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October 31
- Extra content with a twist: the genius behind Overwatch’s special events and their boundless charm
- A new social space, increased level cap and fresh faces - Here's everything we learned about Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris at Paris Games Week
- How Bungie stripped away the first game’s complexity to make a Destiny 2 for everyone
- Raise an army of skeletons with the Necromancer in Diablo 3 and you too can be rolling with your boneys
- 25 horror movies based on true stories
- 7 questions I have after watching The Walking Dead episode 2 The Damned
October 30
- Destiny 2’s advanced graphics settings on PC explained
- 'A recipe for emotional scars' - The GR+ team confesses their scariest games, TV, and movie moments of all time
- Movies to watch this week at the cinema: The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Murder on the Orient Express, and more
- Horror games that don't rely on jump scares
- 4 cheap tricks horror movies use to scare you
October 28
- Movies to watch on Blu-Ray and DVD: Your Name, Gifted, and more
October 27
- Golden Joysticks Awards' ultimate list of ultimate winners: 1983 - 2016
- Super Smash Bros: How fun, accessibility, and sheer audacity gave Nintendo the most unlikely fighting game classic
- Assassin's Creed, Zelda, Horizon or PUBG? Have your say on the Golden Joystick Awards' Ultimate Game of the Year
- Want to see ALL 100 limited edition Total Film magazine covers? Of course you do
- 7 questions I STILL have after watching The Exorcist
- Visceral's Star Wars game: What we knew before it was canceled
- 8 questions I have after watching Stranger Things season 2
October 26
- 15 dark horror movie endings that will chill you to the bone
- All Mario's costumes in Super Mario Odyssey in under 60 seconds
- Far Cry 5 is aiming to deliver the most dangerously believable cult in games
- Take a trip to Higgins Haven and go glamping in Friday The 13th
- Quiz: Which Stranger Things character are you?
- The 10 best found footage horror movies
- Microsoft on how Xbox One X will shape the future of gaming. "There's a big difference with 40% more processing power"
October 25
- Uurnog Uurnlimited is weird, inventive, and mechanically brilliant - a perfect fit for Nintendo Switch
- The 20 best horror TV shows to binge and feed your dark soul
- Quiz: Which Star Wars character are you?
- 10 classic '80s movies that inspired Stranger Things
October 24
- How the hidden blade in Assassin’s Creed evolved from a simple weapon to a Bond gadget (and back again)
- Destiny 2 on PC is no mere port. 8 hours' hands-on reveals perhaps the purest, most definitive version of the game
- The 10 best Halloween TV episodes to rewatch this October
- Destiny 2 treasure chests Oct 24-31: Here's where Cayde-6's loot is on Io
- An incredible comeback: The turbulent history behind Hulk's transition to the big screen
- Is it just me, or is Day of the Dead Romero's best zombie movie?
- What does that Stranger Things season 1 ending really mean?
October 23
- Here's why Beyond Good & Evil is a sci-fi classic people still talk about today
- Movies to watch this week at the cinema: Thor: Ragnarok, Call Me By Your Name, and more
- Switch to Fios Gigabit Connection Standalone Internet and liberate your play, with a free Xbox One game and year of Xbox Live Gold
- The real Texas Chainsaw Massacre – how a 1950s grave-robber inspired a horror classic
- 9 questions I have after watching The Walking Dead season 8 premiere
- Are you afraid of the dark? How Lights Out scares you silly with just the flick of a switch
- 5 reasons It is far more than just a scary clown
- The terrifying truth behind Annabelle and The Conjuring movies
- Heeeeeeere’s 7 things you didn’t know about The Shining
- 5 vampire movies and TV shows we wouldn’t have without The Lost Boys
- 5 tips and tricks A Nightmare on Elm Street taught us for staying awake
October 20
- How Luigi's Mansion 2: Dark Moon created a true underdog hero, as well as one of Nintendo's most intricately playful worlds
- 16 unbelievable The Walking Dead theories for your consideration
- "The big story here is how much better it is than Nintendo’s previous consoles" - what it's really like making games for Nintendo Switch
- Daddies, dropouts, or death? Take a look at the contenders for the Golden Joystick Awards' Best Indie Game
October 19
- 5 questions I have after watching Thor: Ragnarok
- Star Wars: Battlefront 2’s campaign is gorgeous but being a Stormtrooper feels like playing Wolfenstein as the Nazis
- 5 reasons you need to play Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
- "Reality is boring!" - The creative duo behind Ooblets talk indie development and the timeless appeal of the town sim
- The making of Grand Theft Auto - From Race 'n' Chase to GTA
- The Walking Dead season 7 recap - catch up on every episode
- Sony’s first-party titles are sending out a message: they want you to feel sad, and its The Last Of Us’ fault
October 18
- Dead Space is the best damn horror game Capcom never made
- Inktober's a fountain of stuPENdous video game fan art - here are some of our favorites
- The shady role of MKUltra in Stranger Things season 2: Government experiments, hypnosis, and mind control
October 17
- Destiny 2’s enemies are heavily inspired by real ancient civilisations and hold clues to future DLC
- Destiny 2 treasure chests Oct 17-24: Here's where Cayde-6's loot is on Titan
October 16
- Movies to watch this week at the cinema: The Death of Stalin, Brawl in Cell Block 99, and more
- Why a single map has kept Battlefield 4 alive and unwell on consoles, four years on from launch
- 9 things I wish I'd known before I started LawBreakers
October 14
- Movies to watch on Blu-Ray and DVD: Fast & Furious 8, Colossal, and more
October 13
- The making of Titanfall 2: How building blocks, buddy robots, and Half-Life led to one of the freshest FPS in years
- Destiny for dummies: Every important name, term, and concept explained, from ancient history to Destiny 2
- This Game of Thrones theory called Robert's curse might have predicted which Starks would die
- The weirdest theories about the Pokemon universe
- The upcoming 3DS games for this year and beyond
- Can a 15-year-old MMO topple Overwatch? Have your say in the Golden Joystick Awards' new Still Playing category
- "Clearly, the problem here is that I’m too good at Dark Souls 3" - Taking on the Cemetery of Ash in a loincloth
- The complete Street Fighter 5 roster
- Gaming's wildest animal attacks
October 12
- The greatness of Golf Story: yes, a goofy RPG about golfing is really one of Switch's highlights
- Star Trek Discovery is still Star Trek. It's just swapped idealism for realism, because that’s what we need right now
- How Rockstar gave us GTA: Columbo in L.A. Noire's seedy underbelly of 1940s Los Angeles
- 11 great games you've probably missed in 2017 and can play for under $20/£20
- The genius of Metro: Last Light isn't the shooting, its the sad portrayal of post-apocalyptic life
- 5 reasons why Netflix’s Mindhunter isn’t like other shows about serial killers
- 8 EVE Online scandals that prove it’s basically sci-fi Game of Thrones
October 11
- One of Max Payne’s greatest moments is its own weird version of Twin Peaks. Did you watch Address Unknown?
October 10
- "I'm going to KBBQ": The winningly weird story of Nintendo World Championships 2017
- 6 features we predict for the next World of Warcraft expansion
- Doom Patrol, New Gods, Old Gods, and a Fissure King: The Rachel Pollack Interview
- Destiny 2, one month on: What’s working, what isn’t, and how do we feel about the MIDA Multi-Tool?
- Destiny 2 treasure chests Oct 10-17: Here's where Cayde-6's loot is on Nessus
- Video games have a loot box fetish, and it's starting to harm the way we play
- 9 wrestlers (and, er, one Pitch Perfect actress) missing from the WWE 2K18 roster
- Luke's major fear, the secrets of the Resistance base, and everything you missed in the new Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer
October 9
- The most terrifying IT fan art you'll see... including the winner of our IT competition
- 26 jobs that Mario is inexplicably qualified for
- Movies to watch this week at the cinema: The Lego Ninjago Movie, Loving Vincent, and more
- Outrageous conspiracy theories Assassin's Creed says are true
- Everything you missed at New York Comic Con 2017
- Watch every New York Comic Con 2017 trailer here
- The best cosplay from New York Comic Con 2017
- 20 of the most unique side quests in RPG history
- Top 7 Minecraft facts that'll blow your mind if you think about them
- The real pirates, events, and locations of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag
October 8
- 8 ways Xbox One X will make your gaming life better
- "You know you're going to be a part of Nintendo history": the philosophy behind the Nintendo World Championships 2017
October 6
- There’s a lot of Breath of the Wild in Super Mario Odyssey, the most transformative Mario since 64
- PES 2018: How to get all the official kits and badges with an option file
- How mushrooms fuel Star Trek Discovery's experimental transport technology
- Rare on Sea of Thieves’ pirate fantasies, Xbox One X, and the players who died (in-game), forever remembered in graffiti
October 5
- 11 disturbing vintage cartoons that were TOO dark to be Cuphead bosses
- Help, I’m a backpack: Why turning your best friends into military gear is just the beginning of Rogue Trooper Redux’s madness
- New York Comic Con 2017 schedule, guests, panels, and everything you need to know
October 4
- 11 cool things we discovered in 8 hours of Assassin’s Creed Origins
- The 18 most secret video game secrets
- “Now that there’s no grind, I don’t see the point” - Destiny’s sherpas on coping with the transition to Destiny 2
- How Nintendo took the Switch from unproven underdog to king of the Christmas line-up, in under a year
- The real-life outlaws behind Red Dead Redemption 2 that make Dutch van der Linde look like a good guy
October 3
- Destiny 2 treasure chests Oct 3-9: Here's where Cayde-6's loot is on the EDZ
- Forget new heroes... it's curing Overwatch's culture of poor sportsmanship that should remain Blizzard’s top priority
October 2
- Movies to watch this week at the cinema: Blade Runner 2049, The Glass Castle, and more
October 1
- Did you spot all the PT references hidden in Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain?
- Metal Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain '80s cassette tape locations guide