The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise may have taken shore leave for the past six years but Captain Jack Sparrow remains as iconic as ever. Johnny Depp’s swashbuckling, suave buccaneer returns to our screens in May’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales – but he’s no longer the Jack we’re used to. Subscribe to SFX now – in print or on digital from only £7Speaking to SFX Magazine, co-director Joachim Ronning says of Jack’s predicament: “He’s lost his luck. He’s lost his way. Jack Spa

It would be a superhero showdown to end all showdowns. Could Avengers: Infinity War see the Guardians of the Galaxy face off against the Avengers? Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige certainly isn’t denying it…When asked by Fandango whether a scrap between the Guardians and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes was possible, before dealing with Thanos, Kevin Feige laughed and coyly stated, “All things are possible.”That’s not a no…This comes after Zoe Saldana revealed what she expects to happen when the Gua

What better way to celebrate April 26 (as in LV-426, a planet featured in the Alien films) than to bridge the gap between the events of Ridley Scott’s Prometheus and his upcoming sequel Alien: Covenant ? But Shaw has been largely absent from Alien: Covenant’s trailers so far, and we haven’t been exactly sure what happened to her in between the two movies. Thanks to this prologue, now we know – and I suspect we’ll be seeing her make a cameo when the new ship Covenant arrives on that lush green pl

How will the Guardians of the Galaxy get along with the Avengers when the two teams meet up in Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War ? According to our interview with star Zoe Saldana, you’ll need to tap into your knowledge of ‘80s comedies to understand their dynamic. Written and directed by James Gunn and starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Kurt Russell, Karen Gillan, Michael Rooker, and more, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Avengers: Infinity War hits theaters on April 27, 2018 in

List of things I never knew I wanted until I saw them: a dinosaur head-shaped pasta serving utensil, a USB flash drive that is also a Transformer, and now a Forza Horizon 3 meets Hot Wheels crossover. Forza Horizon 3 in particular has some wild stunts, like racing a Jeep being carried by a helicopter, a design decision that I personally found quite endearing. The Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels expansion is included with the Forza Horizon 3 season pass, or can be purchased standalone for $20. Hot Whe

Call of Duty: WW2 will continue the fine tradition of slaying undead abominations in its very own zombies mode. FIRST LOOK: #CODWII Nazi Zombies Confirmed! pic.twitter.com/hnyDKxChloApril 26, 2017Nazis, zombies, World War 2 – this is probably sounding a bit familiar. This particular Nazi Zombies mode will tell “an entirely new story”, according to Schofield, so it will likely stay separate from Treyarch’s time-traveling CoD zombies saga. Read our full Call of Duty: WW2 preview for more details a

The Call of Duty: WW2 reveal livestream sent Twitter into a frenzy this afternoon (or morning, depending on where you live). COD IS BACK BOYS #CoDWWIIApril 26, 2017That was the sickest COD REVEAL EVER!!!! #WWII #CoDWWIIApril 26, 2017Okay #CoDWWII looks absolutely beautiful…. #CoDWWIIApril 26, 2017Not everyone is impressedLol how does the #CoDWWII trailer have 4k dislikes? People actually dislike this game?April 26, 2017Storming the beaches of Normandy is the Green Hill Zone of WWII gamesApril

Our first official look at Call of Duty: WW2 in action is here. The new Sledgehammer Games production returns to the European Theater for its single-player campaign, following a unit of soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division. The trailer also confirms the official Call of Duty: WW2 release date – just like the leaks said, it’s November 3, 2017. If you don’t want to wait until November, you can also pre-order the game for a guaranteed slot in the closed beta tests. For more on Call of Duty: WW2,

This year’s Call of Duty WW2, will include quite a diverse cast to reflect the “global cause” of the Second World War, according to developer Sledgehammer. However, there was also art for a black soldier, several woman, a German SS officer, and a child. The Allied force was a global force, the German force, the Axis force, was more than just the Nazis. To prove that, Condrey ran through the characters revealed so far: “there’s a German family and two sisters, there’s Crowley – a British officer

You might have missed that Call of Duty is returning to World War 2. The game also follows a famous group of soldiers, the 1st Infantry Division, otherwise known as the Fighting First. There’s no real information on him, although his unbuttoned collars and missing hat suggests he might not be fully in service. “This arsenal of World War 2 weapons and the signatures of those weapons were really uniquely defined,” says Condrey. “Now you have a place to really celebrate that achievement in public a

Call of Duty WW2 has quite a large list of characters and, interestingly, it looks like two of the playable characters are based on some very real life heroes. Firstly we have Sussman, a soldier in the 1st Infantry Division and one of the main characters. And, again, she appears to be a real person: Jeannie Rousseau, an “Allied intelligence agent in occupied France during World War 2.” I mean, the V2 Rocket – the first entry in humans into space travel happened in World War 2; we stood on the si

There are big changes for Call of Duty this year as it heads back to World War 2. And one big question remains to be answered – how will that affect the competitive eSports scene given the huge reliance current players have on exoskeletons and boost jumps. I asked Sledgehammer’s Michael Condrey about this, specifically whether the plan was to keep this year’s COD as part of the eSports circuit. You can read more about Call of Duty WW2’s multiplayer details here, but it’s safe to say it’s all cha

Alien: Covenant has Aliens in it. But does that make it an Alien film? Because you also need to…Go slow-burn with the pacingUnless you’ve watched them recently, Alien, Aliens, and Alien 3 are probably way, way slower than you remember. There are rarely any straightforward character tropes in an Alien film, heroic or villainous. Oh, and one last point…For God’s sake, backlight the Alien like crazyThat’s how you film the Alien.

Today marks the day when Alien fans around the world celebrate one of the best sci-fi movies ever made. Read on, and celebrate Alien Day by schooling up on the coolest trivia facts surrounding this beloved sci-fi franchise. However, there’s an even earlier tie-in between the Alien verse and Scott’s 1982 film that makes a fleeting appearance in Alien 3. Alien: EngineersEarly on in development on Prometheus, Jon Spaihts penned a version of the script entitled Alien: Engineers. Mythology rewriteThe

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Back in 1991, few could have predicted the impact that The Silence of the Lambs would have. Becoming only the third movie in history to do so, it won ‘The Big Five’ Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Writing. To honour him, here’s 10 of the creepiest moments from one of the best movies ever made, The Silence of the Lambs. Night vision climaxMost of the horror in The Silence of the Lambs is of the psychological nature, not so in the climactic showdown betwe

What would you do if you got to hang out with Finn from Star Wars? A few fans got a taste of what hanging out with the Stormtrooper-turned-Resistance hero would be like when John Boyega photobombed them at Star Wars Celebration 2017:Boyega wasn’t just doing this for funsies, though. I don’t expect I’ll win any of the grand prizes, but that’s okay – seeing John Boyega make fans this happy is a fine consolation prize. Pics and hugs weren’t the only things happening at SWC of course – there was als

2’s end credits rolled, and all five end-credit sequences had played, these were the questions I was left with…Needless to say, there are weapons grade spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy 2 ahead. Infinity War takes place four years after Guardians of the Galaxy 2, which gives us a firm timescale for Nebula tracking down her dastardly daddy. Rhames and Yeoh play Charlie-27 and Aleta Ogord, respectively, who are characters from the Guardians of the Galaxy comics. Plus, they’re still alive… Will

Microsoft hasn’t shown any real, intended-for-release games running on Xbox Scorpio yet, but these new screenshots from Windows Central give us our best idea so far. The screens are taken from Microsoft tech demos, starring a steampunk scientist (as played by Sarah Palin as played by Tina Fey) and a lil’ ladybug on a flower. Xbox Scorpio on a 4K displayXbox One on a 1080p displayXbox Scorpio on a 1080p displayXbox Scorpio on a 4K display with Scorpio assetsXbox Scorpio on a 4K display with Xbox

An away win at Anfield is considered one of the biggest scalps in football – and this weekend one fan will achieve that accolade and a cool $20,000 (£15,580), simply for being good at PES 2017. “We’re anticipating a brilliant spectacle at Anfield that brings together the very best in football and professional gaming,” says senior director Jonas Lygaard. There’ve been more than 185 passes per game, but only 16 tackles; confirming PES once more as the purists’ choice of football game. GamesRadar+