Could Amazing Spider-Man 4 be an Avengers-style team movie? Could a Sandman or Fables film be coming soon? Is Chronicle 2 in trouble, and is 20,000 Leagues dead? Plus Brad Bird's Tomorrowland gets its female lead, Gina Carano joins Avengelyne, and Arrow finds a Black Canary. Plus updates on The Crow and Dead Space.

Apparently today's theme is dangerous DIY props because as a follow-up to the frightening 80,000-volt Thor hammer we now have an equally terrifying replica of the Dead Space Plasma Cutter. As far as prop design and attention to detail go it's beautiful, but the use of a pair of 1,500-milliwatt burning blue lasers has…

We're all eagerly awaiting the release of Dead Space 3 — but in the meantime, here's something to tide you over.

Of all the landmarks in science fiction history that we predicted would happen in your lifetime, there's one that I really can't believe hasn't happened yet. Why hasn't a video game been nominated for a Hugo or Nebula Award? With games like Dead Space, Bioshock, Mass Effect and Portal featuring complex world-building…

Tired of your friends with the iPhone 4 and 4S showing you how awesome HDR is? Yeah, screw those jerks. You can get HDR for free today on your iPhone 3GS. That'll show 'em. Dead Space won an award and now it's cheaper and let's play a football video game. No one's ever thought of making one of those before.

No offense, Plants vs. Zombies, but it might be time for a new tower defense game. If you're ready to get serious about your defending, then the expansive RTS-RPG-tower defense hybrid Legendary Wars might be the new king.

Dead Space, the new iOS installment of the popular PC and console game, is scary. Like horror movie scary. It's also one of the most fully-realized iOS games yet.

If you were worried that Dead Space 2 was abandoning horror for action, some new concept art should set your mind at ease — and give you nightmares at the same time.

This week on Cult Movie Worship we have two equally disturbing movies. One's about giant killer spiders, the other's about the Scandinavian wood nymph, the huldra. Plus, check out the latest scifi short obsession!

Want to know what this whole Dead Space thing is all about? A new trailer for Dead Space 2, "Excavations," gives you a rundown on the backstory of the first game — plus the first moments of the second.

Director D.J. Caruso revealed his plans for his Dead Space film, and he's calling it a prequel. "You have have the whole sort of brainwash-y/Scientology thing, and ultimately the Necromorphs." A Necromorph/Scientology tie-in? You've got our attention. [MTV]

It's not the busiest of weeks in terms of new comics, with Marvel pretty much dominating new launches, and alien horrors both old and new making a comeback. There may not be many, but these are still comics we crave.

We're totally calling it: the Halo movie is never happening. When Steven-freakin-Spielberg says he wants to make a film, and Microsoft still says no, it's doomed. Here are 10 other video game films you'll see before you ever see Halo.

Kotaku's put their game of the year awards up, and it's a pretty good start to building your gaming collection if you've just gotten an Xbox 360, PS3 or Wii over the holidays.

If you've been excitedly playing Dead Space since its release last month - or you just want to get to the bottom of those space scientologist rumors - then you might want to tune into the Encore Action channel tonight at 10 for the broadcast premiere of Dead Space: Downfall, an animated prequel to the sci fi horror…

Does the new scifi horror game Dead Space have a hidden agenda against Scientologists? We've told you all about EA's sci-fi horror game Dead Space - including the tragic romance that led up to its release, and even written about the game being banned in Germany, Japan and China. But now we've started hearing rumors…

If our coverage of EA's SF horror game Dead Space has gotten you in the mood to experience the Alien-esque dread and disquiet for yourself ahead of the game's release, then new site No Known Survivors is for you. Each week, a new episode of backstory - packed with interactive video, animation and "papervision 3d…

Those of us looking forward to EA's survival horror game Dead Space were given a shot of good news on Thursday...as long as we weren't in Germany, Japan, or China. The release date for the game in North America has been moved up to October 14th in North America (and October 20th for the PC release) and October 24th in…