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Sonic Team’s Nights into Dreams was a revelation when it graced the ill-fated Sega Saturn in 1996. With a free-floating hero traipsing beautifully-rendered dreamscapes, the critically-acclaimed title became an iconic game for Sega’s console. After a modestly received Wii sequel in 2007, the original game has gotten a high-definition re-rub. …

The Secret World has been called the last of the subscription-based MMORPGs. The game severely underperformed after its July release, defying the hopeful expectations of developer Funcom, and sold only 200,000 copies as of the end of August. Several Funcom employees spoke with Eurogamer in a post-mortem, touching in part …

Like many struggling writers, true-crime novelist Ellison (Ethan Hawke) spends far too much time in his room watching films. What’s harder to swallow is that none of them are Insidious , with which Scott Derrickson’s slick horror shares much of its DNA (not to mention its producers). Both movies feature …

The final consolidated viewing figure for Doctor Who “The Power Of Three” (which includes people who recorded it and watched it with the first week) has been released, and it’s excellent news again… (opens in new tab) The final viewing figure for the slow invasion comes in at 7.67 million, …

While XCOM: Enemy Unknown is looking good, its Cold-War-era first-person shooter cousin may be encountering some turbulence. Several months of quiet from publisher 2K followed XCOM’sdelay in May out of 2012. Earlier this week,Kotakupublished screenshots and other information reportedly taken from a customer survey indicating the title has switched to …

Maybe it’s the cut of their jib, or their precise heroic jaw. Maybe it’s the fact they’re not actually SUPERheroes or they’re strangely self-righteous and a bit irritating. Maybe they accidentally dismembered a funfair full of people in the middle of a fight or maybe you’re actually a supervillain and …

At the beginning of Trainspotting , Ewan McGregor and Ewen Bremner are both seen barrelling down Princes Street in Edinburgh, a pair of security goons hot on their heels. Seconds later, McGregor’s Renton takes some steps down to Calton Road, a good half a mile away from where he was …

Salim Akil’s film is a loose remake of the long-forgotten ’76 film of the same name, a semi-fictional biopic of The Supremes. This version tells the same well-worn story: aspiring singer/songwriter Sparkle (American Idol alum Jordin Sparks) forms a girl group with her sisters during the Motown era and faces …

The Hobbit has continued its recent publicity push with a brand new poster featuring a full complement of Dwarves, clocking in at 13 in total. We don’t know what the collective noun is for dwarves, but there are a lot of them. Ginger ones, grey ones, handsome ones… you name …

Spearheaded by a strikingly self-assured turn from Elle Fanning, this ’60s-set coming-of-ager follows two teenage girls whose bond starts to crumble under the emotional and political pressures of adulthood. Director Sally Potter shrewdly weaves the domestic drama – centred on the shifting dynamics between Ginger (Fanning), her parents (Christina Hendricks …