As if game development wasn’t challenging enough, creating video games in the shadow of war amid a still ongoing global pandemic really is a remarkable feat. For the Ukrainian game developers who featured in the Future Games Show Powered by Mana‘s ‘Games from Ukraine’ segment – Weasel Token, Sowoke Entertainment …
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Jurassic World Dominion is out now on the big screen, bringing the dino franchise to an end (for now). Set four years after Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the new movie sees humans and prehistoric creatures uneasily existing side by side. Matters are complicated further by the threat of an ecological …
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25 years ago, writer Kurt Busiek and artist Mark Bagley introduced a new Marvel superhero team – the Thunderbolts. Thunderbolts #1 cover (Image credit: Marvel Comics) (opens in new tab) Promoted and marketed with great hype as a replacement team of superheroes stepping into the shoes of the then presumed …
Read More »Is it just me, or have Agatha Christie adaptations had their day?
Watching Sir Kenneth Branagh’s star-studded, CGI-assisted and deliriously old-fashioned movie version of Death on the Nile, this pundit was struck by a number of questions. Why did writer Michael Green feel the need to give Hercule Poirot’s moustache a tragic backstory? Why were so many comics, Russell Brand and French …
Read More »What is Xbox Cloud Gaming? Everything you need to know
If you’ve found yourself wondering just what Xbox Cloud Gaming is, how it all works, and how you can try it out for yourself, we’re here to help. Xbox Cloud Gaming, which was previously known as Project xCloud, is Microsoft’s Cloud-based streaming service that allows you to play games on …
Read More »Is it just me, or do we need a one-person-comedy revival?
The 1990s and early 2000s were a terrific time for one specific type of film: comedies in which a single actor plays a dozen different roles. In 1996 came The Nutty Professor, in which Eddie Murphy played not just the professor, but also his mother, brother, father and grandmother, plus …
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Who is The Last Ronin? It was the biggest question of 2020 for the TMNT fanbase. Now, three issues and nearly two years after the release of the first chapter, readers have not just the answer to the Last Ronin’s identity, but how his brothers and father died, how Shredder’s …
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Marvel Comics is bringing the Eternals to the forefront of the Marvel Universe for the publisher’s big summer event story AXE: Judgment Day. The ‘AXE’ prefix stands for Avengers, X-Men, and Eternals, the three teams that will find themselves at odds in Judgment Day, starting with a serious ideological clash …
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Was it when I had to fight an enemy with an almost Hellraider-esque version of a traditional Japanese mask? Or when a sidequest had me searching the city for a cursed doll? Maybe it was when a cat merchant enlisted me to collect items around the city, or a tanuki …
Read More »Free Guy Easter eggs: every major video game reference and cameo
Free Guy is now on Disney Plus, which means you can spend hours and hours poring over every scene and frame in the hopes of discovering a hard drive’s worth of Easter eggs. Our guide is here to be your own personal cheat code. You see, Free City isn’t just …
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