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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 …

Marvel has reacted to DC’s recent announcement of forthcoming films by unveiling a mammoth slate of Phase 3 projects, including release dates for Black Panther , Captain Marvel and more. Phase 3 will get underway with the release of Captain America: Civil War on 6 May 2016, followed later that …

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’ …

It’s been a rough few months for massively multiplayer online role-playing games. An anonymous source reportedly told Polygon (opens in new tab) that as many as 60 positions were cut from WildStar developer Carbine Studios, among other layoffs across NCSoft’s Western operation.. Similar cuts hit MMO studios Zenimax Online Studios …

One of the things that fans of Bayonetta love the most about the series is the cheeky nods to Japanese animation tropes and style. Given that background, it was only a matter of time before the Umbran witch got an anime all her own. Released in Japan some months ago, …

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 …

Gerry Anderson may have left us for that great Tracy Island in the sky, but his legacy lives on. It’s that legacy, rather than their creator, that gets its due in this lovingly assembled doc, which charts AP Films from its early days ( Four Feather Falls , Supercar ) …

Two things reign supreme in Yann Demange’s excellent urban warfare odyssey, set in the eponymous year amid the Northern Ireland conflict: chaos and violence. Before we even meet new army recruit Gary (Jack O’Connell), we hear the pounding of his boxing gloves. He’s dishing out a beating in a dreary …