What really sums up the term “a fate worse than death”? Becoming a zombie, that’s what. The horror one must face after receiving a fatal bite from a socially-inept trotting corpse with the manners of a pissy raccoon is WAY worse than actually dying. Fear of death is somehow outranked …

One of the better-kept secrets in Destiny (opens in new tab) is the existence of five Golden Chests on each planet, as other than a small notification on your map screen when you start collecting them there’s very little to make these containers stand out as important. However, each one …

If playing online is one of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (opens in new tab)’s biggest draws for you, release day is a good time to remind you that you’ll have to pay extra for the privilege later this year. Nintendo Switch Online Service (opens in new tab) is free right …

For Honor (opens in new tab) centres around medieval melee combat between warriors harking from three different martial traditions: knights, samurai, and vikings. Its core combat system has the depth of a fighting game, allowing for free-roaming duels between characters whose approach to combat varies but whose approach is always …

Whether you think of them as loveable pets or disease carrying vermin, rats are creatures that appear time and time again in video games. From muscle-bound brutes to secret gamblers, we’ve pulled out our favourites to help you learn to love PlayStation’s most misunderstood sewer dwellers. Ratatouille What do you …

It would be a superhero showdown to end all showdowns. Forget the airport scene in Captain America: Civil War, what we all really want to see is Iron Man go toe-to-toe with Star-Lord; Hulk and Drax duking it out, and Ant-Man and Baby Groot having a pint-sized punch-up. Could Avengers: …

An away win at Anfield is considered one of the biggest scalps in football – and this weekend one fan will achieve that accolade and a cool $20,000 (£15,580), simply for being good at PES 2017 (opens in new tab). Okay, ‘simply’ may be something of an understatement. The overall …

Wonder why the trailer for Splatoon 2 (opens in new tab) shows a morose-looking Marie with Callie nowhere to be found? The Squid Sisters were inseparable in the first game, despite throwing occassional disses at each other when things got heated in their TV host segments. The explanation, it turns …

There are scary movie moments and then there are scary movie moments. The split seconds of celluloid where, for a brief period of time, it doesn’t matter that you’re in a multiplex, on the sofa, or even watching on a tablet while cosy in bed, you’re genuinely afraid. Your heart …

I should really stop expecting American Gods to be predictable. Hearing jazz music bleed through the fetid hold of a 15th century slave ship is certainly something. As is a god of death who’s only mildly intimidating, with a love of checkers and cigarettes. Still saturated with colour and style, …