Author Archives: Steve Murray
Rogue One, Disney’s First Star Wars “Spin-Off,” Has a Kick Ass Trailer
When Disney said that they plan on releasing one Star Wars movie a year for the foreseeable future, I couldn’t help but write that off as a corporate cash in on a once-loved franchise that they purchased for $4 billion. Of course, that was before JJ Abrams came in to reinvigorate Star Wars with Episode VII – The Force Awakens, a movie that was loved by critics, Star Wars fans and movie goers to the tune of $2 billion.
Hot off the heels of The Force Awakens, LucasFilm and Disney bring us back thirty-some years from The Force Awakens to just before Episode IV – A New Hope. The first Star Wars spin-off, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, tells the tale of how the Rebels stole the Death Star plans.
Share this:
Rise of the Tomb Raider Review: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Askew
Seldom do reboots actually reinvigorate a franchise. Sure, Star Trek wasn’t too bad but when you consider the likes of Point Break and The Amazing Spider-Man and Conan The Barbarian and Godzilla (twice), you find yourself scared away from reboots. Gaming isn’t immune to that with the likes of Sim City, Medal of Honor and Sonic the Hedgehog as failed attempts to reinvigorate franchises.
One of the more successful reboots in history is 2013’s Tomb Raider which is the series best-selling and among its most critically acclaimed. It came as a shock that Microsoft had to pay the way for this sequel to 2013’s hit. Rise of the Tomb Raider recently hit PC after an exclusivity period on Xbox One and will come to PS4 this fall (despite being the platform that Tomb Raider sold best on).
So how does the sequel to the reboot standup? Well, it’s not all sunshine and lollipops.
Share this:
Game Trailers Roundup for April 11, 2016
It’s been a while since I’ve done a post over here on etg but I’ve finally got a little bit of time to actually do some writing. For example, tomorrow is the day our Rise of the Tomb Raider review drops. It took a while but it is 2,000 words so I’m not scrimping on value. By the end of the week, I’m hoping to have a review of the second episode of The Walking Dead: Michonne.
Anyway, you’re not here to read me prattle on about plans for the blog for the week. You’re here for video game trailers. We have nine trailers from the last week in gaming. Those trailers include launch trailers for indie hits Enter the Gungeon, Job Simulator and The Banner Saga 2. And there are trailers for little games like Star Fox Zero and Battleborn too.
Share this:
Game Trailers Roundup for March 28, 2016
It’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve done the weekly Game Trailers Roundup but it’s certainly a good week to put the roundup back in action. After all, we have twelve trailers for you to watch this week from the big triple-As through to the indies. Of course, this week’s trailers are headlined by the launch trailer for Dark Souls III but there are also trailers for the VR-exclusive Chronos, indie Hyper Light Drifter and in-development triple-As like Uncharted 4 and Battleborn.
Share this:
The Cost of Being Batman v. Superman (Infographic)
Earlier today, we took a look at the history of the Batmobile. If you were Bruce Wayne, you would know that buying or developing the latest in gadgetry to become the great detective of Gotham isn’t cheap. In fact, it’s impossibly expensive to be Batman. However, nobody ever asks how much it costs to be Superman. Well, that’s probably because Superman doesn’t need fancy gadgets but just himself to dispense justice. So thanks to this handy infographic, let’s take a look at how much it costs to be both Batman and Superman.
Share this:
The Evolution of the Batmobile (Infographic)
How many billionaires that you’ve heard of are there that don’t love cars? Most of them like to show off their wealth by buying cars and leaving them in the garage to gather dust. It’s a perfectly cromulent use of the automobile.
Now, if you’re billionaire Bruce Wayne, your car of choice tends to need to be both stylish and functional. More importantly, your car says quite a lot about you. So ahead of the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, our friends over at Select Car Leasing have put together a handy infographic looking at the changes the Batmobile has undergone from the days of Adam West to the modern era of Batfleck.
Share this:
Can Codemasters Rescue the F1 Series with F1 2016?
Let’s take a break from the on-track action in Formula One and look at the virtual world of Formula One. Codemasters is the current licence holder for the Formula One video game series. The racing game specialists have held the rights to F1 since the 2009 season and while gamers have been happy, not much has changed over the last six years. Last year, satisfaction bottomed out with a barebones effort in F1 2015.
In their second year on the PS4 and Xbox One, Codemasters has to deliver a far superior experience before fans give up on them. They recently released a survey looking for feedback on previous games and ideas for upcoming ones and have brought in prominent members of the community for a private beta test. However, it’s still worth giving them some more longform feedback.
Share this:
HBO Debuts Trailer for Game of Thrones Season Six
I realize that today’s trailer debut on Tuesday but we do Game of Thrones on Fridays of Ice and Fire. It doesn’t get more fun than a trailer for the upcoming season. Many familiar faces show up in this trailer and it gives us a quick glimpse into what many of them will be doing next season. It’s also a wicked thing for HBO to do since we still have to wait six weeks for the new season.
But please note before clicking through to the spoiler, there is sexual content, there is violence and there are spoilers.
Share this:
Movie Trailers Roundup for March 9, 2016
It’s time for the movie trailers roundup which means that we’ve reached the point in time where we have to include the new Ghostbusters movie in there. It’s a shame that they haven’t put any effort into the trailer. The movie certainly seems like a hybrid of Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters 2 in terms of plot with all the generic modern comedy jokes and tropes slapped on top. Ghostbusters is a movie that has jokes that work for kids but throws enough other jokes, references and material that it holds up to repeated viewings over twenty years after I first watched it. Maybe it’s just the trailer, but 2016’s Ghostbusters looks like another dime-a-dozen comedy that’s exploiting an established franchise for a quick buck.
Oh, and there are six other trailers to watch too.
Share this:
BBC Asks Peter Capaldi to Stay on Doctor Who
Back in January, the BBC announced that Steven Moffat would be stepping down as showrunner of Doctor Who at the conclusion of its next season in 2017. Upon learning that, fans immediately began to speculate what that meant for lead actor Peter Capaldi. In an interview with the Radio Times, Capaldi says that the choice to stay on is his.
et geekera 