Middle-earth: Shadow of War is at its best when things are nearly – but not quite – going horribly, terribly wrong. Capable of all of the vaulting, wall-leaping, insta-countering abilities he displayed in the previous game, Shadow of Mordor, his skill-set has now expanded (literally and figuratively) to deal with the wider, multi-levelled demands of War’s vast sieges. But now he’s surrounded by dozens of orcs, is fighting three War Chiefs at the same time, and one of them, as I pointed out earli

Six years since we last rode the high seas with Cap’n Jack Sparrow in On Stranger Tides, Johnny Depp returns to his signature role. With his ship the Black Pearl now shrunken inside a tiny bottle, he’s even more hapless than usual, in charge of a bare-bones vessel named the Dying Gull. This is not a bad omen, as Salazar’s Revenge is a hugely enjoyable ride. The pacing is spot-on, the set-pieces memorable and all the characters are allowed to shine, without it ever becoming The Johnny Depp Show.

If you thought Dogtooth was upsetting and The Lobster was outlandish, wait ‘til you get a load of Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest outré oddity. Also in the mix is 16-year-old Martin (Barry Keoghan), the son of one of Steven’s patients who died during surgery. Declaring he wishes to himself be a heart surgeon, Martin meets regularly with Steven for pie and chat. There’s a hint of We Need to Talk about Kevin’s troubled protagonist in Martin’s narrow eyes and lank hair, though his interactions with Steven

Ever wondered what your house, school or office would look like in a post apocalyptic setting like the The Last of Us? Urban Jungle works a lot like Google Maps, but adds an extra layer of vegetation to everything, making it all look like a Clicker’s about to burst out of somewhere. Here’s Pittsburgh’s Fort Duquesne bridge as it appears in The Last Of Us game:And here’s how the real bridge appears through Urban Jungle:Not bad, really. No zombies or clickers yet; might need a different website fo

The best thing you can do right now is sit back and watch a bunch of singing animals fight it out to become the next pop superstar. Doesn’t that sound good? Starring Scarlett Johansson, Matthew McConaughey, and Reese Witherspoon, Sing will be released on digital download on May 15, 2017 and if you download it, you can watch it anywhere you want. With an underdog story, cute animals, and catching songs, here’s x GIFs which prove Sing is the feel good movie you need in your life…Name another movie

Since then it has grown to explain so much more about the spirit and raw process of creating an Assassin’s Creed title. Back in 2013 there were seven studios working on Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag. So that’s great for the overall game.”By spreading responsibility for the varied features in the game, Ubisoft can afford to make Assassin’s Creed so diverse. This Easter Egg is something that very few members of the Assassin’s Creed 2 team were even aware of until it started popping up in videos o

Microsoft are knocking $50 off a few Xbox One S bundles for “a limited time” for spring. There’s no information as to how long the offer will last, and one’s sold out already, so if any of these take your fancy you might want to move fast. There are a few other options over at Xbox.com, but those are the only ones with the magic 50 bucks sliced off. If you’re thinking about it, or even if you’ve already got one, then here are the best Xbox One games to give you something to play. Or if you feel

A low, droning ambience hums under the dialogue, and Lynch holds his shots for uncomfortably long periods of time. But we don’t spend as much time in Twin Peaks across these first two hours as you might expect. At first it’s jarring to see Twin Peaks drift away from the familiar forests, sawmills, and mist-shrouded mountains of the Pacific Northwest, but it has allowed the writers to tell a much bigger story. My money’s on the enigmatic Owl Cave ring, which The Secret History of Twin Peaks revea

Oh, Walking Dead. You’ve dragged your feet and shambled along for a good season-and-a-half now but it looks like you’ll finally break free of the slow shackles of The Walking Dead season 7. Co-executive producer Denise Huth spoke to Entertainment Weekly regarding the season 8 premiere, coincidentally its 100th episode. Is 100 not out a good omen for The Walking Dead to come back swinging? I think it will be really, really satisfying.”Image: AMC

Xbox vice pres Mike Ybarra has reiterated that developers don’t need to worry about parity between Xbox One and Scorpio. In less technical talk that means you don’t have to worry about super-future Scorpio games being held back by Xbox One development. The confirmation came after this tweet from Ybarra was contested:@XboxQwik But there is a fps parity betwen Xbox One and Scorpio in multiplayer. If a game is developed specifically to max out the Scorpio, how will that translate to Xbox One? In th

Han Solo is going racing. The Han Solo movie recently had shots of Han on set and in costume, and concept art of a speeder leaked but now we’ve got the real thing in action: Han Solo in a speeder. See the video for yourself below. It’s still interesting to see racing make its way back into the Star Wars universe, especially as podracing was one of the few rare bright sparks in The Phantom Menace. And there’s no better way to introduce Young Han Solo to the world than a death-defying drag race (o

Dustin Hoffman is in great form as Harold Meyerowitz, ex-professor, faintly recognised sculptor and testy, self-obsessed father of three kids: LA-based Matthew (Ben Stiller) and New York-based Danny (Adam Sandler) and Jean (Elizabeth Marvel). Communication in this dysfunctional Jewish family is intermittent at best, its parties separated by distance both geographical and emotional. sentiment on display and the characters’ petty behaviours don’t evaporate but rather exaggerate given the sombre si

After 70 years you’d think they’d seen it all at Cannes, but Brit-punk coming of age sci-fi How to Talk to Girls at Parties features two noteworthy firsts for the fest. How to Talk to Girls… is a joyous return to the anarchic, punk-fuelled spirit of his early work. Frustrated, Zan flees with Enn to experience the world and “further access the punk”. “Punk really is the greatest thing that happened to ugly people” she says in a hilarious, but respectably decent east end accent. Naturally for a fi

Remember when Jeremy Renner was a combustible character actor whose volcanic eyes threatened to torch the celluloid of S.W.A.T. Fine, then Wind River is for you. It’s directed by Taylor Sheridan, which if you’ve seen his grotty horror debut Vile, is something to be afraid of… until you consider he also wrote Sicario and Hell or High Water. Renner plays Cory Lambert, a local US Fish and Wildlife Service agent who discovers the body of an 18-year-old woman in the wilderness of the Wind River India

The robes they wear, the Doctor, Bill, the TARDIS: they’re all parts of an alien computer simulation. When you realise that nothing you’ve seen is ‘real’, you see how fooled you were from the very beginning like the Doctor, Bill, and Nardole. She simply doesn’t like being good, yet understands it better than the Doctor. Missy might stick to her promise and remain good – for as long as the Doctor keeps an eye on her, that is. And sorry, simulation-aliens: I don’t think you’re going to last very l

Walking around the venue after Destiny 2’s official reveal yesterday, a particular phrase came up a few times in conversation with other attendees. In many very real ways, the first three years of Destiny have been a co-production between game developer and game community. Read more about Destiny The Destiny 2 Beta is coming this summer. The Destiny experience distilled in every important respect, then. Now, both creators and players know what Destiny really is, how it’s at its best, and the cir

Sure, you could play co-op games online, but it’s a different kind of experience. The same is true in Overcooked, one of the secret best games of 2016. So dive in, upgrade your ship, rescue space bunnies, and do your best not to explode with joy at this sickeningly cute co-op masterpiece. Anyway, what’s your favourite local co-op game? Here’s our list of the 25 Best Co-op Games Ever Made, and another feature on the Best Upcoming Games of 2014.

Keeping up with the latest games, not to mention the hardware to play it on, is an expensive effort. Sometimes, you need to invest in a game that will guarantee you at least a hundred hours of entertainment to get you through the lean months. Persona 5Formats: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3Release date: 2017Average play time: 158 hoursAverage cost: $49.99Cost to player: $0.32 per hourThe main story of Persona 5 takes about 100 hours to complete. Diablo 3Formats: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, X

Here’s some news that will hit you right in the childhood: Netflix and The Jim Henson Company are creating a 10-episode original series based on The Dark Crystal. Set years before the events of the film, The Dark Crystal: Age of Rebellion will follow three Gelflings who discover untold secrets about the tyrannical Skeksis and seek to overthrow them. You can watch a teaser below:Now, for all of you who didn’t watch this classic fantasy film back in the day: think Lord of the Rings, as envisioned

GTA 5’s San Andreas is a rough place to do your drivers education, especially if you’re a neural network with four stars and absolutely no understanding of traffic laws. Twitch user sentdex is letting viewers share in the formative moments of Charles, “a convolutional neural network that learns to drive through deep learning”. It’s a bit like those driverless cars that are training themselves on GTA 5, but with a lot more vehicular manslaughter. In some ways, Charles is already pretty good; it s