New skins, weapon, and boss.Numerous Games as a Service will be making the case for you to check out their Halloween events over the next couple of weeks, one of which is Borderlands 3. Already announced a handful of weeks back, the free Bloody Harvest event will bring terror to PlayStation 4 players in just a few days from Thursday 24th October.Lasting right up until the beginning of December, va... more.

Considering the critical success of Gears 5, it’s not too difficult to imagine Gears 6 is already in the works. But according to The Coalition’s art director, a potential Gears 6 may get visual inspiration from an interesting source. Iran-based video game composer Hamidreza Nikoofar has a podcast series called Wassup Conversations where Nikoofar speaks with various developers. A recent episode... more.

Video games conjure entire worlds from polygons and code that we spend days exploring, so it’s no surprise we talk about them constantly - like sailors peeling off our stiff, salty clothes to tell tales of adventure around a table. Our stories usually begin in a similar way. Your friend might ask, “have you heard of ? It’s a 2D puzzle platformer.” Or think of the podcast host who describes... more.

Stream fighter.Most video game genres can translate well to a streaming service if you've got a good enough connection, but there's one type of experience that is always going to suffer no matter what. Fighting games, especially when played competitively, rely on frame-perfect combo moves and intricate playstyles the further up you go, and any amount of lag is going to be a detriment to that. It's... more.

To repay his investment.Capcom and its employees can't stop talking about reviving the company's older IPs at the moment. After stating that the Japanese publisher plans on bringing back some of its classic franchises off the back of Resident Evil 2 and Onimusha: Warlords, one of the studio's most recognisable figureheads got in on the act.Yoshinori Ono, the producer of Street Fighter IV and Stree... more.

The new Will Smith action movie Gemini Man is expected to lose many millions of dollars. According The Hollywood Reporter, Gemini Man could lose $75 million or more following a slow start at the box office.Gemini Man only made $20.5 million million in the US and Canada over its October 11-13 opening weekend. Worldwide, it's made $118.7 million thus far. That is a lot of money, but the film had a r... more.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare isn't slated for release until October 25 (or late in the day on October 24, depending on where you live), but ahead of that, it seems early copies of the game are beginning to appear in the wild. The game's physical edition for PS4 and Xbox One are printed on discs, and those discs have to make it to retailers in time for launch.Given the size and scale of a Call of D... more.

"I'm telling you, man, it's a war out here. Going to be us against them." Screen Media Films has unveiled an official trailer for an indie thriller titled Crown Vic, which first premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year. Written & directed by Joel Souza, the title is a reference to the cop car that most police drive around America - known as a "Crown Vic" because it's a Ford Crown ... more.

"I used to think that my life was a tragedy, but now I realize, it's a comedy." On this episode of The First Word podcast we sit down for a full-on discussion about the controversial, box office smash, R-rated comic book movie Joker, directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix as the iconic Gotham villain. Everyone else has been talking about it, we had to speak our minds about it, too... more.

Bring the rain.There’s nothing better than a big storm to add plenty of foreboding atmosphere to a scene. Batman: Arkham Knight, for example, was set in a perpetually rainy sandbox – it was depressing, but it suited the miserable mood of Rocksteady’s game. How good could thunder and lightning look on PlayStation 5, then? Real good if this Unreal Engine 4 tech demo is anything to go by.Despit... more.