Author: Nick Cowen

Does anyone remember the last Tomb Raider movie that came out? No? Don’t worry, we had to Google it to make sure it had actually seen the light of day. Apparently, it was released back in 2018 — you know, a time when we could all go to the cinema without wearing face-masks and sitting two seats over from the person we went with — and while it didn’t set the world on fire, it made enough money to warrant a sequel. After all, the last instalment of any franchise is the one that doesn’t make any money. Tomb Raider?…

Last Friday, Microsoft announced that it will be doubling the price for its Xbox Gold subscription service from $60 for a year-long fee to $120 for the same package. Local users will note that this meant a 12-month subscription for Xbox Gold would jump from nearly a grand to nearly two grand. As was expected, this news was met with the same reception one might give a pair of Jehovah’s Witnesses who turned up at one in the morning, asking if they could perhaps dispose of some body parts in the tub. To wit, Microsoft was roundly flamed at over…

Here’s proof, if ever any more was needed, that COVID-19 continues to batter the movie industry. News has emerged that the much-anticipated Uncharted movie has had its release date kicked to next year. According to a report on Variety, the Uncharted movie, originally slated for release in July of 2021, now has the tentative release date of 11 February 2022. We say tentative, because given what the COVID-19 pandemic may have in store for the lot of us, there’s no way of knowing whether the new release date is set in stone. That having been said, Uncharted fans are used…

While innovation is something to be praised in game creation, sometimes it’s refreshing to see developers leave it out of the equation when they have a winning formula on their hands. This seems to have been the guiding philosophy for IO Interactive’s approach to Hitman 3; rather than try to reinvent the wheel, or plug in a whole load of unnecessary mechanics, IO has instead refined its stealth kill-box to a lethal degree. Like a fine wine, refined over several years, Hitman 3 is the best realisation of the recent trilogy on release. The Agent is back To give you…