Far Cry 4 can be a very silly game. It's hard to keep a straight face when playing anything with exploding animals launching every which way. But that's not all Far Cry is. Placed in the right hands, the shooter can be downright terrifying. » 12/23/14 4:10pm 12/23/14 4:10pm

No, I wasn't planning on sleeping tonight anyway. Or the rest of this month, for that matter. » 7/21/14 7:40am 7/21/14 7:40am

Redditor Mune15 ran into this delightful little cherub while playing the latest downloadable content for BioShock Infinite. » 3/26/14 1:00pm 3/26/14 1:00pm

Come wander the dark, flickering hallways of Upsilon, the first environment video from Soma, the sci-fi horror game from the makers of Amnesia. » 12/12/13 11:40am 12/12/13 11:40am

Just in case Gone Home wasn't scary enough already: check out this disturbing rendition of the game's audiologs by Orthogonalus. Jeeze, I dunno that I could handle a whole game like this! » 8/22/13 10:30pm 8/22/13 10:30pm

Thinking about bungee jumping into an open air pit cave-like the Cave of Swallows—is already horrific. But this really well-made slow-motion Minecraft animation, recently shared on Animationcraft's YouTube channel, makes the idea a lot scarier. » 3/14/13 9:20am 3/14/13 9:20am

One of the most villainous ways to raise the fear level in a game is to throw in a psycho clown. That clown is hides behind his stupid fake smile, searching for a way to earn your trust. » 3/01/13 7:30pm 3/01/13 7:30pm

So, I've made no secret of the fact that I'm a bit of an Animal Crossing addict » 12/06/12 6:00am 12/06/12 6:00am. The game continues to be a smash hit in Japan. So much so that even now, almost a month after its initial release, most stores are still sold out with only the download version available. Players clock into their villages every day to…

YouTube entertainer PewDiePie likes to record himself doing scary things, like playing Amnesia: The Dark Descent » 2/27/12 12:20pm 2/27/12 12:20pm or the . His reactions are glorious moments of pure panic. It's like having a surrogate pants-pisser.

Are you ready for Halloween? Have you gotten scared by anything recently? Perhaps a little creeped out that somewhere in the dark corners of your neighborhood, there sits a silent stalker in a white, blank mask, waiting… waiting… waiting for you to be alone? » 10/28/11 6:40pm 10/28/11 6:40pm

Ordinarily, you toss a video like this on YouTube, and every comment shouts it down as fake. But anyone who's played indie horror hit Amnesia: The Dark Descent knows this guy's skin-crawling, pupil-dilating, sphincter-clenching, headphone-grabbing reactions are on the level. » 4/14/11 7:30pm 4/14/11 7:30pm

She's played a Bond girl and a nymph who beguiled the gods, but someone out there thinks British actress Gemma Arterton might not be sexy enough for her role as the renamed Farah in next month's Prince of Persia movie. » 4/20/10 5:20pm 4/20/10 5:20pm

A man calls the plumbing company to complain about the two plumbers sent to fix his pipes, who instead go on a relatively subdued drug-fueled rampage in this College Humor video. » 12/29/09 3:20pm 12/29/09 3:20pm

New screens from Hudson's Wii horror game Calling show us what happens when AT&T launches the inevitable Dead Friends and Family plan. » 12/17/09 11:40am 12/17/09 11:40am

News source Reuters says scary video games are having "a record year as zombies, monsters, demons, and chain-sawing wielding psychos fight against the consoles, making video games the new home of horror for some." » 10/30/09 7:00am 10/30/09 7:00am