Opening on cinemas this week is the best video game movie that’s not actually based on a video game, so strap in! Hardcore Henry Strap in. Hardcore Henry is one of the most unflinchingly original wild-rides to hit the big screen in a long time: You remember nothing. Mainly because you’ve just been brought back from the dead by your …
Opening on cinemas this week is the best video game movie that’s not actually based on a video game, so strap in! Hardcore Henry Strap in. Hardcore Henry is one of the most unflinchingly original wild-rides to hit the big screen in a long time: You remember nothing. Mainly because you’ve just been brought back from the dead by your …
By now you’ve probably heard of Hardcore Henry, the movie shot entirely from the point of view of the main character. It’s the strangest blend of action movie and first-person video game and I’ll be honest, I’m sceptical about this. I loved the original music video that inspired the idea, but a whole movie? Besides for the inevitable motion sickness, …
First person action games are one of my favourite genres in computer/console gaming, which I have devoted way too many hours to growing up. From Doom, to Quake, to Unreal, to Half-Life, to Counter-strike, to Halo… You get the picture – I’ve played many of them and it’s an experience I will keep coming back to. Hang on, yes this …
We’ve had a look at Hardcore a while back already, but that was really just a proof of concept trailer for the awesome-looking blend of action movie and first-person shooter video game. But now the film is finally making its theatrical debut at the Toronto International Film Festival shortly, and thus have now released an “official” trailer to mark the …
Here’s the problem with reaching the top: The only place left to go is down. Thus appears to be the lot in life for Neill Blomkamp, the visionary South African born filmmaker who made the most high-flying of debuts with the “fooking prawns” of District 9 a few years ago. His followup, Elysium, with its subtle-as-cancer soapboxing and paper-thin characters, …
We love superheroes, we love Sharlto Copley and we love free stuff! So when all three those things combined yesterday, we sure as hell got excited! What am I blabbering on about? Well, totally unexpectedly yesterday, Sony went and made the entire first episode of their upcoming comic book adaptation series Powers available for free for everybody to enjoy. And …
Sometimes, I really hate it when I’m right. When the early trailers for Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie was released, I voiced some trepidation. As much as I loved District 9, Blomkamp’s third pic was showing signs of the same type of problems that plagued his second feature, Elysium. But Blomkamp is a smart, talented guy. He wouldn’t repeat the same mistakes …
Cloud gaming removed hardware barriers, but it replaced them with something less visible and …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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