Truly, the Elimination Chamber is the best use of steel and muscle ever devised. A carnival of carnage that happens only once a year. Here’s everything that you need to know about this year’s event.

SURVIVE! If you’re going to prevail against homeopathic crystal monsters running amok in Metal Gear Survive, you’re going to need to tap into your inner MacGuyver Gear Solid to stay ahead of the nightmares on Dite. Hell is crawling with all manner of creatures that wants you dead, but it’s also home to plenty of leftover scraps and gear which will make your journey throughout the land a little bit easier. Why with just some gum, a few paperclips and the corpse of a midget, you too can easily build a Metal Gear Rex with which to stomp on the Wanderers!

In video game development, original ideas are often seen by other games, scooped up and implemented in a variety of ways. On and on the list goes, with examples in just about every genre that you can think of. There’s something to be said however, for a game which takes inspiration from its contemporary and actually improves on the formula. Here’s five such examples, of video games that ripped other games off beautifully.

WAKANDA FOREVER! Marvel’s Black Panther isn’t just a great icon for a new age. He’s a king whose signature look happens to be not too difficult to pull off, provided that you know just where to look. A sleek bodysuit, A sturdy apex predator helmet and some Vibranium claws can easily complete the look. So where does a fan begin exactly?

God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs. Man creates a set of pinball tables based on said theme park dinosaurs which then proceed to gobble up all of his shiny balls in the process.

Comic Con is coming to Africa. Organised by Reed Exhibitions, VS Gaming and Feedpop, Comic Con Africa joins a line-up of events that already features similar conventions in New York, Seoul, Paris and the big daddy Emerald City Comicon of Washington.

What of the games outside of the numbered series in the Final Fantasy library? The spin-offs, the prequels and the crazy experiments in other genres? Final Fantasy as a franchise is full of one-shots that explored other corners of its multiple universes, games which expanded on and sharpened ideas which were felt in the core series in the years to come. Here’s a look at five such games which were crystallised perfection.

The blood-soaked battlefields of the 41st Millennium have long been razed and celebrated by thousands of dedicated generals, artists, gamers and nerd-folk the world over. The hobby, and the universe around it, has seen a number of successful (and not so much) video game adaptations like the popular Dawn of War series and the unfortunately discontinued Space Marine IP. But while the property has begun to shrink somewhat in the general gaming consciousness, the original table top board game is stronger than ever before. On the other hand, high prices and a convoluted rule book have repelled many a new comer from truly diving in