Some people conflate Halloween with all-out, skin-animating horror, especially if they’re into grindhouse slasher flicks. However, everything has shades. All Hallow’s Eve has a more cunning side, and one of the best ways to experience the holiday’s more seductive face is to crack open a “spooky” book. “Spooky” describes a feeling too elusive for any other word. To me, a spooky book chills my spine without burning away the intrigue that drew me to it....

Oh me, oh my It feels like it makes sense thatCupheadwould get a cartoon. After all, itsstyle is directly liftedfrom the Golden Age of Animation. Cartoons that existed before the television sucked them all into Saturday mornings when they played in theatres before the actual feature. Or, more specifically, the VHS transfers of those cartoons, which is something I got to experience as a child. That’s right, do you know who loves Golden Age cartoons?...

The Grammys are singing their praises Even to those who don’t regularly play video games, their music is iconic, and in many cases instantly recognizable. There are a ton of different factors that can make a game stand out as one of the greats, and a great soundtrack alone is enough to make a title stick in our heads for years to come. The Grammys are the most prestigious awards in music, and now they’re finally giving video game music the credit that it’s due....

Creator of The Secret World While I didn’t really digThe Secret Worldas an MMO, Funcom’s Cthuluian artwork was superb. That’s why I’m interested inThe Park, which is an upcoming PC horror game set to launch in October. The kicker? It takes place in the same universe asSecret World. The scene is set at an “intense” amusement park, where a “dark and sinister secret” lies. Since the developer doesn’t tend to work on single-player games all that often, I’m curious to see what it comes up with....

Get your wallets ready because the soon-to-be “Dearly Beloved” Sora amiibo is on its way. The latestSuper Smash Bros. amiibo arrives on February 16. Pre-orders havestarted to pop up at retailers, though it already seems likefolks are clamoringto get their own Sora. It will likely be available at usual retailers, though. Sora marks the lastSuper Smash Bros.character to get an amiibo. The#SmashBros#amiiboof Sora will be released on 06-06-2025!#KingdomHeartspic.twitter.com/y3zdbaLplz Better summon your bank account for this Sora amiibo The Sora amiibo clocks in at the standard $15....

Hey me too While it would have been easy forTheatrhythmto die after the first game, Square Enix has fostered it into a nice little mini-franchise, capping off twoFinal Fantasytitles with aDragon Questentry. Speaking to Nintendo Dream, series producer Ichiro Hazama is actually keen on continuing the run. Hazama re-iterated his passion for the series, stating, “This is Hazama from Square Enix. Last year at this place, I said ‘we’ll keep continuingTheatrhythmfrom hereafter too!...

POP! Friday the 13th: The Gamehas a new trailer. The horror game –which secured $700K on Kickstarter last year– is back with a couple of blink-and-you’ll-miss-it teasers showcasing what Jason has in store for you. Pro tip: it’s not a hug. There’s also this 20-second cheerful romp, too. (It’s a tad disgusting and probably not SFW, even if Twitter hasn’t pulled it just yet, so viewer discretion advised): So…how long until Twitter pulls this clip?...

Sunnier skies Times, they are a changin’. Once, it was enough to attend a video game convention to play video games. Now, there’s a whole subset of people who would rather attend a video game convention to mingle with people who play video games. Almost the same, but not really at all. Apparently the first go was successful enough to warrant another, so Twitch has announced its second annual TwitchCon. It’s even expanding!...

On iOS and Android platforms TwoLuminesgames are coming to mobile platforms later this year, Mobcast just announced. One, a paid app tentatively titledLumines 2016, is expected to launch sometime this summer, while the other,Lumines VS, is planned for a winter release with a free-to-play scheme. Mobastacquired the rightstoLuminesandMeteosfrom Q Entertainment last year, and announced a partnership with former Q boss Tatsuya Mizuguchi (Rez,Space Channel 5,Child of Eden) and his new California-based studio Enhance Games to make a newLumines(or two!...

Id Software is making sure you can play the classics Yes,Wolfenstein: Enemy Territoryis getting some new servers in the year 2022. As more players are hopping on thanks to its free availability, id Software has deployed dedicated servers with a classic ruleset for players to run. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territorywasmade available on Steam earlier this year, as part of the Bethesda launcher going away. And it’s also free onthe Microsoft Store, too....

Nintendo has confirmed that it’s working on a live-action film forThe Legend of Zelda. In astatement, Nintendo confirms theZeldamovie will be produced by Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad, the chairman of Arad Productions. Director Wes Ball has already been tapped to helm the project. Ball’s previous work includesThe Maze Runnertheatrical adaptations, as well as the upcomingKingdom of the Planet of the Apes. The live-actionZeldafilm will be co-financed by Nintendo and Sony, with the former covering over half....

One of the best Super Nintendo games ever,Super Mario Kart,will be hitting theVirtual Console this Monday. The classic racing game will cost you 800 Wii points. Later this holiday season, we can expect a couple of more classics to hit the Virtual Console store. First up will bePilotwingsfor the SNES and towards the end of the year,Super Smash Bros64 will also finally be available. So yeah, good games! Not to say that everything as of late has been crap, but it’s annoying that Nintendo takes their sweet time to release the games people are dying for....

As if I really needed another reason to be excited The officialLEGO BatmanTwitteraccount posted an image of a Lego Adam West this week (seen above), which hopefully means we’ll see a whole lot more of him in the upcomingLEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. Adam West is also going to be a special guest star at the San Diego Comic-ConLEGO Batman 3panel, which points to the fact that players may be able to quest through Lego Gotham City as the zany Adam West....