses League of Legends in the West, report says
Dota 2 is the most-played PC game in the West, according to a report by DFC Intelligence (via GamesIndustry International). The multiplayer online battle arena surpassed League of Legends for North American and European hours played for the first time in 2013’s first quarter, according to DFC’s PC Game Meter …
Read More »Brain Training 3DS delayed in Europe
Nintendo of Europe has delayed the Dr Kawashima’s Devilish Brain Training release date from this Friday, April 12, to an unspecified launch window. The platform holder said in a statement issued to Nintendo Life: “Nintendo has made the decision to push back the launch date of Dr Kawashima’s Devilish Brain …
Read More »Watch Michael Douglas and Matt Damon star in the trailer for Liberace: Behind The Candelabra online
HBO has released a full-length trailer for upcoming TV movie with big-screen calibre, Behind The Candelabra (which is getting a cinema release in the UK). Steven Soderbergh is directing, and it looks set to be his last feature-length stint behind the camera (for the time being at least). Michael Douglas …
Read More »Marvels SHIELD Has A New Name And A New Synopsis
ABC has announced that the new Joss Whedon TV show spin off from The Avengers has changed name from Marvel’s SHIELD to Marvel’s Agents Of SHIELD . How long before it’s changed again to Disney Subsidiary Marvel’s Agents Of SHIELD , we wonder? “Joss Whedon shows us not all heroes …
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