I’ve always had an affinity for action-RPGs that draw outside the lines of the genre’s hard edges. Something like Dark Cloud, the Level-5 adventure which smartly combined procedural dungeoneering with refined city-building; Persona 4: Golden with its imitable blend of social connection and murder investigation, or Moonlighter which uses exploration …
Read More »I got knocked out by a bunny wielding a shovel as a dapper otter in Party Animals
I’ve set my sights on a bunny sporting an armored jacket in Party Animals. The adorable fuzzy fiend decked me with a shovel in the previous round of the Last Stand mode, which has teams fight it out on a platform with the aim of, as the name suggests, being …
Read More »Everything announced at the Future Games Show at Gamescom 2023
The Future Games Show at Gamescom 2023 was broadcast live on August 23 and was hosted by Erika Ishii (Valkyrie from Apex Legends) and Troy Baker (Joel from The Last of Us). The jam-packed August showcase delivered over an hour of updates, release dates, and reveals for more than 40 …
Read More »I got my ass kicked by a gorilla in the Black Myth: Wukong demo, and it was amazing
The one thing you need to know about Black Myth: Wukong is that I picked it up surprisingly quickly. I was already drawn to Game Science’s upcoming action-RPG for the simple fact that I grew up watching Monkey King cartoons at school, so seeing the legend lifted from the pages …
Read More »Who is the Inquisitor in Ahsoka? What we know about Marrok in Star Wars explained
Who is the Inquisitor Marrok in Ahsoka? So far, beyond their name, the new, shadowy figure is a complete mystery. All we know for sure is they’re on the dark side, helping the villains in their quest to find Grand Admiral Thrawn. We’ve dug into Inquisitor Marrok below, with everything …
Read More »Is it just me, or are too many films being made into musicals?
Have you ever wondered what The Third Man might be like as a musical? Or The Time Traveller’s Wife? Or perhaps even The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? If you live anywhere near London you don’t have to. The same applies for Sunset Boulevard, Mrs. Doubtfire, Back to the Future, …
Read More »Jamie Dornan talks new Netflix thriller Heart Of Stone and why we need more female-led action movies
Countless brilliant spy thrillers have dominated our screens over the years, from the classic James Bond series to the death-defying Mission: Impossible movies. Audiences love getting wrapped up in these exciting worlds of espionage and action, with new Netflix film Heart of Stone hoping to continue this long tradition. This …
Read More »Gal Gadot and Alia Bhatt on the emotional core of new Netflix spy movie Heart of Stone
Gal Gadot is no stranger to the action genre. Best known for playing Wonder Woman in two DC movies (and maybe an upcoming threequel, depending on which conflicting report you read), she’s also starred in multiple entries in the Fast and Furious franchise and portrayed a career criminal alongside Dwayne …
Read More »Heart of Stone ending explained: Does the Netflix movie set up a sequel?
Heart of Stone is the latest Netflix blockbuster to explode onto the streamer, starring Gal Gadot as Rachel Stone. By day, Rachel works in tech for MI6, hacking systems but staying out of the field. Also by day, she’s an agent for the Charter, a mysterious organization committed to “keeping …
Read More »Rockstars acquisition of FiveM mod team could be absolutely massive for GTA 6
Today, Rockstar announced its acquisition of Cfx.re, the community mod team behind FiveM and RedM. For the uninitiated, both FiveM and RedM are best known for housing GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2’s player-made roleplay servers, wherein inventive creators often bend these games so much that they become unrecognizable. …
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