The prevailing theme in October is usually horror games due to the strong influence of Halloween on pop culture. In keeping with Destructoid's annual tradition of blog writing in October, the theme is related to scary games. Just as this y...

Dreezy is live this week once again on the Destructoid Twitch channel with this week's community in the form of F.E.A.R. and some new releases throughout the week such as The Outer Worlds and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare! But, as always, we...

I haven't crafted a Halloween costume in ages, but man is it easy to get inspiration from the internet. Created by Reddit user Calvin_and_Hobbes, this one should be obvious to even the most casual of Super Smash Bros. fans: Master Hand...

It's the spoopiest day of the calendar year: October 31, Halloween. On this day, for generations, people have come together specifically to celebrate the 1978 release of John Carpenter's independently-produced movie about a man with a knife...

It's been a big month for Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2, as the game saw an international release and passed the two-million-download mark. Not looking to be left out of the Halloween festivities, the game will be holding a Hallowe...

Halloween is a weird one. Once considered a Pagan holiday that celebrated the connection between the world of the living and the dark worlds of hell, it's morphed into a celebration of being benignly "bad" in a variety of ways. If being hol...

Did you buy a neat little Halloween dish, fill it with candy, systematically demolish the sweets in the days leading up to October 31, then rush out for more treats before the neighborhood kids show up? It's okay. I forgive you. You meant w...

Following on from this morning's teaser, Ubisoft has released a new video and details regarding Doktor's Curse, a special Halloween event coming to tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege.Taking place between October 23 and November 6, Doktor's ...

The Rainbow Six Siege twitter has dropped an enigmatic image that appears to be teasing some Halloween content for Ubisoft's tactical shooter, which is more than likely, given themed events have appeared in-game during previous witching sea...

Celebrate the spooky season by winning a Blu-ray copy of psychological thriller The Dead Center. Halloween is my favorite holiday -- it's just so much better than all the others. There's dressing up and scary things and candy, and everyone ...

Electronic Arts' beleaguered Anthem is one of many video games adding creepy content for the month of October, celebrating the witching season that is Halloween. The new event brings Cataclysm to a close and replaces it with the new "Season...

Murder marathon Hitman 2 is set to get some free content today, welcoming in the Halloween season with a new Escalation contract, some unlockable rewards, and a creepy new disguise for the man who loves to go bump in the night, Agent 47.Alt...

Zen Studios' Pinball FX3 is the latest video game to reveal some spooky content it has planned for the Halloween season. The upcoming DLC pack will bring two classic Williams' pinball machines to the simulator, both based on Universal Studi...

NetherRealm Studios has revealed three fun new outfits headed to their flagship fighter Mortal Kombat 11 and, in keeping with the spirit of the season, the new skins have a funky Halloween vibe.First (and arguably best) is a Wicked Witch ou...

Coinciding with Overwatch's Nintendo Switch release today, Blizzard has begun the Halloween Terror 2019 event on PC and consoles. If you're in it purely for the skins, there are eight new looks, two of which – Inferno Junkrat and Vamp...

What with the spooky season upon us, many video game publishers are gearing up to release creepy content onto their wares, and Niantic are no different, having revealed adorable Halloween content coming to their flagship mobile title, Pok&e...

Remember a few months ago when there was all that fuss about the Sonic movie starring Jean-Ralphio (and Dewey Duck!) and Jim Carrey? Well everyone kind of forgot all about it because that's how internet controversies go, but the ripple...

The audience in Rocket League is usually pretty innocuous. It's a bunch of faceless egg-shaped dudes bobbing up and down in silent approval. It is not tough to perform under this sort of pressure. Soon, those eggs will be replaced wit...

Only a week after launching, Borderlands 3 is already looking forward to the holidays. The people of Pandora aren't taking a vacation, though. They're shooting at specters and skeletons. For Halloween, Gearbox is throwing a free Bloody...

AkSys Games has announced a release date for Ghost Parade, a spooky-cute metroidvania adventure from Indonesian studio Lentara. Fittingly, this tale of a haunted woodland will arrive on PS4, PC and Nintendo Switch on October 31, Halloween.G...

Given that it's the season for all things spooky, Capcom has revealed two new costumes and one new stage heading to its flagship fight game Street Fighter V. As detailed in the tweet below, the Halloween DLC offers up two monstrous looks fo...

Grab your Shatner masks for this contest, and win a Blu-ray copy of 2018's Halloween! Why all the Halloween-themed stuff in January? Because I can, that's why. I abide by no law, and answer to no holiday-based authorities! To celebrate my r...

Bandai Namco has released an "extended" version of the trailer for their upcoming horror adventure Man of Medan. Developed by Until Dawn's Supermassive Games, Man of Medan will be the first game in The Dark Pictures Anthology series.Set abo...

Last week, word started circulating around the internet then Konami were rolling out stealth patches on PS4, designed to locate consoles the still had what-might-have-been demo P.T. installed, and rendering the creepy game unplayable.Well, ...

In the past, she was in a band with Superman. In the present, she's Captain Marvel, one the most powerful space-fairing super heroes in modern film. How the heck do you top all that? If you're Brie Larson, the answer is simple - become one ...