Articles by Ben Skipper

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Why you should give Amazon's Lord of the Rings TV series a chance

Amazon has announced ambitious plans for a Lord of the Rings television show. Here's why it could be great.

Nov 14, 2017

Amazon

Nintendo set to bring Mario to the big screen with Minions animation studio

Nintendo and Universal Pictures' Illumination are reportedly close to penning a deal that would bring Super Mario Bros back to the big screen.

Nov 14, 2017

Shigeru Miyamoto

EA slashes in-game cost of Star Wars Battlefront 2 characters following progression outrage

EA has announced a big change to Star Wars Battlefront 2's progression system after players discovered how long it would take to unlock certain characters.

Nov 14, 2017

Star Wars

Ben Affleck hopes The Batman movie can be a 'cool way' for him to leave the DC universe

Just days before the release of Justice League, Ben Affleck has admitted for the first time that he's nearing the end of his tenure as Batman.

Nov 14, 2017

Batman Batman v Superman

Xbox One X first week sales equal those of Nintendo Switch

Microsoft's powerful Xbox One X console has sold 80,000 units during its first week on sale in the UK.

Nov 13, 2017

Xbox One X Microsoft Project Scorpio

EA responds to Star Wars Battlefront 2's credits controversy and fans aren't happy

EA and developer DICE have responded to a mounting backlash from fans after it emerged players would have to log some serious game time to unlock certain characters.

Nov 13, 2017

Star Wars

Paramedics dismayed at angry ambulance note complaining about emergency parking

West Midlands Ambulance Service has expressed its dismay after someone left an anonymous note on one of its ambulances complaining about parking.

Nov 12, 2017

It will take Star Wars Battlefront 2 players 40 hours to unlock Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker

Star Wars Battlefront 2 player works out the enormous amount of time required to unlock characters without paying real world money.

Nov 12, 2017

Star Wars

Ten African nations now on high alert over spread of Black Death plague

Malawi has become the tenth African country to be put on high alert over fears the pneumonic plague could spread there from Madagascar.

Nov 12, 2017

Malawi South Africa Kenya Mozambique

Omagh Remembrance Sunday service disrupted by bomb alert

A Remembrance Sunday service in Omagh, Northern Ireland has been disrupted after a "suspicious object" was discovered near a cenotaph.

Nov 12, 2017

Sadiq Khan says he would happily meet with Donald Trump and show him multicultural London

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said he would be happy to meet with US President Donald Trump if he made an official visit to Britain.

Nov 12, 2017

Donald Trump London

Boris Johnson Conservative party conference speech

Jeremy Corbyn calls on Theresa May to fire 'breathtakingly crass' Boris Johnson

Jeremy Corbyn has called on Theresa May to sack foreign secretary Boris Johnson following his 'deeply regrettable error' regarding a Briton's detention in Iran.

Nov 12, 2017

Jeremy Corbyn Theresa May Iran Brexit

Ranking the Marvel Cinematic Universe's villains from best to worst

We've ranked every major villain from the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Iron Man's Obidiah Stane all the way to Thor: Ragnarok's Hela.

Nov 11, 2017

Marvel Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man

John Carpenter loves Sonic the Hedgehog: 'I even like the one where he turns into a werewolf'

Hollywood legend John Carpenter, the man behind The Thing, Halloween and They Live, has expressed his unlikely love for Sonic the Hedgehog.

Nov 10, 2017

Paddington 2 review: Hugh Grant devours scenery in this big bear hug of a family film

Ben Whishaw voices London's favourite bear in this delightful follow-up to 2014's smash hit family adventure.

Nov 10, 2017

Star Wars TV series in the works for Disney's Netflix rival streaming service

Disney and LucasFilm are working on a live-action Star Wars television series for the company's planned streaming service, which is set to launch by the end of 2019.

Nov 10, 2017

Star Wars Disney Netflix

Call of Duty: WW2 team wanted to make Advanced Warfare sequel rather than return series to World War 2

Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg has revealed that Call of Duty: WW2 developer Sledgehammer originally wanted to make a sequel to Advanced Warfare.

Nov 9, 2017

Call Of Duty Activision

Here's the first look at new Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker

The BBC has revealed the Doctor's new look as Jodie Whittaker takes over the iconic sci-fi role, becoming the first woman to play the character.

Nov 9, 2017

EA's Fifa and Madden series may become subscription service games, ending annual releases

EA chief executive Andrew Wilson discusses how EA Sports' Fifa and Madden franchises may ditch annual releases for subscription models.

Nov 9, 2017

FIFA Fifa 18

Universal's movie monster Dark Universe franchise seemingly dead after The Mummy bomb

Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan will no longer oversee Universal's ambitious franchise after Tom Cruise's The Mummy fell flat at the box office.

Nov 9, 2017

Russell Crowe

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