Day: 16 June 2015

state champs

Tyler Szalkowski of State Champs (New York) talk second LP, “Shot Boys” and touring with 5SOS

New York pop-punk band, State Champs have had a busy two years since releasing their debut album, The Finer Things. It’s hard to imagine how far they have come since 2013 and it’s clear that they pretty much gave it their all to be where they are now. After several international tours and countless opportunities, they managed to…

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E3 2015: A reboot of the Need for Speed video game series is coming in November.

Ghost Games have released a fresh trailer for the reboot of the Need for Speed video game series and confirmed a release date for the game, November 3, during EA’s E3 press event. The trailer features a mix of live action and in-game footage, along with “Go”, the new Chemical Brothers track. It’s a massive open world…

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E3 2015: Five glorious minutes of Star Wars: Battlefront gameplay just for you

EA closed out their E3 2015 media conference with an extended, five minute gameplay trailer of DICE’s forthcoming shooter Star Wars: Battlefront. The trailer follows the Battle of Hoth from Empire Strikes Back through various points of view, those of the rebel soldiers on the ground and in the air flying A-Wings, from the Imperials…

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E3 2015: Rainbow Six Siege bringing terrorist hunt co-op back, beta kicks off September 24

Rainbow Six Siege has had a solid showing at Ubisoft’s E3 presser this morning, showing the game’s terrorist hunting co-op mode and getting everyone ready for the beta starting September 24. The beta starts less than a month before the game actually releases on October 13, which is interesting. The live demo showed five players…

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E3 2015: More new Fallout 4 footage debuts at Microsoft’s E3 press event, mods coming to Xbox One version of the game

Fallout 4‘s power amour just looks so damned cool. Bethesda showed off a little more footage from the game at Microsoft’s E3 press event, focused squarely on combat and weapons. Also, big news, mods are coming to the Xbox One version of the game! The trailer shows off a ton of weapons in greater detail…

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Sydney Film Festival Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (USA, 2015)

Given my past experiences with the horrific disease, I’m one person that finds the deus ex machina of cancer unbearable. It is often done tastelessly, depicting it’s sufferers as people without autonomy or regarded with the self-respect that they deserve – cancer patients are people, not pawns that should be used to explain a protagonist…

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Jurassic World enjoys the biggest opening in history at the North American Box Office

Fans can’t get enough dinosaur action, it seems, as the franchise Jurassic Park returned with its fourth installment over the weekend with the highly anticipated Jurassic World. It’s been a long time coming and it seems that the wait for Universal executives has paid off. The film just broke all box office records in North…

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E3 2015: Final Fantasy VII finally gets a HD remake; releasing first on PS4

Following an entire decade of rumours and dashed hopes, the classic PSOne RPG Final Fantasy VII is getting an HD remake for the PlayStation 4. The news was revealed a very happy crowd indeed at Sony’s E3 press con today. The trailer shows a few of the staff who have been working on the new…

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E3 2015: “Eye of the Storm” epic new story trailer for Mad Max: Savage Road released

Today at E3, a brand new story trailer dubbed “Eye of the Storm” for Mad Max: Savage Road has been released by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Avalanche Studios. Click through to watch the trailer in full… The trailer follows Scrotus, the Wasteland tyrant, who Max has to defeat as he tries to construct the…

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The Australian Shortfilm Creativity Awards are coming!

  If you’re a big fan of all things Australian cinema, get excited, as The Australian Shortfilm Creativity Awards (AUSSCA’s) are coming soon to a screen near you! Marketed as a ‘crowd-powered short film tournament’, the event is set to be distributed by AUSCEN (Australian Cinema & Television Network), and will be publicly exhibited in…

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Sydney Comedy Fest is coming to The Comedy Channel

Did you miss out on grabbing tickets to this year’s hilarious 11th Annual Sydney Comedy Festival? Well no need to worry, you can catch up with all the laughs whilst chilling in the best seat in the house (your own lounge) on The Comedy Channel, when they air the four part series The Best of…

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