In this week’s Gaming News Round-up: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 shows its surrounds, Bethesda readies for The Elder Scrolls Online and Dark Souls 2 brings nine minutes of torment. FULL STORY >

So you’re heading outdoors, and you’ve packed your firestarter, a decent blade, a GPS and, that other essential – a really good flashlight to pierce the gloom. Here are some of our picks. FULL STORY >

Continuing its storied history, Motorola has now been sold to Lenovo, just two years after it was snapped up by Google. FULL STORY >

Blizzard may be best known for AAA titles like WoW and Diablo, but the company is currently testing out new waters with a game called Hearthstone; their first free-to-play title. We check out the Beta. FULL STORY >

The latest revelation from Edward Snowden asserts that US and British intelligence agencies are taking advantage of apps to mine users’ personal information. FULL STORY >

In this week’s Gaming News Round-up: New trailer for Left Behind released, Star Wars 1313 is dumped and yet another trailer for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 emerges. FULL STORY >

Researchers at Princeton University believe that Facebook is heading the same way as Myspace, going so far to declare that in 2017 the social network will only have 20% of its peak user base left. FULL STORY >

Scott Kelby has opened up as to why he made the switch from Nikon to Canon FULL STORY >

SplashData has revealed what the most popular and worse passwords currently in use are. FULL STORY >

Click farming is become a big problem, with companies creating and using fake accounts to increase Facebook likes, view YouTube videos, or re-tweet their clients’ every word. FULL STORY >

The Last of Us DLC, Left Behind is dated, new Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 images are revealed and Alien: Isolation is confirmed FULL STORY >

A newly announced, innovative trilogy of books and accompanying augmented reality game is giving participants the chance to claim some real gold. FULL STORY >

While footwear may be too easily taken for granted, a well crafted pair of shoes really show their value when you start demanding greater versatility. Enter the Trail Blazers. FULL STORY >

Wondering what is showing at the movies during January? Wonder no more! Movie fundi Spling has the low-down on the top movies (and DVDs) for the month. FULL STORY >

If you love comics (or used to) but can't find comic shops in your area, your best bet is to make a bee-line to the web. Comic book guru Moray Rhoda investigates. FULL STORY >