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This Is the Police 2 gets a new gameplay trailer

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THQ Nordic have released a new trailer for their police strategy sequel This is the Police II.  With a new location, a new sheriff and a new gameplay mechanic, this sequel will provide an entirely different policing experience.  This is the Police II will be released on Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, PC and Mac later this year. […]

An entire Call of Duty cinematic universe planned

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Having originally announced their intentions in 2015, Activision Blizzard Studios are pushing forward with their Call of Duty Expanded Universe. Speaking to The Guardian, co-president Stacey Sher stated that: “We have plotted out many years. We put together this group of writers to talk about where we were going. There’ll be a film that feels more […]

Mass Effect, Hitman and Deus Ex franchises put on hold

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Video game fans – if you’re eagerly awaiting word on the next instalment of BioWare’s Mass Effect or Square Enix’s Hitman and Deus Ex franchises, you may be disappointed to hear that the IPs have been put on hold for the foreseeable future. According to Kotaku, BioWare has decided to let the Mass Effect franchise […]

Video Game Review – Knee Deep

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Emma Withington reviews Knee Deep… As you settle in to your front row seat and choose how you spend those idle, thumb twiddling moments before the curtain rises – read the playbill? Get a snack? Tune the orchestra? – you are blissfully unaware of the consequences a simple ‘night at the theatre’ will hold. Knee […]

Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope announces Apocalypse Now video game adaptation

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Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope has announced that it is in development on a video game adaptation of the classic 1979 Vietnam War movie Apocalypse Now. “Forty years ago, I set out to make a personal art picture that could hopefully influence generations of viewers for years to come,” said Coppola. “Today, I’m joined by new […]

Stephen Gaghan to write and direct film adaptation of Tom Clancy’s The Division

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The upcoming film adaptation of the 2016 video game Tom Clancy’s The Division has found its writer and director in Academy Award winner Stephen Gaghan. Ubisoft Motion Pictures announced the hire today and confirmed that Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain will both star, with the former producing as well. Ubisoft Motion Pictures CEO Gerard Guillemot expressed his excitement […]

Fear in the Found Footage: A look back at some classics

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The original Blair Witch Project arguably created the found footage genre when it was released back in 1999. Telling the tale of a bunch of students striding out into the Maryland woodlands, the film offered audiences a new way of experiencing terror from the point of view of those being subjected to it, and they […]

Beast Wars’ Dinobot joins Transformers: Forged to Fight

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Kabam! has announced the latest addition to Transformers: Forged to Fight, with Transformers: Beast Wars’ Dinobot joining the action! Honor and Glory are the only two things worth dying for, a belief truly befitting this fierce Predacon turned Maximal warrior. But don’t be fooled by the harsh exterior, the spark of a hero lies within […]

Kabam rolls out V4.0 update for Transformers: Forged to Fight

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Kabam has today announced the release of the all-new V4.0 update for its popular mobile game Transformers: Forged to Fight, which includes the brand new Act 3, Chapter 3 story, 10 new masteries, and other features, improvements and fixes. Here’s the full update notes… Act 3, Chapter 3 is now unlocked! Megatron’s rise to power […]