Year: 2015

Square Enix have debuted a new trailer for the next installment in their venerable RPG franchise, Final Fantasy XV. It takes us back in time 15 years to a crucial point hero Noctis’ past.

Avalanche Studios’ upcoming Mad Max game looks to be a very pretty and cinematic experience. The latest trailer for the game is no exception, featuring everything we definitely want to see from a Mad Max game but is again missing a crucial element – significant gameplay.

B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989 is a historically-oriented documentary that takes you through the unique underground music scene of the titular city that emerged during the 80s. Though clumsily-titled, it’s a fascinating portrait of a lost world of almost-surreal parties, rampant counter-culture and uninhibited artistic potential. Structurally, B-Movie follows the gradual immersion of…

If you plan to pick up Just Cause 3 on the Xbox One then good news! Your game will come with a copy of Just Cause 2. Microsoft made the announcement today at their Gamescom 2015 press brief. Just Cause 2 came out back in 2010 on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. The copy included here will…

In our 68th instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Plastic Birds from Sydney, and chat about being in a band with your brother, rapping, Phil Collins and get a sneak peak at their latest track ‘In Time’. Band Name: Plastic Birds Website / Social Media: Facebook / Soundcloud Genre: Psychedelic froth ‘n’ roll Members &…

Photo by Jenni White Larry caught up with Sydney’s own Spookyland backstage at Lollopalooza in Chicago. Their first everendeavour in North America has lead to a surreal experience of playing live shows at iconic venues and festival, staying in what can only be described as a ghost town and planning their next step: the release…

Exciting news for fans of terror and suspense, Universal Pictures has announced Oscar nominated director M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, The Village, Signs, Unbreakable) is coming to Australia to introduce his new thriller The Visit. Starring Australian rising stars, Olivia DeJonge (ABC TVs Hiding) and Ed Oxenbould (Paper Planes, Puberty Blues) lead as brother…

Universal Pictures just announced that Ice Cube and O’Shea Jackson Jr. will be heading to Sydney in September in support of one of the hottest films of 2015 – Straight Outta Compton. Joining them is visionary director of the film F. Gary Gray  (Friday, The Italian Job). All three will be attending the Australian Premiere in Sydney on Tuesday 1st September. Straight Outta Compton  follows the true…

Larry (Jason Schwartzman) is on the road to nowhere in notoriously chillaxed Austin. He’s just lost his job for a string of misdemeanours, and his only friends appear to be his very beloved French Bulldog Arrow (Schwatrzman’s pet in real life), a prescription medication dealer and aged carer, Norwood, and his grandmother (Olimpia Dukakis), a…

DICE have dropped a full five minutes of gamplay footage from 2016’s Mirror’s Edge Catalyst during EA’s Gamescom media event last night and if you’re in any way excited for Faith’s return, you’re going to be very pleased indeed. The trailer shows Faith infiltrating a corporate headquarters using her parkour abilities before being made and having to…

This October, the 22nd Greek Film Festival returns to Melbourne with feel-good Australian story, Alex & Eve. Based on the hit Australian stage play by Alex Lykos of the same name, this big screen sensation will be this year’s Opening Night film at the World Premiere event at the iconic Astor Theatre. Directed by Peter Andrikidis,…

DICE had a new Star Wars Battlefront trailer to show off during EA’s Gamescom press conference last night and it featured a new mode called Fighter Squadron. The mode focuses on aerial combat over various planetary surfaces and through complicated, dangerous environments.

Mafia 3 is on its way to current-generation consoles and Windows PC next year. 2K Games unveiled the first cinematic trailer for the game at Gamescom overnight following its reveal online last week.

The latest trailer for Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is here and focuses on the game’s twin playable protagonists, Evie and Jacob.

The Sims 4 is set to receive its next expansion pack, Get Together, this November. EA announced the expansion during its Gamescom press event last night.

Frontier Developments have announced at new slate of DLC for their space sim Elite: Dangerous called Horizons. The new “season” of content will finally add what fans have been begging for since the game’s inception: you’ll be able to land on any of the game’s billions of planets.

Blizzard have revealed the next three heroes to join their popular MOBA Heroes of the Storm, one from each of their big franchises, and unveiled a brand new battleground.

A Poem is a Naked Person was completed back in 1974 and has only found wide release in this year. That has to do with legal issues, or creative differences, or some other things, all of which means little to you and what you intend to watch. Suffice it to say that you can very…

Today, Sony announced 16 films set to be released in the near future, including the sequels Bad Boys 3 and 4. It’s been 20 years since Will Smith and Martin Lawrence graced the big screen as a budding bromance duo fighting crime. With the release of Straight Outta Compton in September we’ve decided to compile some of the…

Nic Cage as Superman!?! Find out why this film never got made! The Australian Premiere and exclusive Sydney screening and Q&A event of The Death of Superman Lives; What Happened? The Death of Superman Lives; What Happened? delves into one of Hollywood’s most enthralling ‘what could have been’ stories. In 1996, Warner Brothers engaged Kevin…

After yesterday’s teaser featuring ‘5 time academy award viewer, Ryan Reynolds’ we’re all hanging out for the actual Deadpool trailer, well here it is… Deadpool has always been the most sarcastic antihero of Marvel’s characters and from this trailer, things haven’t strayed. With lines like “The cancer’s only in my liver, lungs, prostate and brain. All things…

As a special Ritz exclusive, the Ritz Cinema will present Sydney’s only Q&A screening of Kill Me Three Times with Director Kriv Stenders and Producer Tania Chambers live on stage to answer all your questions after the film! Hosted by Sydney journalist Caris Bizacca. Directed by Kriv Stenders (Red Dog) and features an all-star cast…

Microsoft have revealed a new 1Tb model of the Xbox One console to commemorate the launch of Halo 5: Guardians later this year it might actually be the prettiest console I’ve ever seen.

Microsoft have answered the pleas of many a fan at their Gamescom 2015 press event today with the reveal of a proper chatpad for the Xbox One controller. The chatpad drops this November and you can pre-order it right now.

Remedy’s Quantum Break has been a long time coming. Earlier today, Microsoft showed off a new pair of trailers at their Gamescom press event and it would seem the game has gotten a whole lot prettier since the last time we saw it.

Reagent Games have shown off a new trailer for Crackdown 3 during Microsoft’s Gamescom showcase and it looks like everything we want in Crackdown game. Check out the trailer after the jump.

Microsoft have used their press conference at Gamescom 2015 in Cologne, Germany to announce that any Xbox 360 games included in their Games With Gold promotion will be backwards compatible on Xbox One. 

Microsoft announced that Cities: Skylines, sleeper hit city builder from developer Colossal Order, is on its way to the Xbox One. The announcement came during the Xbox media conference at Gamescom 2015.

We Happy Few is a psychedelic survival game by Compulsion games which is set in an alternate version of England in the 1960’s. It will make it’s console bow on the Xbox One according to an announcement during the Xbox press event at Gamescom 2015.

Let’s be honest – if you’re a Souls fan then nothing I write after that headline will matter much to you. It’s your first look at Dark Souls 3 in action. Get in here and check it out.