It looks like Mario and Luigi are heading back to the big screen, with leaked emails from the Sony hack revealing that producer Avi Arad (The Amazing Spider-Man) is developing an animated Super Mario Bros. movie. According to Buzzfeed, Arad emailed Sony co-chairman Amy Pascal in October, stating that he is “the proud father of […]
Sega developing Altered Beast, Streets of Rage, Shinobi, Rise of Nightmares and Crazy Taxi movies
It’s already got a Sonic the Hedgehog movie in the pipeline, and now it has been announced that Sega is pushing ahead with plans to create a range of movies, television shows and digital releases based upon its video game portfolio, tapping former Break Media executive Evan Cholfin to oversee their development. According to Variety, […]
Video Game Review – Bedlam
Villordsutch reviews Bedlam… If you’re like me , an old mature gamer who has been around for a fair few decades watching games evolve, we’ve seen wondrous things from black and white tennis (Pong) to the monochrome colour clashing on the ZX Spectrum then onwards to the 486 basic PCs up to our beast of […]
Is Damian Wayne the Arkham Knight?
Thomas Roach on whether the Arkham Knight is Damian Wayne… Batman: Arkham Knight is one of the most anticipated games of next year, having been delayed from its original release date in October 2014. With a fair few months to go until the game is available, the speculation surrounding the identity of the Arkham Knight […]
Video Game Review – Never Alone
Kris Wall reviews Never Alone… Every now and again, something comes along completely out of the blue and unexpectedly blindsides you, and so it is with Upper One Games’ Never Alone, or Kissima Ingitchuna to give it its proper name, that has appeared out of a blizzard to completely take my breath away. Let me […]
X-Box Bargains – Bionic Commando
Andrew Newton looks at a selection of Xbox 360 bargains; next up is Bionic Commando… Following on with my quest of seeking out and reviewing bargain games rather than wait for Black Fridays and January sales etc. I thought I’d continue today with Bionic Commando by Capcom. I have fond memories of the original Bionic […]
Video Game Review – Dragon Age: Inquisition
Ben Rayner reviews Dragon Age: Inquisition… 98 hours, 15 minutes and 20 seconds. No, thats not how long it took me to finish Lost and (finally) understand the ending. This is in fact how long it took me to eventually find the courage to hit the pause button on Dragon Age: Inquisition. Long enough to […]
X-Box Bargains – Naughty Bear
Andrew Newton looks at a selection of Xbox 360 bargains; first up is Naughty Bear… Black Friday and Cyber Monday may have come and gone and you may be patting yourself on the back that you queued all night and got the perfect bargain game but it got me thinking. There are loads of brilliant titles available […]
Video Game Review – Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Tom Powter reviews Super Smash Bros. for Wii U… This is it. This is the one we’ve waited six years for. When the now iconic theme music first played at E3 2013, I knew this was going to be a special one. Despite the early stage of development, Smash Bros.’ patented attention to detail was […]
GTA V becomes the UK’s highest-selling video game ever
Grand Theft Auto V has stormed to the top of the UK game charts and, with the release of the PS4 and Xbox One versions, has become the highest-selling game ever in the UK – surpassing Call of Duty: Black Ops. Another big release, Ubisoft’s Far Cry 4, clocked in at second place, while Dragon […]