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October 31
- Porgs! Tom Nook! Get jack-o'-lantern jealous with the 10 hottest pumpkins of Halloween 2017
- South Park: Phone Destroyer brings obscene card combat to mobile on November 9
- Chain smoke, mix cocktails, and solve problems with pottery in cyberpunk adventure The Red Strings Club
- Star Wars Battlefront 2's progression changes make loot boxes less essential
- Watch Captain America brutalize some orcs for your entertainment
- Prepare to spend Christmas surviving PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on Xbox One
- Docked or undocked? These official Nintendo Switch study results are surprising
- Xbox One X will have around 70 Enhanced games for launch week, says Microsoft
- Jeff Goldblum will be in another Marvel movie (if Kevin Feige gets his wish)
- The Han Solo movie now being "nearly all" reshoots proves that Ron Howard should have shot first
October 30
- Watch these Super Mario Odyssey highlights from players (including a nap with a puppy)
- The new Spider-Man PS4 trailer has Mary Jane, Shocker, Kingpin and more familiar faces
- Watch the new God of War trailer and get ready for more father-son monster slaying
- The Last Of Us Part 2's latest trailer is hot like fire and not messing around
- "The most notorious Guardian in Vanguard history" returns in this Destiny 2 Curse of Osiris DLC trailer
- Latest Detroit: Become Human trailer shows the seriously dark side of the game's story
- Spelunky 2's coming to PS4 for a whole new round of procedural cave adventures
- Ghost of Tsushima is the brand new game from inFamous dev Sucker Punch
- Watch the PlayStation livestream of Paris Games Week and catch all the news as it happens
- Game of Thrones season 8 is going to feature one of its biggest sets ever – is a massive battle incoming?
- "The writers took the day off": All the best (and worst) reactions to The Walking Dead season 8, episode 2
- Guess who you voted as the greatest MCU character of all time? (Hint: it's not Groot!)
October 27
- Metacritic, the Frostbite engine, and everything else that killed the Visceral Star Wars game
- Just one week left to back your top games of 2017 in The Golden Joystick Awards
- Mark Hamill and Mark Hamill kidnap Mark Hamill in this Justice League Action cartoon short
- Watch Hellboy smash up Cyborg, Scarecrow and Atrocious in Injustice 2
- Watch this proof-of-concept video shot for the Resident Evil TV series that never was
- Gal Gadot admits there are some problems with Wonder Woman's backstory in Batman v Superman
- CORALLL! The Walking Dead season 8 cast show off their Rick impressions – but who does it best?
- Move over Thanos, Justice League’s Steppenwolf has the best introduction in this new Justice League trailer
October 26
- Wow, Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus really went there (spoilers ahead)
- A Deathstroke movie is in the works, led by The Raid director - but what does that mean for The Batman?
- "What were they thinking?!?": Players react (poorly) to the strange new Sonic Forces demo
- Remember Thor's other friend from work, Daryl? Jeff Goldblum may be his next roommate
- Nintendo Switch update 4.0.1 fixes HDMI problems just in time for Super Mario Odyssey
- L.A. Noire's shiny new 4K remake gets a trailer full of gorgeously remastered vintage crime
- Netflix has a hidden Stranger Things Easter egg that will turn your world upside down – here’s how to find it
October 25
- Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi reveals how that *massive* cameo scene came about
- Goodbye, Kinect: Microsoft officially ends manufacturing for the Xbox One sensor
- Here's what's in the Middle-earth: Shadow of War season pass
- Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp - mobile gameplay, microtransaction details, and how to play it now
- Captain Marvel directors reportedly eyeing Rogue One's villain as their lead baddie
- 4 prosthetic pigs, 120,000 needles, and 2 vials of real blood. Saw by numbers is just as disturbing as you'd expect
- Heeeere’s… Billy? Stranger Things season 2’s new bully on how The Shining influences his role
- This behind-the-scenes Star Wars: The Last Jedi featurette has a few surprising cameos, new scenes, and Carrie Fisher
October 24
- 4 things you need to know about Destiny 2 on PC, straight from the developers
- MCU boss Kevin Feige hints that Captain Marvel movie may tie in with Avengers 4 plot
- Hitman: GOTY Edition adds a 4-mission campaign and murder clown challenges in November
- Watch the first 20 minutes of Assassin's Creed Origins
- Rockstar explains lack of GTA 5 DLC: 'We did not feel single-player expansions were possible or necessary'
- Watch this Gears of War 4 Xbox One X trailer and see how it looks with *enhancements*
- Jeff Goldblum hints at his Jurassic World 2 role (and whether he’ll wear sexy shirts again)
- Justice League’s runtime is reportedly under 2 hours long (!), including credits
October 23
- An Animal Crossing announcement is coming *whispers* for mobile
- Here's what Thor: Ragnarok star Tessa Thompson wants you to know about Valkyrie (that you won't see in the movie)
- Prepare for Stranger Things season 2 with our ultimate season 1 recap
- The Walking Dead showrunner explains the use of a Weird Al song, Yankovic says he's "honored"
- Destiny 2's first DLC may make Lord Shaxx extra Shakespearean
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi subtitles may reveal who Luke and Snoke are *really* talking to
- Star Trek Discovery's getting a second season (and it's boldly staying on CBS All Access)
- Destiny 2 on PC looks stunning and plays like never before. See strikes, exploration, and PvP in 4K, 60 fps
- KOTOR, Ninja Gaiden, Psychonauts, and 10 more original Xbox games come to Xbox One on October 24
- "Always with us" – Family, friends, and fans pay tribute to Carrie Fisher on her birthday
- "I don’t know WTF just happened" – The Walking Dead season 8 premiere had people scratching their heads
October 21
- Destiny 2 seasons are coming, and they're bringing ice hockey and mic drops
October 20
- Destiny 2 Trials of the Nine cancellation explained: "Not something we wanted to do, but we felt it was necessary"
- Here's the story behind Blade Runner 2049's most spectacular, spoiler-y cameo
- Star Wars 9 can't just revel in the past, J.J. Abrams says: "We have to go elsewhere"
- The Walking Dead's Lennie James reveals how he would end the show, Waltons-style
- Destiny 2 on PC: Start pre-loading now and find out when the game goes live
- You voted for your favourite Star Wars characters and Luke Skywalker didn't even make the top three
- The Walking Dead's Morgan shoots down that Old Man Rick theory. Sorry
- Josh Brolin fully expects everyone to hate him after Avengers: Infinity War… so he’s definitely killing someone, right?
- The Walking Dead season 8 review round-up: "[The show] has found its groove again"
- Our exclusive Stranger Things 2 image shows the kids ready to bust some ghosts
- This exclusive new Justice League image reveals Jason Momoa in all his sub-aquatic glory
October 19
- Get a free copy of 'The Retro Gamer Book of Arcade Classics' worth £10 by voting in the Golden Joysticks 2017
- Aquaman star Jason Momoa talks Justice League's family dynamics, and hating on Cyborg
- New Netflix Punisher trailer feels like a modern-age Rambo, show premieres November 17
- The Star Wars Battlefront 2 single-player trailer teases cameos from Luke, Leia, and Kylo
- Get your first chance at Gen 3 Pokemon with the Pokemon Go Halloween event
- "I feel like it's fair" or "This run shouldn't count": Destiny 2 fans are torn over an exploit in the World First Prestige Raid
- Is Venom a good guy in his upcoming movie? He will be if the film adapts the Lethal Protector comics
- Game of Thrones does foreshadowing like no other: The Jon Snow Easter egg you almost definitely missed
- Kevin Feige reveals his favourite Thor: Ragnarok Easter egg (and you may have already seen it)
October 18
- Activision says it's not using a system it patented to push microtransactions via matchmaking
- Rick and Morty creators play out an improv scene and reveal the truth of Mr. Poopybutthole
- Jeff Goldblum sings his own Jurassic Park theme song and does a dolphin impression in our Thor: Ragnarok interview
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi fan theory provokes a troll-nificent response from Mark Hamill
- This PUBG clone with a Terminator 2 license from China looks alright, actually
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection will be Xbox One X Enhanced in 2018 (but still no Halo 6 news)
- Room for one more? Avengers: Infinity War is bringing back a fan-favourite (if you believe this social post)
- Game of Thrones season 8 gets a new cast member… which might shoot down a big fan theory
October 17
- Assassin's Creed Origins gets its own ultra-rare Yeezys and you can win a pair
- Visceral Games, the studio behind Dead Space and an upcoming Star Wars game, has been closed by EA
- The Han Solo movie has an official title - Solo: A Star Wars Story - and fan reactions are divided
- Super spoiler-y Stranger Things season 2 clip shows how Eleven came back to Hawkins, Indiana
- Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus launch trailer finally answers that pesky "where's Hitler?" question
- Watch Assassin's Creed Origins' Bayek solve a brutal murder mystery
- The Big Bang Theory might have revealed a new member of the Justice League... wait, what?
- The new Xbox One update gets you ready for Xbox One X - transfer your games now, download 4K stuff and more
- Thought Pennywise was horrifying enough? You haven't heard about the It movie's deleted baby-eating scene
October 16
- Shin Megami Tensei becomes a side-scrolling Metroidvania in this free spin-off game
- See what happens after Resident Evil 7's credits roll in this final DLC trailer
- Destiny 2's Silly Walk emote lets you glitch through almost any wall and it's so perfect
- The Cyberpunk 2077 development studio addresses silence on the game and staff leaving
- Doom on Switch release date set for November 10, in time to kill demons and avoid family gatherings
- Ryan Reynolds teases Deadpool 2 Easter eggs "in almost every scene" – here’s the first one
- Who will die in Infinity War? Avengers 4 could start with a funeral
October 14
- Sensible Soccer mastermind wants his new football game to be "Rocket League with boots"
October 13
- This official D&D census finally proves whether everybody just wants to be Legolas
- The South Park: The Fractured But Whole season pass features a trip to Casa Bonita and new class
- See Assassin's Creed Origins' Far Cry-style camps in action in this exclusive gameplay walkthrough
- Watch the Stranger Things season 2 final trailer and pay attention to these 4 key scenes
- The creative director of Dragon Age has left BioWare after more than a decade with the company
- "Feels like the spiritual successor to Mario 64": Super Mario Odyssey scores 10/10 in Edge magazine review
- Turn off the lights, Amazon’s Lore is your next horror binge-watch and perfect for Friday the 13th
- Asylums, creepy children and... superheroes? The New Mutants trailer is horror X-Men
October 12
- Claim a free copy of 'The 100 Greatest Video Games' worth £15.99 by voting for your favourite games
- Watch this week's South Park to see the events leading up to The Fractured But Whole
- "Frustrated doesn't cut it": Destiny 2 players have serious issues with the new Iron Banner
- Gran Turismo Sport puts an F1 World Champion in your passenger seat
- Thor: Ragnarok has at least two post-credits scenes: one plot-related, one that's a joke
- Rainbow? 450? This Stranger Things season 2 Eleven promo is bizarre, even by the show’s standards
- Marvel is *finally* releasing an official MCU timeline... because everyone has lost track by now, right?
October 11
- The makers of Titanfall have their sights set on a VR exclusive for 2019
- Backing your favorite games in The Golden Joysticks 2017 has never been easier
- Super Mario Odyssey goes Broadway (Donkway?) in new live-action trailer
- You cannot un-see Thor 3's Jeff Goldblum sensuously rolling his eyes as he says: "I'm having a Ragnarok"
- This Destiny 2 Easter egg is for everyone who noticed Saladin sounds an awful lot like Overwatch's Reaper
- Will SPOILER be back for Game of Thrones season 8? This photo suggests so
- The Star Wars: The Last Jedi director has a list of "no-fly" spoilers he'll NEVER reveal
- Game director Ashraf Ismail reveals why Assassin's Creed Origins has the series' first difficulty setting
- You can battle Egyptian Gods and mythical beasts in Assassin's Creed Origins' free Trials of the Gods events
- Want to listen to Porgs sing the Star Wars theme? Of course you do!
- The new Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer has a really well-hidden Return of the Jedi Easter egg
October 10
- Pirate Ana, Cthulhu Zenyatta, and more - these Overwatch Halloween skins deserve play of the game
- "There have been plenty of 5am finishes": Sensi legend Jon Hare on Sociable Soccer, Helsinki nights, and future footy plans
- Call of Duty WW2 beta leak reveals more about Nazi Zombies microtransactions
- The Hearthstone Halloween event will give participants a new Warlock hero - here's how to get her
- Star Wars 9 was meant to involve a "more prominent" Leia, but Mark Hamill promises she’ll still get an ending
- Don't want to watch the new Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer? Here are the best spoiler-free reactions
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer is everything you were hoping for and more (yes, there are Porgs)
October 9
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi's director is "legitimately torn" over whether you should watch the new trailer
- "So much fun I almost can’t take it" – The first reactions to Thor: Ragnarok are in
October 8
- Robert Kirkman confirms a Walking Dead and Fear The Walking Dead crossover, but "how does that work?"
October 7
- NYCC Star Trek Discovery panel teases a certain captain's appearance, a message from Uhura, and more
- Psychonauts 2 dev team releases video of the game's first playable area, and it looks fantabulous
October 6
- At ease Guardians, Bungie confirms new weapons for Destiny 2's Iron Banner event
- Naughty Dog starts #blocktober by showing off Uncharted's bones, more devs join in
- Watch Silicon Valley's Kumail Nanjiani play Shadow Of War, and fight his own orc
- The creator of Dust: An Elysian Tail is back with MGS parody Never Stop Sneakin' for Nintendo Switch
- Pacific Rim Uprising trailer introduces new mechs and monsters, John Boyega spills beans on the plot
- "All the stats really matter" - Assassin's Central breaks down Origins' loot with game director Ashraf Ismail
- Game of Thrones season 8 filming has been pushed back which means *sob* no episodes until (probably) 2019
- Why Kylo Ren wears a mask, and 4 other Star Wars: The Last Jedi reveals from NYCC
October 5
- Need help beating the Destiny 2 Leviathan Raid? Here's how to cheese the final boss
- Axiom Verge, Canabalt, Project Zomboid, and more - the secrets behind how creators name their games
- Stranger Things: The Game has a secret new scene from season 2, watch it here
- Steve Jackson says a video game version of Munchkin, the RPG parody card game, "would be awesome"
- Stranger Things season 2 reveals a big conspiracy the only way it knows how: with a terrible ‘80s slideshow
- The first Game of Thrones season 8 behind-the-scenes pic shows Cersei… wearing Dany’s hair?
October 4
- District 9's director just created an amazingly sinister short film using a game engine
- WWE 2K18 rates Roman Reigns better than The Rock, Brock Lesnar and every other wrestler ever
- Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition bundles the vanilla game and Frozen Wilds for the holidays
- Still playing Destiny 1 on Xbox? You just got an influx of content thanks to former PS4 exclusives
- Why a marriage is at the heart of Assassin's Creed Origins
- Assassin's Creed Origins has a difficulty setting for the first time in the series' history
- Stranger Things gets a retro-style video game adaptation ahead of the season 2 premiere
- PS4 update 5.0 is here and these are 5 of its biggest changes
- It's Twin Peaks meets Stranger Things meets It: Netflix's Dark gets a trailer and a 2017 release date
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s opening scene might have just been revealed – see the details here
October 3
- Destiny 2 space goths rejoice: Dead Orbit won the Faction Rally and this is your 1,000 Glimmer gun
- Overwatch Halloween Terror 2017 begins October 10, come get your first peek at some new skins
- Notice something different about Destiny 2's Dregs? This dev called out some of the game's coolest details
- See Spider-Man: Homecoming's Tom Holland and Star Wars' Daisy Ridley star in sci-fi flick Chaos Walking
- Star Trek Discovery episode 4 has a long and pretentious-sounding name, but it sure looks cool
- "When Star Wars was new": Remaking Ogre, Steve Jackson's first game, for PC
- The Walking Dead season 8’s first three episode titles and synopses revealed – here’s what’s in store
- "THE GIFTED… ENDED EVERY SUPERHERO SHOW" – The best (shouty) reactions to the new X-Men show
October 2
- The best tool for busting through Destiny 2's 300+ Power level ceiling? A spreadsheet
- Fallout 4 VR will now be a free S.P.E.C.I.A.L. gift with every HTC Vive headset
- South Park: The Fractured But Whole is about to inspire a great British fart-off
- Stardew Valley for Nintendo Switch gets a surprise release date of October 5
- Aw jeez Rick & Morty fans, y-y-y-you wanted it and now McDonald's is bringing it back: SZECHUAN SAUCE
- Destiny 2's going offline for 4 hours on October 3 so Bungie can squash some Guardian-killing bugs
- An updated PlayStation VR headset is on the way
- Here's where the final Infinity Stone is hiding in Thor: Ragnarok (if this theory is to be believed)
- Star Trek Discovery casts a major flashback role, so expect more blasts from the past
October 1
- Here's how to get Ghost Recon: Wildlands’ best sniper rifle quickly and easily
- Here's how to find Ghost Recon: Wildlands secret "don't press me" buttons and a Dark Souls bonfire