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The new reboot for the 1987 film of a disabled police cop who is revived and given robotic limbs to become a new type of cyborg cop is very flashy, but comes short regarding some of the key ideas. Joel Kinnaman, as Robocop, gives a rather robotic performance,...

Last year, games company VALVe gave out a Halloween update to their immensely popular game Defence of the Ancients 2 (DotA 2) – which has thousands of players a day - Diretide, which reskinned the map, and was an extra game mode. However, this year, as...

Despite spending most of the time in legendary and spectacular Asgard, the plot and action can do nothing to make it a dreary, unimpressive film. Thor (Chris Hemsworth), now returned to his rightful place in Asgard, has constant emotional issues, that...

Any game in which you can run around with your bare fists punching people in a chicken mask deserves praise, but Hotline Miami goes beyond this to make an even better game. Hotline Miami’s style is one so bizarre that it barely fits in a sentence; The...

It seems like it’s going to be the best thing ever, right? Neeson back into arguably his most awesome character, in Istanbul, the go-to place for action films (James Bond anyone?). But sadly it is not. Or at least, from a proper perspective, its not....

It has been some time since Jason Bourne made that dive into the water, and unsurprisingly the trilogy has another sequel, focusing on another agent. It's a clever and ultimately obvious move to do this, and setting it within the third film means it can...

The Men in Black return for hopefully not the final of this series. Men in Black III has a strange plot: A maniacally evil alien has escaped prison, and is going back to the past to help himself beat Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) in the 60s. When K ceases...

As the new Lara Croft took E3 by storm, I played through this Co-op game to see what makes Lara Croft one of the most admired series. Guardian of Light is an Action/Adventure game which features 2 player co-op, probably the best part of the game. The...

Nintendo - Crytek say the Wii u is “Minimum as powerful as Xbox 360” Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli has estimated that Wii U is “minimum as powerful as Xbox 360″. This corresponds to other developers estimations of the console’s horsepower. Nintendo has always...

Nintendo In case you don’t have time to watch the whole thing here is the quick summary: Miyamoto kicks of the show with Pikmin 3 for the Wii U. The game show cases some excellent HD graphics, a choice of controllers, a mini map displayed on the gamepad...