Barely a year old, Sputnik is getting adapted for American audiences under the guiding hand of The Batman's Matt Reeves.

After years of questions, rumours and delays, it looks like all those System Shock fans are about to be more than a little excited.

The future is coming, and it kind of looks…grim. In Disintegration, the destiny of humanity has resulted in our species being served a combo of disaster, as game director Marcus Lehto’s return to sci-fi action picks off a good couple of years after overpopulation, famine and the mother of all pandemics has almost succeeded in wiping out our species. The only solution? Putting our juicy bits of grey matter into robotic shells, thus creating an integration between man and machine.

There are very few movies like Upgrade being made. A fierce and kinetic sci-fi action romp, this violent revenge story satisfies in ways its watered-down competition mostly cannot. A great protagonist with a sympathetic plight make up for its shortcomings in the character department, while the punch of its ending and goriest moments make it a more or less unmissable ride for genre fans this year.

EA is looking to change its image, from that of a power-mad corporation responsible for killing off many of your favourite studios to a friendlier and less greedy distributor of games. Is it working? That remains to be seen in the long run. One of the tricks up EA’s sleeves currently, is to focus on providing new games.

Kin is an upcoming crime thriller with a sci-fi twist, and some family bonding on the side. A young boy stumbles across a high-tech weapon left behind in the aftermath of a battle between mysterious soldiers, which he then uses to help protect his adoptive older brother from a vengeful gang boss. The pair are forced to go on the run, pursed by the gang boss and the enigmatic soldiers who want their weapon back.

Replicas is the upcoming sci-fi thriller starring Keanu Reeves as a neuroscientist on the cutting edge of research into transferring human consciousness. When his family is killed in a car accident, he goes full mad scientist and clones them in an effort to restore his life to what it was.

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