Despite rumours to the contrary, a new Rainbow 6 title is currently in development at Ubisoft, though the studio has stated that the game will be a ways away from Rainbow 6: Patriots, which was originally announced back in 2011. In an interview with IGN, Laurent Detoc, the studio’s US president, explained the reasoning behind the game’s innate complications.
With the Christmas season in full flow and consumers picking up gaming gifts left, right and center, it was a busy week in the UK’s all-format charts. Although according to figures published by retail monitor Chart Track, it was Activision’s Call of Duty: Ghosts that claimed the number one spot, edging out FIFA 14 by a mere 600 units. Talk about a photo finish.
Stealth Inc: The Lost Clones is a welcomed return for Curve Studios’ indie gem; a concise, well-paced curtain call that’ll put your reflexes to the test as you delve into the murky history of PTi Industries.
A leaked trailer for Christopher Nolan's upcoming Interstellar was posted on Reddit today. Debuting in theatres last night in front of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, those who haven't had a chance to catch Peter Jackson's return to Middle-earth yet can now watch the Interstellar trailer from the comfort of their own home.
In the wake of the recent revelation of two forthcoming spin-off films based on Venom and the Sinister Six, a new international trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has been released.
Everybody's favorite badass film heroine this side of Ripley has been cast in the upcoming Terminator: Genesis. Yes, that's right, Sarah Connor will be portrayed by Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke, who will co-star alongside Jason Clarke as John Connor. And before you ask, no, they are not related, though it is kind of neat that they both have the same last name.
They say that Christmas is a time of giving. And for Oculus VR, that adage couldn't be more true. The company behind the eye-catching Oculus Rift headset recently secured a further $75 million in funding to perfect the consumer version of the virtual reality platform. Investment came via Andreessen Horowitz primarily, according to GamesIndustry International, with major firms such as Matrix Partners and Spark Capital also providing additional financial backing.
Sony Pictures are currently eyeing Safe House scribe David Guggenheim to pen the script for Bad Boys 3, according to Deadline. The studio, which recently underwent a restructuring process that resulted in Michael De Luca slotting in as co-president of production, hopes to attract the primary stars back to the franchise, namely Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, in order to get the shiny wheels in motion.
Double Fine, the creative minds behind games such as Pyschonauts and the upcoming Broken Age, has provided details on its latest project, Hack N’ Slash, a puzzle-based action adventure game due for release in 2014. The company’s next title, which has been incubating in production since the studio’s annual in-house game jam — aptly branded Amnesia Fortnight — and has been confirmed to appear on Linux, Mac and Windows PC.
AMC’s Low Winter Sun, also known as AMC’s ‘Please-Please-Just-Keep-Watching-Even-Though-Breaking-Bad-is-Ending,’ has been canceled in its infancy after just one season. Based on the British mini-series of the same name, the show starred Mark Strong and Lennie James. Although it was given what is arguably AMC’s most valuable time slot, the series failed to garner any of that sweet post-Breaking Bad traction. Petering down to about 630,000 viewers for its season finale, Low Winter Sun seemed pretty likely to get axed, in retrospect.
