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Halloween is drawing near, which means it’s time to subject yourself to all kinds of horrific and terrifying experiences in the name of…erm, fun. Forget horror films and rubbish costumes, though: if you really want to scare yourself, try playing one of these ridiculously terrifying videogames…if you dare! Muhahahahaha! Resident …

Gaming technology has advanced at an astonishing rate; just 10 years ago, people across the globe were marvelling at the size of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. So what does the next 10 years have in store? Here are a few of the technologies we reckon will change gaming forever. …

Ah, Kickstarter: what’s not to love? It’s given us loads of weird and wonderful inventions, and quite a few laughs too (who can forget the bloke who managed to raise $55,000 to make a potato salad?). It’s also given us quite a few great games and consoles, too. Broken Sword: …

The Evil Within, the new game from original Resident Evil mastermind Shinji Mikami, hits shelves today. You play as police detective Sebastian Castellanos as he investigates a massacre at a hospital and ends up trying to survive in a hellish world full of ugly demons. A particularly bad day at …

The hype around Alien: Isolation has been massive: it’s a survival horror game based on the first movie, you play as Ripley’s daughter, and you’re stuck on a spaceship with a single indestructible xenomorph that can kill you before you’ve ever seen it. In short, Alien: Isolation ”“ which comes …

The poor old Wii U doesn’t get a lot of love. While the Xbox One and the PS4 have been selling by the bucketload, the Wii U has been…well, largely ignored. That could be about to change, however. Super Smash Bros, a game in which Nintendo’s best characters beat each …