According to Eurogamer, US TV and Film actor Mike Colter has been cast in an upcoming feature set within the Halo universe. Colter has had several on-screen parts before now, his most prominent of which was as Big Willie Little in Clint Eastwood's 2004 sports drama film, Million Dollar Baby, which starred Hilary Swank. Colter also famously portrayed Colonel James Darrell Edwards II, revealed to be the father of Agent J (Will Smith's character) in Men in Black 3.
By Ben Mapp Released on October 25th 2013, Batman: Arkham Origins was the third main entry of the infamous Arkham series. It was a prequel to Arkham Asylum, taking place in a period of time where Batman is still in the process of meeting his deadliest enemies for the first time. Arkham Origins was meant to be the culmination of the task which began in Arkham Asylum and continued in Arkham City, to take the best elements of both stealth and action genres and have them married in a beautiful, bat-filled ceremony. The finest elements of both games should have merged with clear references to the twisted, iconic asylum of the first game as well as the giant urban prison of the second. The main question everyone was asking however – did this game live up to the infamous ‘Arkham’ reputation? By Luke Kirby It’s somewhat of a harsh truth but the catalogue of games on the Wii U has been rather lacking, specifically with the popular/iconic franchises, since the release of the console in November 2012. So I gleefully look forward to the release of Mario Kart 8 released on the 30th of May because quite frankly my Wii U is gathering thicker layers of dust as the days go on. By Ben Mapp Back in 2004, Fable gave a surprising and interesting take on the fantasy genre. It was often inventive. But never innovative. It was clumsily made in fact with a strict targeting system, clunky gameplay and an even more dire control scheme, as well as splurging a rather uncreative storyline when compared to other fantasy RPG’s. Anyone who has ever played a fantasy game knows that complex stories can be mesmerising when done properly (Dragon Age: Origins anyone?), but Fable never once attempted it within its own narrative. Fable’s story felt safe with very little risk taken on behalf of the characters or in-game events, but in its own way, this was fine. This was just Fable. It was just how Fable was. By Paul Robert Scott For gamers there are few things that can induce a simultaneous feeling of both hope and dread quite like hearing that the latest blockbuster film is going to get a video game tie-in. On the one hand we always hope that the developers will get it right and capture the magic of the big screen, but as experience has taught us the end result is just as likely to be a massive let down. Invariably for every Goldeneye we get an E.T., the latter of which now being legendary for being so bad all unsold copies were literally buried; and even more often we are given a game so mediocre that it’ll find itself back in the pre-owned section before a second playthrough. This is often down to the speed in which the games are produced, with designers often pressured to get their project released at the same time as the film it’s based on. By Carla Hodge If you've been keeping updated with all things Westeros in the last month you'll remember that Telltale Games are turning their not inconsiderable talent to current fantasy behemoth, Game of Thrones. The digital world of Westeros will be delivered, as we might expect, in an episodic form, and like The Walking Dead will run concurrently with the the television show that is now in its fourth series. By Ben Mapp. Red Dwarf is a British sitcom set in space produced by the BBC, and features Craig Charles as Dave Lister, the last surviving human, who sets out to return to Earth after a prolonged sleep in cryo-stasis. The show also starred Chris Barrie as a hologram of Lister’s dead bunk-mate, a servant ‘mechanoid’ called Kryten played by Robert Llewellyn, and a rebellious life-form that evolved from Lister’s cat played by Danny John-Jules. The show originally ran from 1988 to 1999 before being discontinued in favour of a live-action film (which never transpired). The franchise eventually returned to British television on Dave in 2012 with a new series, entitled Red Dwarf X (the tenth series if we are to count the 2009 three-part-story ‘Back to Earth’ as Series IX). By Ben Mapp As a kid I was surrounded by 16-bit consoles. The Sega Mega-Drive stands out clearly in my mind. Oh how we loved Sega… The Dreamcast was Sega’s last attempt at a video game console, and it was launched in 1999. It was therefore the final console of the twentieth century, and it lived a short but happy life. By Carla Hodge As much as we all love it, gaming suffers from a bit of an image problem. And not in the 'it's just a thing for men who don't grow up' kind of way. More of a physical way, if you will. Idealized bodies are all over the virtual landscape, and occasionally it goes, well, a bit too far and into downright unnecessarily sexy. There's a time and a place, if you will. So in case you're having a bad self-esteem day and don't need to see too-sexy bodies and moments in your digital media, here's a quick run down of some characters and moments (though definitely not all) who took it a bit too far. Fair warning: it gets a little NSFW up ahead. By Carla Hodge Well, the making-a-movie-based-on-a-video-game gauntlet has been picked up again, having been grasped and hastily dropped a number of times over the last two decades or so. The next game up for a celluloid makeover is World of Warcraft, directed by Duncan Jones (previously of Source Code and Moon, which have both been nominated for actual awards), and starring Paula Patton, Travis Fimmel, and Dominic Cooper amongst others. Empire magazine has even managed to secure some screenshots. |
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