[brightcove]1410676177001[/brightcove] Project X has only been in cinemas for a week, but it has caused a stir Stateside with opening figures at a respectable $21m, and Warner Bros has already earmarked a seque l . Screenwriter Michael Bacall has been roped in to draft a treatment for the sequel, which …
Read More »SimCity reboot confirmed for 2013
The rumors were true. Tonight, EA officially announced a reboot of Sim City, due out on PC In 2013. Lucy Bradshaw, senior VP of Maxis, took the stage at a pre-GDC event to reveal the game, and to out the first details. Every time you place a building you plop …
Read More »Pokemon champion stripped of his title after alleged poo fight in hotel
The winner of the UK Pokemon Championships, Rubén Puig Lecegui, has been stripped of his title by the Pokemon Company for failing to ‘maintain high standards of behaviour conducive to the family-friendly environment’. How? By allegedly having a poo fight in a hotel corridor. Yes, with human poo. Firstly, we …
Read More »Online Pass required for Ninja Gaiden 3s new multiplayer
Tecmo Koei will be updating Ninja Gaiden for 2012 in several ways when the third title’s released later this month. Besides classing things up a notch with a stronger emphasis on character development and a new 8-player online mode, the company will also be doing that other thing we’re all …
Read More »Casey Affleck to join Christian Bale for Out Of The Furnace
Casey Affleck will play Christian Bale’s murdered brother in Scott Cooper’s revenge-fuelled feature Out Of The Furnace . As well as that awesome brotherly pairing, the rumour mill has been put into overdrive as Zoe Saldana has also been linked to the cast, perhaps in an effort to leaven the …
Read More »XCOM: Enemy Unknown preview
When 2K Games revealed they were rebooting XCOM, fans of the classic tactical strategy title rejoiced…until the other shoe dropped. Developed by BioShock 2-maker 2K Marin, it turned out the game was actually a story-driven FPS sharing little with the turn-based title that spawned it. But then the publisher pulled …
Read More »50 Greatest Improvised Movie Scenes
Inception (2010) The Improvisation: “You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling,” advises Eames (Tom Hardy), as he shoulders Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) out of the way and whips out a super-huge firearm. What Was In The Script: The “darling” part was Hardy’s own affectionate, plummy addition. “The ‘darling’ …
Read More »Dead or Alive 5 trailer shows off new stage and special guest Akira from Virtua Fighter
Team Ninja’s big return to fighting games continues to build to its fall release later this year. This newest trailer showcases a new stage with a battle between series stars Kasumi and Ayane. But at about the halfway point, things take an odd turn. Out of nowhere comes Virtua Fighter’s …
Read More »Counter-Strike: Global Offensive preview – we play the new Arsenal mode
What is it? It’s the return of the king of online first-person shooters. Bringing back familiar maps like Dusk and Office, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pits terrorist and counter-terrorist players against each other in the recognizable demolition and hostage modes while adding several new hybrid gameplay modes and complimentary maps. Who …
Read More »How To Re-Establish A Vodka Empire review
Writer/Director Daniel Edelstyn makes an affable debut with this personal doc chronicling the unexpected, vodka-flavoured turn his life took after he discovered his gran’s journals. Fixated on his ancestors’ titular empire, he heads to their now-defunct Ukrainian distillery, taking it on himself to re-launch the vodka, despite lacking business nous. …
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