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The Best Horror Games to Play on Steam for Halloween 2025
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20 Horror Games on Steam That’ll Ruin Your Sleep This Halloween

What Are the Scariest Games to Play this Halloween? I personally love playing horror games all year round, but Halloween is when everyone can try turning off the lights and regretting every life choice for funsies.With Halloween creeping up right around the corner, Steam is packed with horror games begging to ruin your sleep schedule. From blood-soaked haunted houses to brain-bending existential nightmares, here are 20 of my favorite horror games that are guaranteed to have you begging for a night light. 20. Doll Imposter Image: Doll Imposter | David Gallardo | HeadArrow A psychological deduction game wrapped in porcelain smiles and dimly lit hallways, Doll Imposter throws you into a world where you’re never quite sure who (or what) is watching you. The eerie atmosphere is thick, and as you explore the maps you can feel a sinister bloodlust lurking […]

REPO New Upcoming Monster Teaser Theories
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REPO Dev Vlog Teases New Monsters – Here’s Our Theories!

REPO's Latest Dev Vlog is a Monster Hunting Ground You know semiwork: dev logs that aren’t just updates - they’re cryptic scavenger hunts, skull-etched Easter eggs, and little monster riddles hidden in your peripheral vision.We solved the semi-Summer REPO Riddle and have confirmed some new mechanics like the Death Head ability coming in the next update - but semiwork wants to give us MORE!In their latest REPO vlog, they didn’t outright announce any new monsters, but they smuggled in dozens of hints, weird props, and half-glimpsed figures that scream “we’re not done surprising you.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8CNpuPaOcUVideo:  TEASING the NEW MONSTERS coming to R.E.P.O. | semiwork Below, we walk through everything we spotted (some we may definitely be reaching for)  - plus the monster theories burning in my brain. New Valuables and Items: Not Just Loot, but Clues New valuables are headed to all […]

A Game Journalist's Pre-Publish Checklist
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A Game Journalist’s Checklist Before Crying About Difficulty Online

Your Easy Guide for Not Embarrassing Yourself Online So, you’ve died a few dozen times in Hollow Knight: Silksong or just lost another ranked match in Marvel Rivals. Instead of blaming your own thumbs, you’ve decided the entire game is just broken, the difficulty is outdated, and the devs should need to make games easier. But before you rush to file another 1,200-word “Why Boss Fights Hurt My Fee Fees” article, let’s pause for a quick moment of self-reflection. Welcome to the Game Journalist’s Checklist!  Feeling particularly altruistic, I've went the extra mile to help the modern games journalist with 10 handy questions you should ask yourself before embarrassing your chosen profession on Twitter. (Yes, today we’re talking to the "Alyssa Walkers" of gaming. Grab a notebook, because class is in session!) 1. Have you tried not button mashing and actually […]

Ghost of Yotei Phantom Sales and Manufactured Hype
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Ghost of Yotei: Phantom Sales and the Manufactured Hype

When Ghost of Yotei launched, Suckerpunch and Sony’s marketing machine kicked into overdrive - gaming media proudly claimed that the game sold 1.3 million copies on day one, just barely edging out Ghost of Tsushima’s first-day numbers.On paper, that sounds impressive. But when you start digging into the numbers...something doesn’t quite add up. This isn’t about conspiracy theories or wild speculation. The facts themselves are suspicious enough to raise eyebrows. Between the supposed “insider” tweet that started the fire, the exaggerated praise from certain journalists, and the eerily consistent talking points across major outlets, it all feels like another case of what I like to call the Manufactured Hype Virus. The Phantom Sales Begin The story starts with a tweet from an account named Millie A (@millieamand). The post claimed, “Hearing, 1.3 million sold on first day for Yotei. Ever so slightly ahead of […]

REPO Tumble Grab Monster Update Semiwork
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REPO Tumble Grab: How the Monster Update Changes Everything

What the Hell Is Tumble Grab in REPO? REPO has never been shy about tossing players around like ragdolls, but the upcoming Tumble Grab mechanic takes that chaos to a whole new level. In the October Monster Update, players tumbling through the air won’t just be helpless flailing meat sacks anymore. They’ll actually be able to grab onto the environment. That means walls, ceilings, weapons, even random objects within reach. It’s peak REPO physics turned all the way up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhLiGf_2SN8 Video: This New Feature Might Break Our Game | semiwork Of course, there’s a catch...the new tumble Grab eats up stamina, so you can’t cling to every wall forever. Semiwork’s already said they’re treating it as a “twerk in progress.” That’s dev-speak for yes, this will be broken and hilarious before they balance it. And honestly, that’s probably the best part. […]

Monster Hunter Wilds Final Fantasy Collab Update
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Monster Hunter Wilds x Final Fantasy XIV Collab: Title Update 3

Capcom is dropping a crossover bombshell into Monster Hunter Wilds with Free Title Update 3 (Ver. 1.030), launching September 29, 2025. Hunters, get ready - because Omega Planetes from Final Fantasy XIV Online is about to stomp all over your hunting grounds, bringing with it some sick raid boss energy, crossover gear, and a whole new way to flex your hunter cred. Overview Final Fantasy Armor Sets Arch-Tempered Nu Udra Festival of Accord: Dreamspell Missed Opportunity? What's Coming Next The Final Fantasy Collab That Breaks Worlds This isn’t just a slap-on collab where you grab a goofy hat and call it a day. No, this is a full-on invasion of Eorzea’s sci-fi nightmare into Monster Hunter’s untamed Wilds. Hunters at HR 41 or higher who’ve cleared the main mission “What Lies Ahead” can unlock the special event mission. Your quarry? […]

Extremists Are Feeling FAFO Jimmy Kimmel Hasan and More
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Extremists Feeling the FAFO: Jimmy Kimmel, Twitch, and Gaming

FAFO Culture is Hitting Extremists Like a Truck When silence is complicity, consequences follow. Charlie Kirk’s unjust killing detonated a political and media firestorm that’s now exposing how platforms, late-night shows, and game studios behave themselves...or don’t. Congress just yanked Twitch CEO Dan Clancy into the spotlight, Jimmy Kimmel just got canned from for running his big mouth, and game developers who thought they could joke about a man’s death are getting a firsthand look that FAFO is real and it's coming for the extremists.For the first time in over a decade, gamers everywhere are watching the scoreboard shift. The Spark That Lit the Fuse: Charlie Kirk’s Death On September 10, 2025, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was tragically shot and killed while debating at an event at Utah Valley University. The alleged shooter, 24-year-old Tyler Robinson, was eventually arrested and charged with […]

REPO Dead Head Mechanic Coming with Monster Update
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REPO Adds Death Head Mechanic in REPO’s October Update

Fight Back After Death With Your Head in REPO Update Not gonna lie - it’s been a rough few days for me. I’ve been quiet here on ReportAFK, not because I’ve run out of things to say, but because I’ve been mentally drained. The death of Charlie Kirk hit me hard - not just because the loss of a young man who was a husband, father, and someone brimming with potential for the future, but also the sickening aftermath of deranged people celebrating his assassination online. But with the alleged killer in custody and some of the loudest psychos finally facing some repercussions for their vile online rhetoric, I’m trying to push forward. And I think diving back into one of gaming’s most surprisingly positive communities - REPO - is probably the right move for me. That being said, semiwork […]

Hollow Knight Silksong Crashing Storefronts and Indie Devs Crashing Out
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Hollow Knight: Silksong Crashes Storefronts and Indie Dev Egos

Silksong: The Game Drop Heard 'Round the World After six years of waiting, Hollow Knight: Silksong finally landed on September 4, 2025 - and it didn’t just land, it detonated with a deafening boom that was impossible to ignore.The surprise launch was so massive it knocked Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, and the Nintendo eShop into the dirt. At one point, over 535,000 players were logged in on Steam just three hours after release, with numbers across all platforms suggesting more than a million people hopped in on day one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XGeJwsUP9cVideo: Hollow Knight: Silksong - Release Trailer | Team Cherry It wasn’t just a game launch; it was an extinction-level event. The kind of release that sends shockwaves through the industry and leaves everyone else scrambling to pick up the pieces. Indie Dev Titanic, Meet the Hype Iceberg Normally when big titles drop, […]

REPO Monster Update Coming Halloween
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R.E.P.O. Halloween Monster Update: Release Date, Details & More

Semiwork did it again. They dangled a riddle in front of the community, made us all scramble to stitch together fragments like conspiracy theorists with yarn boards, and then hit us with the punchline: the answer wasn’t “Red Herring Monster Update,” it was just...“Monster Update.” Yeah. I got baited.And look - I’ll own up to it. I thought I nailed it with the full phrase “Red Herring Monster Update.” In my head, the fragments we pieced together that formed a monster were actually the red herring, and maybe we were being led toward something wild (like a cyclops-type monster, especially after semiwork dropped that random superhero reference in a previous devlog). Nope. That's what I get for doom scrolling YouTube too much.Turns out the “red herring” was literally the red herring. Painfully obvious in retrospect, but hey, sometimes overthinking is part of […]

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