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Wait dreaming no longer! Hallowe’en is a special time of year. So special, in fact, that we couldn’t let our celebratory Halloweek go by without making a very special effort to do a very special thing indeed. To that end, we’ve resurrected the ghost of H.P. Lovecraft, master of fevered …

There’s a bit at the beginning of Gears of War, appropriately referenced in our feature on inappropriate jump-scares (opens in new tab), in which Epic’s inaugural chainsaw carnival wrong-foots you with a hint that it might be a horror game. After trekking through Marcus’ deserted, decaying prison for a little …

Scream Rocket Torture–that most brutal application of pain–was first discovered by an unwitting ‘Adam 1’ in the biblical Garden of Eden. After accidentally pulling out a lock of Eve’s precious hair, Earth’s first woman quickly reciprocated with the old ‘bamboo up the fingernails’ treatment, followed by several hours of ‘electro-sponge’ …

The cheat is grounded Since time immemorial, video games have included cheat codes. A tiny handful of letters, numbers, and symbols let players experience their favorite games in ways that the developer may not have intended. Infinite lives. All the weapons. Oh, look, a tank just appeared! It’s a great …

Just give up already Whether I’m playing an FPS, full-blown MMO, RPG, or adventure game, there’s always an awesome-looking, powerful weapon that I want, but can’t have. Well, actually I can have it, but actually acquiring it takes so much freaking effort that fulfilling the requirements will break the very …

The Imitation Game The Film Benedict Cumberbatch kicks off the 58th London Film Festival with a biopic of WWII codebreaker Alan Turing. Why we’re excited to see it Cumberbatch, Keira Knightly and a moving real-life story about a wronged British war hero, The Imitation Game also marks the English language …

Onwards and upwards (usually) But not always. Because while games are an ever-evolving medium, constantly improving as new technology facilitates new creative possibilities, those progressive additions and upgrades which improve video games as a whole sometimes throw a big old spanner in the works too. Sometimes ideas which were only …

Artificial Unintelligence AI companions tend to come in a couple different flavors. There’s the true companions, versatile and interesting characters who really add something to the experience, like Elizabeth from BioShock Infinite or Alyx from Half-Life 2. Next are the harmless annoyances, who aren’t great to have around but don’t …

I spawn in the Abandoned Temple courtyard under a starry sky. My mission within these tight halls of weathered stone: Destroy the Lords Gate to Keystone. These gates are essentially wormholes to other realms, and they’re responsible for the spreading demon scourge. My other mission? Try not to dwell too …

Every week we gather together all of the biggest articles from our friends around the internet and put them all in one place. In this roundup, check out the weapons of Bayonetta 2, see if Disney Infinity 2.0 is as awesome as the real life figures, and more. Read these …