Halloween isn't just a day, it's a way of life. It's 365 and one more on Leap Years. That means when Christmas rolls around, it's also Halloween. Pumpkin Jack is all about that life. Eight days from Christmas, this jack-o-lantern-head...

Feel that chill up your spine? Hear that wolf howling at the moon? See that dude in the boiler suit standing among your clean laundry? Indeed, the witching season is upon us, the calendar has... erm... struck October 31, and it's time to do...

Having been to countless conventions and covered all sorts of anime, gaming and movie news for over a decade, I've seen some really impressive outfits and cosplay. But in recent years, especially when it comes to the Metroid arena, thi...

In today's contest you can win Monster Prom XXL on Switch from Super Rare Games! It's almost Halloween! It's by far my favorite holiday, and definitely my favorite time of the year, weather-wise (well, not anymore now that I live in Phoenix...

It's time for the weekly Epic Games Store freebies, and, as we told you last week, the new crop is all about those Halloween vibes.  On the docket this week is the divisive Blair Witch from Bloober Team and the well-regarded Ghost...

Horror games are some of my absolute favorites to revisit, so when I see Halloween sales pop up, that's immediately where my mind goes: "look at all these scary games I could totally be replaying right now." There's something about re-facin...

Developer SadSquare Studio has announced that its terrifying psychological horror, Visage, will be launching on PS4, PC, and Xbox One on October 30, just in time for Halloween. In Visage, players will enter an old Gothic mansion loaded for...

In today's contest you can win a PS4 or Steam copy of Ray's the Dead! You know what's even spookier than ghosts, goblins, and ghouls running amok in the streets? Waiting seven years for a game to come out! We first covered Ray's the Dead al...

Every Halloween, Ubisoft's multiplayer shooter Rainbow Six Siege likes to get into the spirit of the season with strange and usually horrific in-game events. But seeing as 2020 is a truly maniacal year, Siege's new event, "Sugar Fright," is...

Holloween. Ichabod Lame. Pumpkin spice blahtte. These are all subheaders I was itching to use in the event that Pumpkin Jack turned out bad. Unfortunate for my anticipatory pun production, Pumpkin Jack isn't bad. It's not great, b...

In today's contest you can win Halloweeny action game Pumpkin Jack for Switch, Steam, or Xbox One! You know what really sucks? Nobody makes seasonal 3D mascot action-platformers anymore! They used to be a dime a dozen, but then every game n...

Epic is doing its part to make sure you're ready for Halloween. Okay, maybe it'd be nice if Epic showed up and decorated your house and stitched your costume together. Maybe placed some candy by your door. But as afar as video games go, Epi...

Any reason to throw a party. Halloween's quickly coming up, and Epic has used its impending arrival as occasion enough to throw a big ol' sale. It's not even really Halloween-themed except for in name! Nobody's going to complain, though. Th...

Mario Kart Tour is the latest game to get its spook on for the Halloween season. The Halloween Tour, which is live in the mobile racer right now, adds a selection of themed character skins and other spooky-ooky goodies to the game's gacha p...

Call of Duty is hosting another horror crossover for Halloween, and this year, Billy the Puppet from Saw and Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre are here to play. Don't be alarmed if you see them running around in Call of Duty: Mo...

Tis the season, as they say. Two more weeks to revel in the macabre before society goes back to thinking you're a weirdo for 11 more months. Murder's only cute one month out of the year. PlayStation has a big ol' Halloween sale to get every...

In today's contest you can win a Switch copy of Darkwood from Super Rare Games! Super Rare Games is at it again! This week they're keeping in line with the Halloween spirit and offering up Darkwood, an atmospheric top-down survival horror j...

Borderlands 3's Halloween event is half trick and half treat. Gearbox hasn't exactly gone all out, as it's mostly just rolled out the same festivities as last year. However, getting through it all should be a little quicker, and no one is ...

PlayStation Now is getting into the creepy Halloween spirit - SPIRIT, LIKE A GHOST - with the reveal of several horror-themed titles, available right now as part of the cloud gaming service.The first title set to give you the willies is SIE...

In today's contest you can win horror roguelite title Darksburg for Steam! It's finally October, which means I get to feature lots of fun Halloweeny titles all month long! Or until I run out. Whichever comes first. Today, I've got a fun one...

A lot of times, Microsoft misses the mark with Games with Gold. That's not in terms of the quality being crappy -- although that has certainly been a problem in the past -- but in terms of disassociating months from their biggest holiday. ...

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...