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Star Wars: The Vintage Collection Comic-Con reveals include The Rescue Multipack, Boba Fett’s Starship, Cal Kestis and more

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Along with more Black Series figures than you can shake a gaffi stick at, Hasbro also took the opportunity this weekend at San Diego Comic-Con to unveil some upcoming products from its Star Wars: The Vintage Collection and Retro Collection 3.75″ lines, including a bunch of Mandalorian season 2 figures allowing fans to recreate ‘The […]

Hasbro’s Star Wars: The Black Series Comic-Con reveals include The Mandalorian, Andor, Jedi: Survivor and more

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Comic-Con 2022 has been taking place over in San Diego this weekend, and as part of the festivities Hasbro has unveiled a huge batch of upcoming additions to its six-inch Star Wars: The Black Series lines including new figures from Star Wars: The Mandalorian, Star Wars: Book of Boba Fett, Star Wars: Andor, the upcoming […]

Mortal Kombat director Simon McQuoid sets deal for sequel return

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Back in January it was announced that Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema were pressing play on a sequel to last year’s live-action Mortal Kombat movie reboot, and now comes word from Deadline that director Simon McQuoid has closed a deal to return behind the camera. Based on the iconic video game fighting series, Mortal […]

Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo console release coming in September

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Microids has announced that Pendulo Studios’ Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo, a narrative adventure game loosely based on the Master of Suspense’s classic 1958 movie – is set for digital and physical releases on consoles this September. Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo tells the troubled story of Ed Miller, a writer who escaped unscathed from a car crash […]

Alicia Vikander admits she hasn’t got a clue what’s happening with Tomb Raider 2

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If you thought the hardest thing Lara Croft had to do was navigate the blocky underwater realms of her 1996 Tomb Raider debut, think again, because Alicia Vikander has been speaking about how her long-gestating blockbuster sequel appears to be stuck in limbo.  2018’s Tomb Raider was a rebooted reintroduction to the character of Lara […]

LEGO recreates the classic Atari 2600 console with new set

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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the iconic video game company Atari, LEGO has officially unveiled its recreation of the classic retro console with the LEGO Atari 2600, set which goes on sale on August 1st, priced at $239.99/£209/99; check out the promotional images here…   Take a trip back to the 1980s with […]

Netflix’s Tekken: Bloodline anime series gets a trailer and key art

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Netflix continues to dive into the back catalogue of legendary video game franchises for its latest anime series next month with Tekken: Bloodline, an adaptation of the iconic fighting series which follows Jin Kazama as his quest for absolute power and revenge leads him to the global King of Iron Fist Tournament; check out the […]

DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace arrives on PC and consoles

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Outright Games’ DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto and Ace is out now on Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia and PC.  Inspired by the upcoming feature film DC League of Super-Pets, which is set for release later this month, DC League of Super-Pets: The Adventures of Krypto […]

Netflix Review – Resident Evil

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Shaun Munro reviews Netflix’s new live-action Resident Evil series… Despite being one of the most popular, iconic, and seemingly cinema-ready video game franchises there is, the track record of Resident Evil’s live-action adaptations to date is spotty-at-best, and that’s if we’re being really kind. Beyond Paul W.S. Anderson’s entertainingly campy 2002 movie, the Resident Evil […]