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- January 31
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- Destiny 2’s powerful new Raid perks are the right blueprint for the game’s future. Now Bungie just needs to set them free
- 10 games with New Game Plus modes so good you simply have to play them twice
- PS4's getting an updated version of one its best-looking, limited-edition controllers
- Check out FF15 Windows Edition's PC-exclusive features (like 8K resolution!) at the PC Gamer Weekender
- The best upcoming PlayStation VR games for 2018 (and beyond)
- Anthem officially delayed to early 2019, EA says it wants a more quiet release window
- 11 of the rarest Game of Thrones Funko Pops on the planet (and how to buy them smarter)
- This Game of Thrones actor believes in the big Bran time travel fan theory
- Nintendo Switch has sold more consoles in 10 months than the Wii U has in 5 years
- As Frankenstein celebrates his 200th birthday, we ask: what makes the original sci-fi monster such a timeless creation?
- How Far Cry 3 set the bar for open world freedom with flawless design and a sly swipe at video game tropes
- Shock, horror - Black Panther has two post-credit scenes... but only one sets up the MCU beyond Avengers 4
- January 30
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- Project Octopath for Switch is getting some major improvements based on demo feedback
- Sea of Thieves beta highlights: unexpected friendship, boat catapults, and so many shanties
- Netflix's Mute is set in a world where 'sales reps look like SWAT teams', says star Alexander Skarsgard
- Hear me out but… Ghostbusters 2 makes far more sense if everyone is dead
- 5 times the first Ant-Man and The Wasp trailer scales up (or down) the ridiculous action
- Explore Tamriel with the best locations in the Elder Scrolls series
- Rumour: Microsoft is on the hunt for more exclusive games, and has considered acquiring EA, Valve, or PUBG Corp to get the ball rolling
- Carl says goodbye and Alexandria burns in new The Walking Dead season 8 images
- "Looks, feels and sounds unlike any Marvel film to date" - The first (impressive) reactions to Black Panther are here
- Shadow of the Colossus review: "Still feels as thought provoking and artful as it did all those years ago on PS2"
- Shadow of the Colossus has a Last Guardian Easter egg - here's how to find it
- January 29
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- This Shadow of the Colossus trailer sent me spiraling into existential dread then back to hope again
- Fortnite Battle Royale's new event mode is the sniper duel you've always wanted/dreaded
- Movies to watch this week at the cinema: Phantom Thread, Journey's End, and more
- It's not just you - Monster Hunter World players think their characters looked better at creation, too
- Not sure Sea of Thieves has enough to keep you playing? This beta datamine may help you decide
- How to quickly understand Monster Hunter World (especially if you’re a Destiny player)
- Pharaoh boy! Assassin's Creed Origins is getting a New Game Plus mode
- After a choppy launch, Friday the 13th: The Game is back on its feet and ready for a killer 2018
- Maisie Williams lets slip that Game of Thrones season 8 returns in April 2019
- Journey's End review: "A harrowing, powerful WW1 drama well worth enduring"
- "How much more can you pack into an episode???" – The internet reacts to Star Trek Discovery episode 13
- Phantom Thread review: "Anderson crafts another classic of obsession and strange love"
- January 26
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- Epic is shutting down Paragon - here's what it means for players and gamers in general
- 8 essential Dragon Ball FighterZ tips to know before you play
- Whatever form Dragon Age 4 takes, it would do well to build from the epic, extravagant (and slightly unwieldy) Inquisition
- Death Stranding sounds like an episode of Black Mirror - Norman Reedus says it has "elements of social media"
- Early Man review: "A primitive concept generates unsophisticated laughs"
- 8 things to watch out for this week
- Should video games tackle natural disasters like movies? Or is that just really poor taste?
- Exclusive gameplay for Two Point Hospital, Project X, and more to be shown at next month's PC Gamer Weekender
- The 20 best Medieval movies to watch while we wait for the next Game of Thrones
- Black Panther TV spot shows off first look at one of the movie’s biggest battles – no wonder the producer is expecting "many sequels"
- The DualShock 4's speaker and lightbar make these PS4 games 100% better
- Is it all over? New The Walking Dead season 8 synopsis and poster tease the end for either Rick or Negan
- January 25
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- Captain Marvel set pics show Brie Larson suited up and she looks... um... different than expected
- This is how the Vampyr devs plan to confuse the hell out of your mind and senses
- Fortnite Battle Royale devs apologize for extended downtime and lay out new update features
- Destiny, Battlefield, and the strange, surreal horror of revisiting abandoned multiplayer games
- The secret messages movie camera angles send you (without you realising)
- The 25 most disturbing movies ever made
- 11 essential UFC 3 tips to know before you play
- That big million dollar EVE Online war happened... and only cost about $10,000. What happened?
- Given a second chance, Rian Johnson wouldn’t change a single thing about Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- Monster Hunter World review: "An incredible achievement"
- First glimpse at Star Wars: The Last Jedi deleted scene includes Rey pulling no punches with Luke
- UFC 3 review: "Half-brilliant, half going-through-the-motions"
- January 24
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- This Horizon Zero Dawn smoke looks like Conan O'Brien and I'm freaking out a little
- Dragon Ball FighterZ review: "Flashy and a bit dumb... but god is it fun to watch"
- FIFA 18 Ultimate Team: 11 players guaranteed a January upgrade when the transfer window closes
- The Avengers game hiring a dev superteam is cool, but also means it's still a long way off
- There's a new Pacific Rim: Uprising trailer and... holy $#%@ is that a Jaeger-Kaiju HYBRID?
- The 30 best book to movie adaptations you'll want to watch AND read
- The PC Gamer Weekender is gathering the greatest in strategy gaming under one roof
- The best free dynamic themes for PS4
- “I started drinking brandy on the rocks every night”: famed creator Hideki Kamiya tells the story of Resident Evil 2's tumultuous development
- Peter Dinklage talks "bittersweet" Game of Thrones season 8 – and why he’s glad it’s the final season
- The 30 most violent movies ever made, from Braindead to Battle Royale
- Monster Hunter World producer Ryozo Tsujimoto on bringing the game back to console, pleasing fans and not taking the Resi 7 reboot route
- Sitting comfortably? The Walking Dead season 8 mid-season premiere is going to be one of its longest episodes ever
- January 23
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- Have you been slowly tuning out of The Walking Dead? You're gonna want to catch the midseason premiere
- Hear me out but… the Matrix sequels are actually genius (if you imagine there is no real world)
- Oscar nominations 2018: Get Out is up to Best Picture, while Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water leads with 13 noms
- Halo 6 and Crackdown 3 on day one - Xbox Game Pass will include instant access to *every* first-party exclusive
- Every PS2 game on PS4 you should play
- Don't panic, but you'll either love or hate Game of Thrones season 8, according to Maisie Williams
- Stranger Things season 3 will have more Steve/Dustin scenes, less Will, and new "forces of evil"
- The Inpatient review: "It's all utterly brilliant; terrifyingly so"
- January 22
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- Check out the full list of Razzies nominees and see if any of your fave films of 2017 are just the worst
- Will Halo 6 have loot boxes? 343 Industries calls recent rumors "bunk"
- D.Va from Overwatch is getting a gothic lolita catgirl skin and the internet's losing its damn mind
- Movies to watch this week at the cinema: Downsizing, Last Flag Flying, and more
- Watch the new Rampage movie trailer and you too will believe 30-foot tall wolves can fly
- Stardew Valley's bigger than Minecraft, Sonic, and Rocket League on Switch
- January's Xbox backwards compatibility recommendation: Bayonetta - still one of the classiest hack and slashers around
- Metal Gear Survive requires you to be always online, and people aren't happy
- PlayStation reveals a new line-up of toys that look (but don't work) like Amiibo... and wait, are those PS4 themed light-up sneakers?
- How to play the Sea of Thieves closed beta on PS5
- "Gorgeous visuals and a genius core premise" - Critical round-up of Netflix Original, Altered Carbon
- Last Flag Flying review: "A salty road trip tinged with sadness"
- "Wow. Just f***ing wow." – The internet reacts to Star Trek Discovery episode 12
- Downsizing review: "Alexander Payne re-confirms his position as one of US cinema's premier filmmakers"
- Netflix's Altered Carbon is Blade Runner meets Black Mirror with Westworld’s morality thrown in - and it's your new TV obsession
- January 20
- January 19
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- The Champions' Ballad DLC for Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the true ending I needed
- Nintendo's 'lack of innovation' has always been a myth. If you need evidence, just look at Star Fox
- Croft conversion: How the Tomb Raider movie is bringing the leading lady of video games back to the big screen
- It’s more than just cardboard - Here’s why Nintendo Labo is another Switch masterstroke
- 5 big, potentially endless games to treat as a second home in 2018
- 8 things to watch out for this week
- Best games for 10-15 year old kids on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch (that don’t suck)
- After a stellar 2017, the remaster-heavy Nintendo Switch is in danger of losing much of what makes it so magical
- Is it just me, or does anyone else miss video stores?
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter: "Mixes the threat of Lovecraft and Silent Hill’s decaying, subliminal rot" (Xbox One update)
- Didn’t like Luke in Star Wars: The Last Jedi? Joseph Gordon-Levitt's essay might change your mind
- Here’s your first look at *that* Justice League deleted scene (and maybe Superman’s black suit)
- January 18
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- 4 moments from the new Tomb Raider trailer ripped straight from the game
- Black Panther is meant to be the James Bond of the MCU, according to the director
- We mashed up Nintendo Labo with the Ready Player One trailer and it works eerily well
- John Boyega says his Pacific Rim 2 suit wasn't quite as uncomfortable as his stormtrooper armor… but it was close
- Why everyone is freaking out about the YouTube Partner Program changes (and what it means for your favourite gaming channels)
- World of Warcraft just got a major change and it might as well be World of Warcraft 2
- Every Labo toy we know about so far - including the 9 Nintendo isn’t talking about
- John Boyega and giant robots take centre stage in these exclusive new Pacific Rim Uprising images
- The complete story of the Slender Man, from its internet origins (and real-life horror), to the movie backlash
- The Justice League Blu-ray has one (count ‘em, *one*) deleted scene - but there's a catch
- "It has an old Star Wars feel to it" – The first reaction to behind-closed-doors Han Solo movie footage is in
- "Weird Nintendo is the best Nintendo" - The internet reacts to that bonkers Nintendo Labo trailer
- January 17
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- More money, more rising stars: 2018 will be big for Hearthstone esports whether you're casual or competitive
- FIFA 18 Ultimate Team Of The Year announced - and our prediction was 91% correct
- Dragon Ball FighterZ gets another round of beta testing and a new confirmed character
- Overwatch is getting a map set in a (sadly fictional) Blizzard World theme park on January 23
- Fable is reportedly coming back on Xbox and fans are excited: "Chickens will be kicked"
- Maze Runner: The Death Cure review: "It's hardly fresh, but the spectacle is decent"
- "An exciting new entry to the superhero genre" – Critical round-up of Black Lightning
- New Avengers: Infinity War synopsis teases the end of the MCU (and deaths… lots of deaths)
- Han Solo movie synopsis reveals a key first meeting and a "dark and dangerous criminal underworld"
- Metal Gear Survive is an enjoyable survival game… it just isn’t Metal Gear
- January 16
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- VR, lies, and video games: the weird origin story of Accounting+
- Scribblenauts Showdown challenges you to have words with your friends in March
- Hardy Boyz and Beth Phoenix return to WWE 2K18 as part of final DLC pack
- People are already reviewing Red Dead Redemption 2 on Amazon, and they're hilarious
- Here's when you can play Assassin's Creed Origins' DLC expansions, The Hidden Ones and Curse of the Pharaohs
- Final Fantasy 15: Royal Edition arrives March 6 with new dungeons, modes, and *controllable boat*
- “It took us until lunchtime to get Forza 3 running in 4K” - the game’s creative director on Xbox One X and the future of Forza
- Modder puts cut Bloodborne enemies back into game, to varying degrees of success
- This Cyberpunk 2077 report says it's gonna be huge at E3 and I need to believe so badly
- As John Carpenter turns 70, we look back at the scariest films of his career
- Hear me out but... Titanic is secretly a Terminator movie
- 14 questions I have after watching Blade Runner 2049
- This It movie deleted scene is a happy alternate ending for scaredycats everywhere
- 5 essential changes PUBG needs to make to be exceptional on Xbox One
- The best video game trailers of this generation (so far)
- January 15
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- Movies to watch this week at the cinema: Coco, The Post, and more
- 7 questions I have after watching Star Trek Discovery season 1 episode 11 - The Wolf Inside
- Fortnite Battle Royale’s map is new and improved with more locations and a fresh coat of paint, thanks to Epic’s incoming update
- The 25 best twist endings in movies we never saw coming
- The Post review: "A timely look at a fight to be heard"
- 8 games to scratch that lost classic itch - relive old gaming memories with new things to play
- "I am sitting here in stunned silence" – The internet can’t even react to what just happened in Star Trek Discovery episode 11
- Coco review: "Visually splendid, frequently emotional and culturally nourishing"
- January 12
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- Why does Luke look different at the end of The Last Jedi? Director Rian Johnson explains
- No Game of Thrones prequel spinoffs will arrive until 2020 at the earliest
- 10 years on, it's clear BioShock wasn't just a great shooter, but a new standard of self-aware, literate gaming
- Bungie’s roadmap for Destiny 2 improvements is welcome, but the game’s long-term health relies on more than changes to the Eververse
- Check out Iron Man's (possibly shape-shifting) Infinity War armor in this... Disneyland commercial?
- That game about Pikachu as a gruff detective is coming west with a HUGE amiibo
- 8 things to watch out for this week
- Win Stephen King movie It on Blu-ray
- Mark Hamill (finally) reveals Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ original ending – and why it had to change
- What’s topped with icing Infinity Stones and maybe spoils who dies in Avengers 4? This huge Thanos cake!
- The creator of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on copycats, Twitch, and how he won't stop until it's your favourite esport
- Bad news for Tess and the Eververse as Bungie promises big improvements to Destiny 2 in 2018
- January 11
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- Check out these 9 new gaming-friendly gadgets from CES 2018
- Netflix series Altered Carbon looks like Blade Runner meets Ghost in the Shell in first full trailer
- The first official pic of the Venom movie is here, and it's... fine? But wait! Enhance!
- Hmm, why would Captain America be wearing his first Avengers suit in this Avengers 4 set pic?
- Ahoy! Assassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered is on the way to consoles in March
- Super Mario Odyssey update adds a new online mode (with Luigi) and outfits in February
- TV’s obsession with twists, mysteries, and watercooler elitism is getting unhealthy. Star Trek Discovery is the cure
- Dark Souls: Remastered is coming to Switch - praise the sun at home or on the bus
- Give free-to-play survival game Fortnite a chance - its 100-player Battle Royale mode is more than just a PUBG clone
- 8-bit battle scenes, a Grandmaster and Darryl team-up, and 4 other things coming with the Thor: Ragnarok home release
- Watch the Thor: Ragnarok gag reel now and witness Jeff Goldblum shake what his momma gave him
- FIFA 18 Ultimate Team Of The Year coming next week – here’s our predicted XI
- January 10
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- X-Files star David Duchovny thinks Scully's son should get his own show
- Where the Water Tastes Like Wine casts Sting (the singer, not the wrestler) as its narrator
- "First job, deleted the game" - devs confess their biggest mistakes over the years on Twitter
- New PlayStation boss reassures fans on Twitter (UPDATE: it was a faker!)
- Report says loot boxes for Xbox One's new Avatars could be coming soon - but it's not as bad as it sounds
- The Cyberpunk 2077 Twitter account made its first noise in four years and people are freaking
- Overwatch League is at the center of the newest update to Blizzard's team-based shooter
- Co-op is making a comeback in 2018, but is there a place for games that rely so heavily on working with friends?
- Prison or Utopia? How Black Mirror’s romance episodes show the positives and negatives of escaping real life with tech
- Here’s why Rian Johnson decided against answering the mystery of Snoke in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- The Han Solo movie is undergoing more reshoots (but that’s not as bad as it sounds)
- Destiny 2 will celebrate Valentine's with the return of Crimson Days
- January 9
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- It looks like a Justice League extended cut could come to DVD - just not the one fans have been asking for
- Play Dragon Ball FighterZ's free open beta this weekend and try these 11 characters
- Blade Runner 2049 nabs 8 spots on the full list of BAFTA nominees - here's how to watch live on February 18
- Xbox One has some nice new Achievement-hunting features coming soon
- The Overwatch League is changing the face of esports. How, why, and the hottest teams and matches to look out for
- Mirror Sarek (complete with goatee) makes an appearance in the Star Trek Discovery episode 11 teaser
- Watch the new Black Panther trailer and let it convince you it's the coolest MCU movie ever
- January 8
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- Microsoft says the Gears of War 4 studio's sticking with the series, but this leak says otherwise
- Want to cut your Xbox One online lag? This $299 official router might be what you need
- Missing Dragon Age? Dwarf hero Varric is publishing a novel to keep your Thedas dreams alive
- Charity speedrunning event Awesome Games Done Quick is going on now - here's how to watch
- Check out the fan-made Overwatch map that impressed Jeff Kaplan
- "One of the wildest things I've ever seen on TV" - The best reactions to Star Trek Discovery's return
- Movies to watch this week at the cinema: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Darkest Hour, and more
- The Han Solo movie will show you a side of the Millenium Falcon you've never seen before
- Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters looks *atomic firebreath emoji* and is coming to Netflix January 17
- PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Xbox update improves frame rate, performance and weapons balance
- What does Xbox One X Enhanced mean? 4K, HDR and other features explained
- "I’m still thinking about Natalie Portman’s unbelievable burn" – The best moments and reactions to the Golden Globes 2018
- Darkest Hour review: "An Oscar-aimed turn from Gary Oldman anchors this WW2 portrait of Churchill"
- The full Golden Globes 2018 winners list, as Game of Thrones and Stranger Things miss out
- The best Star Trek episodes every Trekkie should watch
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri review: "A fiercely intelligent, profanely poetic movie"
- January 6
- January 5
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- Get a glimpse of Star Trek Discovery's next episode before it airs
- Game of Thrones fans beware: season 8 spoilers may have already leaked
- These are our most anticipated games of 2018
- This Fortnite Battle Royale player forgot to record audio and his solution was brilliant
- Injustice 2 gets another member of the Suicide Squad with Enchantress
- God of War won't stop with Norse mythology - prepare for ancient Egyptian and Mayan locations too
- 8 things to watch out for this week
- This Sea of Thieves Xbox controller has everything you need: glowing skull, gold tooth trigger, and laser-cut barnacles
- 6 questions we have after watching Black Mirror season 4
- The 25 most successful movie franchises of all time
- The Star Trek Discovery cast reveal what fears would set off their threat ganglia IRL (and they're huge scaredy cats)
- It’s official: HBO confirms Game of Thrones season 8 release date is 2019
- Great games need a great bad guy - why the perfect nemesis is EVERYTHING
- Last chance to get 20% off tickets for the PC Gamer Weekender
- January 4
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- Hulu's making two new seasons of Animaniacs - Yakko, Wakko, and Dot will return in 2020
- Haven't tried Fortnite Battle Royale yet? What if it added bush disguises and a silenced guns mode?
- This year's best Destiny cosplay so far just turned up (in-ring) at a Japanese pro wrestling show
- Star Trek Discovery's Tyler teases dinner dates and long walks with Burnham in upcoming episodes
- Find out why you're so scared of Pennywise's bottom lip with this exclusive behind-the-scenes It movie clip
- Black Mirror season 4 - every episode reviewed and rated
- Death and destruction loom large in these new X-Men: Dark Phoenix images (plus, Jessica Chastain's villain revealed)
- "Incredibly distasteful" – The most brutal reactions to the Slender Man movie trailer
- January 3
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- Kinect died a while ago; now Microsoft is ripping out the life support tube
- “Online, you aren’t your gender, colour, or sexuality” - the rise and positivity of gay gamer groups
- With USS Callister, Black Mirror season 4 proves it understands video games better than anything else on television
- There’s a really well-hidden Star Wars Easter egg in Man of Steel – have you spotted it?
- MachineGames on Wolfenstein 2's development, controversy and what’s next: "we always planned this as a trilogy"
- This amazing Star Trek Discovery theory suggests Tyler isn't all he seems...
- This It deleted scene reveals that Pennywise isn’t the only one capable of gruesome murders
- These Han Solo movie Lego sets reveal a first look at the cast, a 'Kessel Run' tease, and more
- January 2
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- Overwatch teases 2018 plans including Hero 27, competitive changes, and more
- Far Cry 5's testicle roasting is just part of the grand Far Cry fabric, says developer
- The Last Guardian devs have put up a new teaser - meet a different kind of Beauty and Beast
- Want another Rogue Squadron or X-Wing game? This 2016 prototype makes the wait even worse
- Before Stardew's gentle harvest there was Viva Pinata's garden of horrors: revisiting Xbox's classic farming sim
- A "psychotic" Thanos is going to be front and centre in Avengers: Infinity War
- Thought Star Wars: The Last Jedi answered the mystery of Rey’s parents? Rian Johnson isn’t so sure…
- In this time of new beginnings let’s talk about how Horizon Zero Dawn made the end of the world… kind of okay
- January 1
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- Survive, thrive, and win with our Fortnite Save the World tips
- A note on affiliate links
- Movies to watch this week at the cinema: All the Money in the World, Brad's Status, and more
- Monks, warriors, crazy old hermits, muppets, or just big fibbers? Here's the real history of the Jedi
- FIFA 18 career mode guide - negotiate contracts, successfully scout, and buy the best players
