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Google has officially changed its name to Alphabet, CEO Larry Page has announced. Don’t panic, though: the name change only applies to Google’s holding company, which operates a number of businesses. Most of the services people use on a day-to-day basis, like search, apps, YouTube and Android, will keep the …

Ben Affleck could star in 3 standalone Batman films after impressing Warner Bros bosses with his performance in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, a report claims. According to an insider, a near-finished version of the film, which is currently in post-production, was shown to film crew and Warner bosses …

Stock up on coffee and Pro Plus: legendary dream-murderer and sometime rapper Freddy Krueger is returning to the big screen again. According to reports, New Line Cinema is planning to resurrect the franchise with another reboot. It’ll be written by David Leslie Johnson, whose previous credits include Orphan, Wrath of …

Yes, it’s true: as foretold in the prophetic Back to the Future 2, hoverboards exist! In the same year that Marty McFly travelled to the future and stoked the imagination of children everywhere, Lexus have unveiled a short video shows professional skateboarder Ross MacGouran riding a hoverboard around a facility …

Microsoft has announced a brand new Halo game at Gamescom 2015. Halo Wars 2, the sequel to the real-time strategy spin-off of the popular franchise, will be developed by Creative Assembly, the team behind Alien Isolation and the Total War series. The game will be released on Xbox One and …

Sony is going to let gamers vote for the titles they’d like to play for free on PlayStation Plus’ Instant Game Collection. ”˜Vote to Play’, which will be held at ”˜regular intervals throughout the year’, will allow the public to vote from a list of yet-to-be-released PS4 games. The game …

Game of Thrones could end after the 8th season, according to a leading HBO executive. Speaking at a recent event, HBO’s President of Programming Michael Lombardo conceded that showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss see the show lasting for 8 seasons, the last of which will air in 2018. There …