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Horror games should make you feel scared. And Resident Evil 7 (opens in new tab) does ‘scared’ very well. I jumped a lot, flat out screamed a few times and, when playing in VR, flailed uselessly at the air under my chin as a mutilated, regenerating corpse lifted me up …

The Mass Effect series helped define the previous console generation. It was a third-person cover shooter, for one thing, which is as close to the Xbox 360 heartland as you can get this side of Don Mattrick’s Kinect-packed basement. It also set a new high bar for storytelling and cinematic …

Image credit. Chances are you’ve never heard of a challenge coin unless you’re in the services or the military. The metal tokens are a simple mark of service or achievement. They commemorate everything from membership in a particular unit to service in a certain conflict. Think of them as Trophies …

Hot Fuzz is the greatest comedy of the 21st century, and easily one of the best in movie history. That’s not a claim I make lightly, but it’s hard to argue with Edgar Wright’s tightly plotted tale of crime and justice in a small, rural English community. It’s a parody …

Sometimes it’s necessary to give a gaming series a kick square in the pants, to move it in a different direction or make it relevant to a new audience of gamers. We’ve raided tombs, fought shadow lords and murdered moon Nazis to bring you the best gaming reboots, refreshes and …

Having a hearty laugh is good for the soul. There’s all sorts of scientific evidence out there proving that laughter lowers stress levels, turning us into happier humans in general. As luck would have it – oh come on, you knew where this was going – the history of cinema …

When most people see a goaltender’s hockey mask, their mind immediately goes to Jason Voorhees, the famed slasher from Friday the 13th. If you grew up watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, you might even think of their human vigilante pal Casey Jones. But for me, it’ll forever evoke the Terror …

There are many different kinds of horror. From the early, pre-sanitisation folk-slaughter of European fairy tales, to the blades, buzzsaws, and bodily blighting of the torture-porn movement, the genre has, like a certain Victorian vampire lord, taken on many forms and faces in order to get its work done. But, …

Whether they’re loveable sidekicks, lazy roommates, or pyschotic enemies, porcine characters have been appearing in games throughout the history of Sony’s sty(lish) consoles. Try not to squeal too much as we fly high with PlayStation’s premier porkers. Manhunt If ever there was a pig we wouldn’t want to meet down …

Your favourite upcoming games need your help – and there’s only a few days left to vote for them at the world’s biggest public-voted gaming awards, the Golden Joystick Awards 2016 (opens in new tab). Last year, millions of gamers voted for their favourite upcoming game, anointing Fallout 4 as …