As far as everyone on Earth-Zero is concerned, the Justice League is dead – but in reality, Pariah has used the team’s essences to start creating a brand new multiverse. Each of these worlds is based on an individual hero, and for some, it feels like absolute heaven – at …
Read More »White Knight: Red Hoods creators talk reinventing Jason Todd and a brand new Robin
What happened to Jason Todd? From the very beginnings of the Batman White Knight saga, created by Sean Murphy, that’s been the question on readers’ minds. Little hints have been given along the way but, so far, those hints only showed up as they pertained to other characters such as …
Read More »Bramble: The Mountain King dev doesn’t want its gruesome adventure to be labelled a horror
Growing up, superstitions are often used to stop us from doing dangerous things. “Don’t sit too close to the television or you’ll ruin your eyesight”, and “if you swallow chewing gum, it’ll stay in your digestive system for seven years,” were just some of the things I heard as a …
Read More »The Modern Warfare 2 campaign seeks to strike a balance between provocation and pleasure
The Modern Warfare 2 campaign doesn’t want to make you uncomfortable, it just wants to wow you. This is good news – 2019’s Modern Warfare campaign had a few missions that were, quite frankly, tasteless, and it seems Infinity Ward is keen to avoid such controversy with the sequel. During …
Read More »Homelander meets his match in The Boys new season 3 villain: “You don’t forget Soldier Boy”
Soldier Boy is The Boys’ answer to Captain America. Vought’s super soldier was created during World War Two to give the Allies the edge in the conflict – but while Steve Rodgers’ anachronistic nature makes him mild-mannered and easy to blush, Soldier Boy takes a different tact… “He’s come out …
Read More »Miles Teller opens up on what it’s like to go toe-to-toe with Tom Cruise on Top Gun: Maverick
Playing Goose’s son Rooster 35 years after the original film meant a lot of things for Miles Teller to perfect – brushing up his piano skills, getting Anthony Edwards’ mustache down, and going toe-to-toe with Hollywood icon Tom Cruise. There’s a lot unsaid between Maverick and Rooster in the sequel …
Read More »Meet the Fortnite creator whos rebuilt the Resident Evil mansion with chilling accuracy
On the face of it, Fortnite and Resident Evil couldn’t be more different. Sure, Epic Games and Capcom came together for an official collaboration ahead of Halloween last year – which brought Resi-themed character models, back bling and pickaxes to the Island – but visually, tonally, thematically, and conceptually both …
Read More »Monkey Island creators recount the origins of Insult Sword Fighting
Insult Sword Fighting is Monkey Island’s most iconic puzzle. The point-and-click adventure series from LucasArts is undoubtedly one of the most famous games from the ’90s, and it still serves as a best practice roadmap for organically weaving humor through world, puzzle, and combat design. While there are plenty of …
Read More »The Batman director Matt Reeves talks Ben Affleck, Joker, and why Batmans actually really weird
Batman returns. Again. But this time, the Dark Knight’s different – more brooding, and with deeper emotional baggage. Director Matt Reeves has done an admiral job re-introducing the iconic character, now played by Robert Pattinson, back into the mainstream with The Batman. Sitting down with Total Film a week before …
Read More »Valve on Steam Deck: “We see this as a multi-generational category for us”
“It’s not the first time we’ve shipped hardware. It’s not the first time we’ve shipped software. And SteamOS is something that we’ve been working on for a while as well. But putting it all together into one package – and making enough of them – is proving difficult, though,” says …
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