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October 29
- Creativity and risk are driving modern horror games – but where does the genre go next?
- Have you tried… building an animal army fueled by dead squirrels in the madhouse deckbuilder Inscryption?
- The best Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 prices and deals in October 2021
- The Harder They Fall’s cast and director on reinventing the western for Netflix
- 10 reasons Aquaman is a total badass
October 28
- It's time to admit that Aquaman is DC's hottest superhero hunk
- Apex Legends: Escape hands-on preview: the fastest and most aggressive Apex Games yet
- Pokemon Legends: Arceus - Who is Arceus in Pokemon lore?
- Age of Empires 4 lets you play your way – especially if you're a total coward
October 27
- Halloween is coming - here are some comics to get you in the mood
- GTA Trilogy: 5 things you need to know about your return to the 3D Universe
- Inside Army of Thieves, the Army of the Dead prequel, with Zack Snyder and Matthias Schweighöfer
- How to pitch articles to 12DOVE
- 12DOVE Reviews – Our approach to reviewing and scoring
October 26
- Marvel comics could explain how Steve Rogers might return in the MCU – but not as Captain America
- The Halo Infinite campaign offers something I've always dreamed of seeing from this series
- I hate to say it, but Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy needs to feel more like work
- Eternals will put Marvel’s box office dominance to the test
- Donnie Darko at 20: How director Richard Kelly made the cult classic
- Chris Hemsworth shares his top tricks for meditation and its many benefits
- Experience Incidentaloma: Ray Incident’s debut album
October 25
- The zombies of Task Force Z and the bloodsuckers of DC vs. Vampires bring a horror double feature just in time for Halloween
- Slice-of-life fishing sim Moonglow Bay is beautifully somber and sweet
- The Warzone Ghosts of Verdansk 'Fear Meter' should be permanent
October 22
- Destiny 2 is getting better for veterans but it's becoming impossible for new players
- The secret to Grand Theft Auto's success? "The point was not the controversy, it was the empowerment"
- A beginner’s guide to the Dune books and movies
- Batman: Caped Crusader is low-key DC’s most exciting new project
- Have you tried… Saving the world as a grape in Zelda-meets-Stardew RPG Garden Story?
- 20 years later, Rockstar reflects on how GTA 3 "showed us the first glimpse of what was possible"
- Tchia is GTA meets Ghibli, set on a south Pacific island
October 21
- Top reasons to be excited about Riders Republic
- DICE is addressing my biggest Battlefield 2042 concerns following its open beta
- Meet the GTA 3 players who've spent a decade playing pass-the-pad to 100% the game
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 2.0 - Everything coming to your island for free this November
- How Xbox Live, Google Maps and Splinter Cell led to a lifelong transatlantic friendship
- God of War on PC could mark the start of a new era for Sony
- Dune 2: What happens next, according to the books
- I'm still thinking about Red Dead Redemption 2 and its severed leg
- The making of Resident Evil 4: "By that point in the series, zombies were simply no longer scary to players"
October 20
- Meet the GTA: San Andreas mission-making community who has built an MCU-style multiverse
- Forspoken writer Gary Whitta on building its "lustrous new fantasy world"
- Resident Evil 4 in VR is the most fun I've ever had with a Resi game
October 19
- Tales of Arise sold me on the PS5 in a way no other game has
- Does Deathloop prove that 'immersive sim' is an outdated term?
- 5 characters in F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch you need to meet
- Best retro games of all time
- Discovery Tour: Viking Age is a fantastic way to immerse yourself in the history of Assassin's Creed Valhalla
October 18
- Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is Batman: Arkham's twisted sibling
- Gotham Knights has a point to prove in the looming shadow of Arkham Origins
- Is it just me, or is Transformers: The Movie the franchise's peak?
October 15
- Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is great for fighting fans but just okay for Nicktoons fans
- This exclusive Fizban's Treasury of Dragons info is giving us nightmares already
- Animal Crossing Series 5 amiibo cards drop November 5 - here are all the cards confirmed so far
- 5 reasons to play Crysis Remastered Trilogy
- Two Animal Crossing: New Horizons DLC drops are amazing for fans, and interesting for its future
- 15 things that prove that DOOM will run on literally anything
- Have you tried… getting to know the Grim Reaper in 2D Soulslike Death's Gambit: Afterlife?
- Halloween Kills ending explained: your biggest questions answered
- The making of Super Metroid: Looking back at the origins of an all-time classic
October 14
- Trick or treat yourself with these video game Halloween events of 2021
- Warzone Season 6 proves it's time to bin Verdansk
- Battlefield 2042 Hazard Zone offers something different – but is it right for Battlefield?
- SWERY's The Good Life took me on a very strange adventure with shapeshifting, sheep-riding, and plenty of mystery
October 13
- Why Psychonauts 2's most unethical mechanic epitomises its sensitive side
- Nintendo Switch Cloud Version games explained: All the games and how they work
- The Grand Underground alone has sold me on Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
- Final Fantasy 14 Endwalker preview: the Reaper and Garlemald are the stars of the show
- Fizban's Treasury of Dragons - everything you need to know about the next Dungeons & Dragons book
October 12
- How Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and its director Masahiro Sakurai redefined hype
- Mulholland Drive at 20: David Lynch's cautionary tale about Hollywood nostalgia
- Life is Strange: True Colors Wavelengths brings Steph's story full circle, and I can't stop thinking about it
- DokeV preview: Developer talks boss fights, folklore inspiration, and capturing childlike wonder
- How Steven Soderbergh made No Sudden Move – as told by Brendan Fraser, Don Cheadle, and more
October 11
- The 10 best Doctor Who episodes written by Russell T. Davies
- Splatoon 3 needs to learn the right lessons from Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion
- Forza Horizon 5 transformed me into Count Driftula, superstar driver of Mexico
October 8
- For Phoenix Point on console, X-COM creator Julian Gollop says he "quite shamelessly copied" the Firaxis games he inspired
- Have you tried… helping real pups by playing super cute sim Old Friends Dog Game?
- Best Black Widow comics of all time
October 7
- Hell Let Loose is an FPS for those seeking brutal realism
- Which gaming mouse does Ninja use?
- I watched the world burn in a 1,000-player GTA Online roleplay server while playing the guitar
- The 30 best James Bond stunts: iconic action moments that define the franchise
October 6
- Black Widow: What is the Red Room in Marvel Comics?
- Black Widow: Who is Red Guardian in Marvel Comics?
- Why Halo Infinite is drawing so many comparisons to Halo 3
- Black Widow: Who is Marvel Comics' Taskmaster and what are his powers?
- Gaming chair vs office chair: which seat type is best?
- In time-loop shooter Lemnis Gate, you’re as much your own worst enemy as the person trying to kill you
- Venom 2: Andy Serkis talks unfinished post-credits and the Venom moment that made him want to direct a sequel
- The 30 best James Bond gadgets: essential pieces of kit from 007’s adventures
- The Battlefield 2042 open beta has stunning spectacle and predictable problems
- The best Wonder Woman stories of all time
October 5
- Ghost Recon Frontline borrows from battle royale with an authentic tactical military twist
- The 20 best James Bond villains
- Should you buy the Lego Super Mario Question Mark Block set?
- Operation Mincemeat trailer breakdown: director John Madden on making a different kind of World War 2 movie
- Get ready for Metroid Dread with our history of the Samus and Metroid saga
October 4
- How Marvel Comics fooled comic book censors by turning Vampires into Dinosaurs
- The padawans visit Maz Kanata in Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures #9
- I spent a weekend in Halo Infinite Big Team Battle and I can't stop thinking about it
- Forget the delays – 2021 has been a great year for games and it's only getting better
- Guy Pearce talks Zone 414, unmade L.A. Confidential sequel, and Mare of Easttown season 2
October 1
- That Venom: Let There Be Carnage post-credits scene could connect to this wild comic book event
- FIFA 22 is at its best when played as an RPG in Career Mode
- Have you tried… going on a nostalgia-fueled crime spree as a teen in the '90s in The Big Con?
- The 45 most iconic James Bond moments