Few series were as difficult to figure out back in the day as Sega and Westone’s Wonder Boy. Actually Wonder Boy! Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap for PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch makes it even easier to enjoy the franchise’s succulent action RPG treasures. A stunningly rendered remake of Wonder Boy 3 by the studio Lizardcube, it makes the best 8-bit entry available to a whole new generation. We’re talking with Wonder Boy fanatic and Lizardcube designer Omar Cornut live on Twitch at 1:30PM PT/

Things have slowed down a bit for PlayStation VR since it came out in October, but they may pick up again now that Farpoint is near(point). The sci-fi shooter was built from the ground up as a complete game experience for PSVR – not an extra option, like Resident Evil 7’s VR experience, or a fairly small side game, like Until Dawn: Rush of Blood. Hopefully it’s exactly the kind of “can’t get this anywhere else” experience that PS VR needs to get rolling again after a quiet few months. You can pi

And for the auto manufacturers of the world who need data on how driverless cars should behave, one game in particular is proving to be quite useful. You might be thinking, “Wouldn’t it be better to just send cars into the real world?” And it’s not like they’re gathering the data from the reckless GTA Online players of the world – these are simulations, not for-funsies play sessions. For those unfamiliar, an in-game disease called Corrupted Blood could be cast on players by the final boss of the

Star Wars: The Force Awakens was full of reunions; audiences got to see their favorite characters again, and those characters were likewise reunited with each other. But one pair never got to say hello (or goodbye): Luke and Han. Mark Hamill called it a “missed opportunity” in an interview with Fandango, offering up his own suggestion for what should’ve happened. She’ll get close to him and get into some dire situation, and that’s when I show up for a big ‘yaaay!’ Will we see any of Hamill’s ide

If you see anybody getting up to leave when the credits roll on Guardians of the Galaxy 2, you go ahead and advise them to sit back down. Director James Gunn has confirmed that the upcoming film will have a grand total of five extra scenes during and after the credits, so you might as well just call them Guardians of the Galaxy 3. Gunn dropped the detail as a correction to a ScreenRant story that originally said there were four credits scenes. It’s not just quick gags, either – apparently at lea

I hope you’re sitting down: Star Wars Battlefront 2 will have a deluxe edition. Dubbed the “Star Wars Battlefront 2: Elite Trooper Deluxe Edition” (try saying that five times fast), this extra-special version will cost $80 and come packed with exclusive digital goodies. Pretty self-explanatory, really: pick up the deluxe edition and you can wage interstellar war three days earlier than those who wait for the standard edition. Elite Officer Upgrade Pack, containing the Blurrg-1120 weapon and enha

The Last of Us 2 is coming together in a motion capture studio somewhere in Los Angeles, and it has horses, machetes, and lots of green dots on people’s faces. I dunno, if he was a ghost/delusion in the teaser he could totally show up as a ghost/delusion in the game, too. Back in LA, shooting some video game. Well, it’s just a plastic blue toy machete for now, but it will probably look a lot more threatening in the real game. Hopefully your horse friend doesn’t meet the same tragic end as poor o

Star Trek: Discovery is blasting off this yearOver fifty years ago, Gene Roddenberry wrote “Star Trek is…” onto a blank piece of paper. The Star Trek: Discovery ship is based on an abandoned ‘70s designStar Trek: Discovery’s namesake, the U.S.S. The Star Trek: Discovery uniforms look strangely familiarA Star Trek: Discovery teaser trailer gave us the briefest of brief glimpses at the new Starfleet uniforms, which you can see above. “I think when you see the design, you’ll say, ‘It’s a little bit

With or without PS VR, the opening of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is a masterclass in slow-burn tension. If you haven’t played Resident Evil 7 yet and would like to go in completely cold, it’s time to tap out, because beyond this point lie a few minor spoilers. These are a necessary evil with current VR tech, designed to ease the potential wooziness or nausea that can accompany specific movements, and are thus forgivable. Even so, it wouldn’t solve the one intractable problem of VR, which is the

Another week, another face changing app, this time called… FaceApp. Its main skills are making you look old, changing your gender and, most importantly, adding smiles where there were no smiles before. So what better use of a slow news day than to use that last one to cheer up some of gaming’s most famous misery guts. Venom Snake, MGS 5Ethan, Heavy RainBatman, Arkham KnightGeralt, The Witcher 3Kratos, God of WarWesker, Resident EvilHeihachi, Tekken 7Marcus, Gears of WarThere you go. I think we

Well, it turns out, if you’re Han Solo – and judging by the reaction to the rumours that he’s not actually called Han Solo – a helluva lot. If you were fretting that the galaxy’s greatest smuggler was actually called Hank Solerson (or something equally ridiculous) then worry not: it was all a big Death Star-sized misunderstanding according to Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy. Speaking to MTV in a video released on their Facebook page, Kennedy reaffirmed that the Han Solo movie wouldn’t see h

Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is just over the starry horizon, but a bunch of lucky so-and-sos have already seen it. So far, so good then; take a looksee at how the critics have reacted to everything, from the tunes of Awesome Mix Vol. People seemed to really be digging Guardians Vol. #GotGVol2April 18, 2017Going in with through-the-roof expectations, Guardians Vol. For many, it will become their new favorite Marvel movie pic.twitter.com/Po4ZOSPs8QApril 18, 2017GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 2. is very

Want to know what happened in a galaxy far, far away between the events of The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi? You’ll want to head to your local comic shop in September to pick up a copy of Star Wars: Captain Phasma. The four-part mini-series will help bridge the gaps between Star Wars 7 and 8, focusing on just how the crap a Stormtrooper many assumed was stuck in a trash compactor escaped the destruction of Starkiller Base. Star Wars: Captain Phasma is co-written by Kelly Thompson (Star Wars A

Disney announced in 2015 that it would be expanding its Disneyland and Disney World amusement parks (in California and Florida, respectively) with Star Wars-themed expansions. At Star Wars Celebration 2017, the company shed some light on these ambitious projects. It’ll be one of the park’s most interactive attractionsRight now, a Star Wars-themed attraction already exists at several Disney parks: Star Tours. “You can essentially build a reputation in the Star Wars universe,” Lucasfilm creative e

He directed and co-wrote the Evil Dead remake, as well as the thriller Don’t Breathe. Labyrinth was a box office bust, barely making half of its budget back in the US. The 1986 musical was produced by George Lucas, starred David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly, written by Monty Python’s Terry Jones, and was the last film Jim Henson directed before his death in 1990. Bowie + Lucas + Monty Python + Henson = high expectations. Second, while Labyrinth certainly had its darker, scarier moments, it’s stil

Game of Thrones actress Carice van Houten posted a picture to Twitter this weekend that has fans all abuzz about the return of Melisandre in season 7. 👵🏻💃🏻 pic.twitter.com/pUHAHv7F1gApril 13, 2017If you need some context, van Houten is showing off the practical effects transformation she goes through in order to portray the sorceress’ true form, that of an elderly woman. Melisandre has had a supreme amount of influence over some major characters, whispering in their ears about prophecies and god

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson has made his pronouncement and one of the weirdest, geekiest grammar debates ever is settled: The Last Jedi is singular no matter what all the foreign language translations indicate. At least it’s singular in his mind, and he should know, right? EXCLUSIVE: @StarWars: #TheLastJedi director @rianjohnson says “last Jedi” is SINGULAR in his mind. That’s one of the 10 questions we had after watching Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s trailer. For more insight, c

The first Star Wars Battlefront from EA had a laser (blaster?) focus on the original trilogy, but Star Wars Battlefront 2 lets you play through all 40 years of Star Wars canon. One piece of art showed Clone Troopers assailing their home planet of Kamino, which appeared in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. And it looks like Star Wars Battlefront 2 will revisit some locations from the first game, given this scene of a Rebel riding a tauntaun on Hoth from the trailer. Make sure to read our brand new

Star Wars Battlefront 2 will release November this year, so a month ahead of Star Wars The Last Jedi. However that won’t stop it including the film in some way. At this year’s Star Wars Celebration executive producer Matt Webster revealed Battlefront 2 would be receiving some extra The Last Jedi goodness via pre-orders. (The new game will finally include all eras of Star Wars from the original films, the prequels, new movies, the Clone Wars and more.) Keep an eye our Star Wars Celebration Orland

The Star Wars Battlefront 2 release date is finally official: EA plans to release the game worldwide on November 17, 2017. That gives you just under a month to play the game before heading to the theaters for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. You can actually start playing the game three days early if you pre-order it, and you can count on the usual Play First trials for EA Access and Origin Access members. The single-player campaign bridges the events after Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and before Star