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October 31
- Agatha All Along: The true secret of the Witches' Road explained
- After 500 hours in Monster Hunter World, the Monster Hunter Wilds beta feels like a new pair of shoes: fresh and stylish, but a little uncomfortable
- 10 years later, Dragon Age: The Veilguard's release marks the return of an RPG series that made a lasting impact on my life
- Bite-size horror Vile is uncomfortable, important, and "truly therapeutic" – and it's coming to make you squirm on Steam
- It's more important than ever to find a gaming headset with a great mic this Black Friday
- Does Alienware do Black Friday sales?
- Red Dead Redemption is finally on PC after 14 years, but here's why Undead Nightmare is the real star of the show
- This zombie Yakuza spin-off is the perfect Halloween game for Like A Dragon fans, but it's still rotting away on PS3
- Should you buy a Secretlab gaming chair this Black Friday?
- The best Sims 4 expansion packs to buy right now
- Why Silent Hill 2 Remake's Toluca Prison is even more terrifying than the original
October 30
- The 32 greatest Anne Hathaway movies
- Life is Strange Double Exposure raises questions about powers in the universe that I've been thinking about for a long time
- Beastars season 3 release date, trailer, and everything we know about the Netflix anime's final season
- The PS5 Pro is coming, but I'd rather head outside with the Playdate than fiddle around with shiny graphics
- Clock Tower: Rewind's Scissorman is the original survival horror stalker, and it still makes me want to cry
- I felt like Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered didn't need to exist – but its $10 price tag is incredible value for an upgrade that's far more than a fresh coat of paint
October 29
- 46 years later, Christopher Reeve's Superman is still the "benchmark" for bringing the Man of Steel to the big screen
- I can't stop coming back to this darkly surreal horror game about gardening, even though it keeps killing me
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle feels the most rewarding when you're being stealthy, and it captured my heart with one little reference
October 28
- Black Ops 6 has the weirdest, scariest level in Call of Duty history – and I still don't know how to feel about it
- One year later, I faced my fears to finish Alan Wake 2 and it changed my perception of survival horror
- Pathologic 2 is the greatest game you've never played, and it deserves a second chance ahead of Pathologic 3
- With Sofia Falcone's story, Batman spin-off The Penguin offers an unexpected twist on the Joker and Harley Quinn's twisted romance
- The Penguin episode 6 recap and Easter eggs: New alliances and old tensions
October 26
- Shadow the Hedgehog is peak Sonic, he's always been peak Sonic, and after 23 years I can't bury the truth any longer
October 25
- "I bought a membership before I bought a steak or had sex": MMO fan jailed for 9 years says they "thought about RuneScape every day" of their sentence because "there is no other game" like it
- The 32 greatest Jake Gyllenhaal movies
- Aubrey Plaza's Agatha All Along mystery character is a cosmic Marvel entity with comic book connections to Thanos and Deadpool
- Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton's new movie asks all the big questions about taking death into your own hands
- The 25 best shows on Netflix to watch right now
- Agatha All Along episode 7 breaks new ground for the MCU by delivering a magic Marvel take on the best Stephen King adaptation to date
- Hades 2's huge new update is finally letting me confront enemies the best way I know how: with my fists first
- If the Nintendo Switch 2 doesn’t have an OLED screen at launch, I’m waiting for its follow up
- Black Ops 6 Zombies makes me feel like I'm in 2010 again, in the best way possible
- Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield talks game design: "Players look back now and see a bunch of broken cards"
- Existential, weird and dark, Mouthwashing's surreal philosophical processing of mortality hits hard
- "How do those spaces feel when they're slightly more intimate?" Alan Wake 2: The Lake House's game director on bringing a bit of Control to Bright Falls
- Take your driving set up to the next level with this sim-racing wheel from MOZA Racing and Lamborghini
- Will there be a Venom 4? What Tom Hardy has said about returning to the Marvel franchise
- Venom 3 Easter eggs: all the Marvel references and deep cuts in The Last Dance explained
- Xenophages: The comic book origins of Venom: The Last Dance's main monster
October 24
- The Sims 4: Life and Death is all I needed to convince me that I actually do want 10 more years of this game
- The Sims 4 Life and Death is everything I've ever wanted from EA, and it's so good I don't even care there won't be a Sims 5
- How Settlers of Catan changed board games forever
- It's been 18 years, but Oblivion can still find as many ways to surprise me as Skyrim – even if it means making an orc-vampire monstrosity
October 23
- I've got high hopes for this League of Legends and Overwatch-fueled Steam Next Fest hit, but I'm worried history will repeat itself
- Invincible season 3 release date, trailer, story, and everything else we know so far
- The 10 best Venom comics to read after watching Venom: The Last Dance
- Alan Wake 2's Lake House DLC sold me on Control 2 quicker than playing Control did
- "I couldn't resist": Nintendo legend Takaya Imamura on trying but failing to keep a huge console secret, his hopes for the future of Star Fox, and a lot more
- The 32 greatest '90s sci-fi movies
- 10 years after its finale, it's time to admit Boardwalk Empire belongs alongside The Sopranos and Breaking Bad as one of TV's GOATs
- Towers Of Aghasba looks like an open-world mix of Animal Crossing's laid back customization and Breath Of The Wild's exploration
October 22
- This D&D-inspired adventure game was Baldur's Gate 3 before Larian's RPG blew up, and the console launch proves it's still a certified classic
- Tom Holland's casting in Christopher Nolan's new movie is the perfect opportunity to prove he's more than just Spider-Man – by following in the footsteps of Robert Downey Jr. in Oppenheimer
- In a post-Baldur's Gate 3 world, was Metaphor: ReFantazio right to ditch romance?
- Alan Wake 2 "overdid it a little bit" with its jump scares, admits game director Kyle Rowley
October 21
- This underrated post-apocalyptic RPG is the perfect blend of Fallout and Baldur's Gate, which means I've already played for 38 hours and killed Santa
- MTG Marvel explained, from release date to pricing
- The best streaming services in 2024: comparing Netflix, HBO Max, Disney Plus, and more
- Why now is the perfect time for a Halo: Combat Evolved remake
- Lego Horizon Adventures hands-on: Post-apocalyptic robo-whacking is a better fit for blockification than you'd think
- When will Venom 3 be on streaming? A look ahead to the potential Venom: The Last Dance streaming date
October 18
- The 32 greatest Doctor Who characters
- After playing the scariest mission in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, I'm going to need CDPR to make a fully-fledged survival horror RPG right now
- Sebastian Stan's controversial Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice was never intended to be political, according to the film's team
- Best Disney Halloween merch 2024
- Neva is an utterly beautiful and moving adventure with shades of Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke
- Stalker: Shadow of Chornobyl isn't the mind-bending prospect it once was, but that’s only because we have it so good
- Here are the 10 Steam Next Fest demos you need to play before they disappear
October 17
- After Starfield Shattered Space, I returned to my favorite Skyrim expansion and ended up seeing a new side to it entirely
- Stalker 2 has some of the best FPS action I've played in 2024, thanks to its "old-school" formula that treats players as "highly expendable"
- Here's how A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead takes inspiration from Alien: Isolation to craft a stealth horror game that "responds sonically to every player action"
- I love Silent Hill 2, but remakes would be better off as second lives for games that truly need it
October 16
- "If I'm making Superman for the first time today in 2024, what does he look like?" Jason Aaron on reinventing the Man of Steel
- The 35 greatest Keanu Reeves movies
- The Marvel movies to watch before Venom: The Last Dance
- There's one horror icon who could make the Alien Isolation sequel even better than the original
- Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl – The Big Preview
- Stalker 2's massive open world is built to explore for "as long as you can survive", and it may be the secret weapon that wins over Fallout, Metro, and The Last of Us fans
- After playing three hours of Stalker 2 and dying in every way imaginable, I can't wait to recommend this post-apocalyptic shooter to (almost) every Fallout fan I know
- For 40 years, Dragon Ball has subverted anime expectations – so it makes perfect sense for Dragon Ball: Daima to continue the trend
October 15
- Agatha All Along - The comic history of the Salem Seven, Agatha Harkness' archenemies and grandchildren
- Nine years later, Trespasser is still the best Dragon Age has ever been – and I can't imagine playing The Veilguard without it
- The 25 best movies on Netflix to watch right now
- The Boys co-creator Garth Ennis pits two of 2000 AD's greatest heroes against each other in Strontium Dog Vs. Robo-Hunter
- With Super Mario Party Jamboree, Nintendo's finally letting you cut out the random nonsense that's defined its multiplayer games for decades
October 14
- How much of an absolute unit is Absolute Batman? A Newsarama investigation
- This Batman spin-off series may be called The Penguin, but episode 4 proves Cristin Milioti’s Sofia Falcone steals the show
- Space Western Comics is a bizarro '50s fever dream about an alien-fighting cowboy
- Shattered Space won't turn you into a Starfield believer, but it's a good omen for The Elder Scrolls 6
- The 10 best sci-fi movies on Netflix to watch right now
- My Hero Academia season 8 release date speculation, story, and everything else we know about the final season
- I played the opening chapters of Life is Strange Double Exposure and it felt like reuniting with an old friend
- While everyone's playing Metaphor: ReFantazio, I'm getting my turn-based combat kicks from an Xbox 360 game about fighting goblins on Halloween
- The Penguin episode 4 recap and Easter eggs: Sofia Falcone steps back into the past
- Who does Mark Strong play in The Penguin? Carmine Falcone's recasting explained
October 12
- "How can we do better than Dead Cells?": Motion Twin follows a roguelike icon with a co-op game under huge but "good" pressure with "millions" waiting
- Metaphor: ReFantazio proves Persona 6 should embrace real-time combat
- New Stormcast Eternals have turned me around on a Warhammer Age of Sigmar army I thought was boring
October 11
- The 32 greatest Saturday Night Live performances
- My most feared horror villain is even more sadistic in Terrifier 3 and that's all because director and Art the Clown star know how to one-up themselves every time
- Europa felt like Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom reimagined in a stunning Studio Ghibli world, and I loved every second of it
- Silent Hill 2 and Resident Evil 2's introductory sequences showcase two different approaches to the survival horror remake, and both of them are valid
- The Legend of Zelda's future 3D titles should take inspiration from Echoes of Wisdom rather than Tears of the Kingdom
- Alan Wake 2 took me out of my comfort zone and provided catharsis and reassurance in the most unexpected way
October 10
- Agatha All Along - The comic history of Wiccan AKA Billy Kaplan, the son of the Scarlet Witch
- Fantasy RPG Sunderfolk's weapon-wielding animals and phone integration welcome veterans and newbies to tabletop-style tactics
- I'm glad Alien Isolation 2 will be a sequel instead of a remake, proving that survival horror has a future beyond rehashing its past
- The 10 best Junji Ito manga to read right now
- How to watch Max in the UK: stream HBO movies and shows abroad
- Mario & Luigi: Brothership hands-on: Immaculate vibes meet brilliant nonsense
October 9
- Hungry for Metaphor: ReFantazio, I spent 97 minutes fighting a single godforsaken boss that the JRPG's director made 21 years ago
- The 32 greatest gangster movies
- Agatha All Along - The comic history of Billy and Tommy, the sons of Scarlet Witch and Vision
- Absolute Batman #1 explained: Everything you need to know about the Dark Knight's big relaunch
- Dragon Age The Veilguard has a difficult balancing act to juggle, but I'm more curious about the RPG's direction than ever before
- With The Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5 still on the distant horizon, Bethesda's plans for Starfield to join its "big 3" seem like a pipe dream
October 8
- I'm building a retro gaming cave this Prime Day, here's what's in my cart
- How Metaphor: ReFantazio both is and isn't a Persona game
- Infinity Nikki is a stunning open-world game that somehow fits in almost everything I've ever wanted, and I already can't wait to play more
October 7
- JSA's Jeff Lemire says a Justice Society/Justice League crossover is "inevitable" - "If we didn't try to do something really cool, it would be neglecting the readers"
- StarCraft is coming to Game Pass and there are rumors of a shooter spin-off, but a true StarCraft 3 RTS will stay a pipe dream if the series can't adapt
- Starfield Shattered Space doesn't always play to Bethesda's strengths, but two small side quests did
- The 10 best shows on Max to watch right now
- The 10 best movies on Max to watch right now
- I'm replaying the horror game that got me through the pandemic, and it's somehow got me nostalgic for one of the worst times of my life
- The Penguin episode 3 recap and Easter eggs: Betrayal, betrayal, and more betrayal
October 6
- Agatha All Along sneaks a lesbian love story into a spooky superhero show – and breaks ground for the MCU
October 4
- Now rushing to finish before Capcom releases Monster Hunter Wilds, one hunter has spent 5 years and over 2,000 hours decoding the series' "Monster Hunter language"
- This turn-based cyberpunk rhythm JRPG set in a world where music was outlawed is brutal and beautiful
- The 32 greatest streaming TV shows you've probably never heard about
- A Different Man stars Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson talk their "funny and unpredictable" new comedy-thriller: "Everybody has a very different reaction"
- The best cards in Pokemon TCG: Stellar Crown
- Space Marine 2 is an excellent intro to Warhammer 40,000, but Darktide just got one of its best updates yet and might be even better than crushing Tyranids
- Death threats, card bans, and a massive Magic: The Gathering change - the controversy, explained
- Joker: Folie à Deux makes it clear that Lady Gaga's Harley Quinn is only just getting started, and I really need more
- Joker: Folie à Deux Easter eggs: All the DC nods, cameos, and pop culture references
- The best Spirit Guardian for you. Complete this interactive quiz to find out ahead of the launch of Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred
October 3
- Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis reunite for Hyde Street – a scary and surreal new horror comic featuring an evil boy scout
- Everything different in DND 2024: All major changes to Dungeons & Dragons 5e
- Oh no, the Dead Cells dev's new co-op action roguelike Windblown is so good that I'm already struggling to put it down
- As a long-time Stardew Valley fan, here's why I'm converting to Fields of Mistria
- Adar is The Rings of Power's best original character – and the season 2 finale just proved why
- The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 3 release date speculation, cast, plot, and more news
October 2
- The 33 greatest Harrison Ford movies
- Is Green Arrow really a traitor? What happens to Amanda Waller? And which hero makes a surprise return? All your Absolute Power #4 questions answered
- 15 years later, Left 4 Dead 2 is still the best zombie horde shooter ever – and no that's not up for discussion
- I'm still disappointed by graphics card prices ahead of Prime Day, but here's how I'd search for deals
- "It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but what is?": As Starfield Shattered Space launches, Bethesda reflects on the importance of players speaking their mind
- Scream 7 release date, cast, plot, and everything else we know so far
- The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 2 showrunner talks the "cosmic connection" between Daryl and Carol, but warns of heartbreak for shippers
October 1
- Top 10 Xbox Game Pass horror games to get in the mood for Halloween 2024
- A manga legend's forgotten series got translated into English for the first time in 26 years, and it's everything I love about paranormal romance
- How we test gaming tablets at 12DOVE
- I'm a Sega Genesis nerd, but I use this wireless controller more than my original gamepad
- My first hours in Starfield Shattered Space feel like a Lovecraftian Fallout adventure, and I haven't even met the giant snake yet
- New on Netflix: 7 movies and shows you have to watch this October