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The latest newsstand issue of SFX features five exclusive character covers to choose from The world’s number one sci-fi and fantasy magazine today celebrates this autumn’s return of Doctor Who with an exclusive selection of five limited edition covers and a revealing behind-the-scenes interview. The new issue of SFX , …

The Planet Of The Apes movies are traditionally fairly allegorical affairs, with the monkey stars representing several real world issues across the course of the franchise. So we asked the cast and creators of Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes if the new film has a political message. See …

OK, what are the buttons? I remember when game consoles had two buttons and a d-pad. Then Street Fighter 2 came along and suddenly everyone wanted six buttons. Then six buttons plus shoulder buttons, then four shoulder buttons, then analogue sticks that are also buttons the world has gone button …

Chum-cha laka! With T-minus two months until The Sims 4 (opens in new tab) hits shelves, you probably already know a few things about it. You know you can customize your Sims more than ever before. You know you can download people and creations from an in-game gallery. You know …

Set in the aftermath of “the Cull” – a catastrophic event that killed billions, wiped out civilisation and left just a few survivors who happened to have the right blood type – Journal Of The Plague Year collects together three tales of life after the apocalypse. Authors Adrian Tchaikovsky, Malcolm …

The power to destroy worlds “DO NOT PRESS THE RED BUTTON. REPEAT: DO NOT PRESS THE RED BUTTON. Seriously, don’t press it” Oh. Yeah, of course you did. Because we humans are petulant and sometimes a bit self-destructive, and so the fastest way to guarantee that we do anything is …

Would you trust that representation of your world? Would Cameron et al. forget to talk about the challenges of the poor and the middle class? Perhaps our male politicians would neglect to tell of the great women of their time? Ancient Rome is much the same. Those figures of the …

What’re ya selling? Evil corporations are everywhere in games. Behind most virtual villains, there’s a sprawling business carrying out their dastardly schemes. These companies are pros at screwing up life for anyone who opposes them, or stands in the way of their own unique brand of “progress.” Progress that usually …

Men in tights? Journalist and author Tim Hall writes about “the original superhero” Tim Hall’s debut novel, Shadow Of The Wolf , provides a dark, supernatural origin story for Robin Hood. In this guest blog he explains how he unearthed the “superhero of Sherwood”… I’ve read and watched countless interpretations, …

Lighten up, man Stop me if youve heard this before: Games have lost their way. They used to have a lark. They used to be funny. Modern games are too serious with all their death and grimacing and murky shadows. Damn those killjoy shadows. All a nonsense cliche, of course. …