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Fifteen years doesn’t seem very long to wait before doing a nearly scene-for-scene remake of an animated blockbuster. In the case of DreamWorks’ “How to Train Your Dragon,” that’s the same age as Hiccup Haddock, the callow boy Viking who deliberately defied his belligerent tribe’s long-running war on dragonkind by befriending one of the flying fire-breathers. It’s also just enough time for those who belonged to the tween-age target market for the 2010 original to be feeling nostalgic. That’s a gamble the studio must be feeling fairly confident about as... Read More

Rainbow Six Siege X has just been released. This new gigantic overhaul of the base game has made fans go crazy. The original game was released in 2015 and has been one of the best tactical PvP shooters in the market for a long time.However, the game was losing players rapidly. So, to avoid the fate of XDefiant, Ubisoft pulled out a great move by implementing new modernization elements for the next ten years from its original release. Now, as Rainbow Six Siege X is here, players might be wondering... Read More

Ubisoft announced earlier this year that, as part of a massive overhaul, Rainbow Six Siege was becoming Rainbow Six Siege X, and adopting a free-to-play model to boot (which the publisher insists on calling “free to access”, more on which later). Ever since release Siege has been one of the best tactical shooters out there: brutally unforgiving, heavily dependent on teamwork, and filled with unique abilities you don’t see in other shooters. Part of that is the game’s clear inspiration, which is the 1980 Iranian embassy siege in the UK.... Read More

Ubisoft’s popular game now free for everyone. (Image source: Ubisoft Saguenay) Ubisoft will allow its players to play this Rainbow Six Siege series game for free. However, there are some gameplay restrictions to take into account. While Ubisoft has recently had to face up to some difficult months, with some of its franchises failing miserably, the French studio is looking to turn a corner. In fact, one of its best games is about to become free-to-play, and could well help Ubisoft turn its business and financial fortunes around.  While Ubisoft... Read More

Ali Abbas Ahmadi BBC News, Toronto Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Interview from 2011: How music takes Brian Wilson back to the 1960s The surviving original members of the Beach Boys have paid tribute to Brian Wilson, their legendary frontman and co-founder, who has died at the age of 82. They recognised his “genius”, with Mike Love saying his “musical gifts were unmatched” and had “changed the course of music forever”. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today, bandmate Al Jardine said: “He was a humble musical giant, and his huge musical... Read More