Cyanide Studios' Call of Cthulhu video game has just gone Gold ahead of its October 30th, 2018 release date. To celebrate that fact, and to get horror aficionados hyped to delve into the sinister, impersonal cosmos of the Cthulhu Mythos, Cyanide have released a new trailer, Preview to Madness, for us to gorge on. Amidst the dripping atmosphere and ghoulish visuals, we can see some press impressions of the game from their preview time with it. Based on Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game, rather than Lovecraft's actual story of the same name, players will take on the role of P.I. Edward Pierce as he travels to Darkwater Island to investigate the death of the Hawkins family. Soon, he'll discover that things are not as they seem and that death is probably the better option than what awaits him within the abyss that is Darkwater Island. Call of Cthulhu will give gamers on PlayStation 4, PC and Xbox One something more to do for their Halloween fun.

Originally there were rumours that Overlord was going to be a part of the Cloverfield universe series of movies. It turns out that isn't the case and it's a standalone war/horror fest. Set during World War 2, Overlord follows a squad of American soldiers behind enemy lines who uncover a chilling Nazi plot. They are thrown into the depths of a new horror that even the war couldn't prepare them for. What follows is copious amounts of blood, gore, and Nazi zombies. The final trailer for Overlord is rather brief but that doesn't mean it's off my radar and I fully plan to watch it on release day. While zombie movies are a dime a dozen now - with some of them looking as though they've been produced on less than a dime - it's rare to find a decently budgeted one, let alone a big studio cinema release for this subset of the horror genre. Having J.J. Abrams producing certainly doesn't hurt. Unfortunately, Overlord only releases on November 9th, 2018, missing the October month of horror by only a couple of days. If you're missing out on watching something horrible (horribly good that is) come All Hallows Eve, then save up your pennies and get to the cinema for this.

It's no secret that DC's movie universe desperately needs more than the fantastic Wonder Woman to captain it's ship. They're in dire need of another hit, and soon if they want to keep this universe afloat without a string of reboots, which would be criminal considering that they've got a pretty stellar cast mostly twiddling their thumbs without the right material. James Wan's upcoming Aquaman movie, scheduled for release on December 21st, 2018, may just be that hit. If the new, extended 5 minute long trailer that came out is anything to go by, then Aquaman is going to be pretty stellar indeed. As with Wonder Woman and next years Shazam!, Aquaman is going for a different tone of fantasy meets SF with humour added into it. Throw in some Indiana Jones shenanigans and you've got a movie that makes you wonder why this combination hasn't been put together before. The globe-trotting, myth-hunting adventure that the movies trailer shows off is a perfect fit for dealing with Atlantis. Couple that with cool looking action sequences and a beautiful use of colour with some underwater LoTR battle action and you've got a movie that's definitely treading it's own path towards making Aquaman a cool character again. Check out the new trailer below:

Insomniac's Marvel's Spider-Man has already been declared as canon by Marvel, and this week saw that version of Spidey swinging officially into the comic multiverse with the release of Spider-Geddon #0. Spidey's Earth has also received an official designation: Earth-1048 (ed - sigh...). Spider-Geddon is the sequel to the Spider-Verse storyline and sees the return of the Inheritors, and their plans to exact revenge against the multiverses' Spider-Men. The events in the comic take place after the end of the game and sees Spidey introduced to the multitude of versions of him and his enemies floating around the multiverse. The writers have also created a new villain, "Tarantula", for Spider-Man to contend with. It will be interesting to see how the effects of the comic spin over into a game sequel that, with the stellar sales the game is still receiving, is more than likely to happen. While fans wait for the games DLC to be available, they can read the prequel novel Marvel's Spider-Man: Hostile Takeover, which leads up to the games events and, once they've finished the main campaign, the Spider-Geddon comic.