A remake of the popular iOS blaster "Hyperlight" by CatfishBlues Games, will be available this coming November for the latest Nintendo 3DS XL.

The new an enhanced version of the original base game, has been developed specifically for the updated Nintendo 3DS XL system.

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Facebook introduced Halloween reactions to help their users get into the Halloween spirit. Now, they have announced another Haloween-themed feature - masks in Facebook Live.

Masks will be rolling out over the next few days for people using Facebook Live on iOS in the US, UK, and New Zealand. In the coming months, the masks will be available to people sharing live video via Android devices and in more countries.

The limited edition will feature masks like a skull, an evil queen, a pumpkin and a witch. A selection of masks will continue to be available after Halloween.

NASA's Kepler has made yet another astonishing discovery, just in time for Halloween - pumpkin stars.

Astronomers using observations from NASA's Kepler and Swift missions have discovered a batch of rapidly spinning stars that produce X-rays at more than a hundred times the peak levels ever seen from the Sun. The stars spin so fast they've been squashed into pumpkin-like shapes. Scientists believe they are the result of close binary systems where two Sun-like stars merge.

Steve Howell, a senior research scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, and leader of the team explained the discovery.

It's the scariest month of the year, and Facebook knows it. The internet giant has announced they are launching a set of limited edition Halloween reactions that turn the regular reactions into Halloween-themed symbols.

The limited edition reactions won't be available in every country, just a few select ones. Facebook said in their official announcement they hope these features will help their users celebrate Halloween with friends.

The Halloween edition of Facebook reactions will turn the Like reaction into a skeletal thumbs up, Love reaction will become a candy, Laugh will turn into a laughing witch, Wow reaction will be a ghost, Frankenstein will replace the Sad reaction, and Angry reaction will become a scowling pumpkin.

Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. and Bigben Interactive have released Sherlock Holmes: Devil's Daughter, an interesting walk in the Sherlock Holmes franchise.

Benoît Clerc, Head of Software Group at Bigben Interactive had this to say: "Collaborating with Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. on the distribution of Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter in North America is a great pleasure and an amazing experience."

Officially developed by Frogwares Games, Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter provides gamers with the thrills and adventure from a single player perspective. Here gamers will solve crime mysteries and put their best detective skills to work.

NASA has provided new details of the scene near the Martian equator where Europe's Schiaparelli test lander hit the surface last week.

The new images show three impact locations within about 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) from each other.

A dark, roughly circular feature is interpreted as where the lander itself struck. A pattern of rays extending from the circle suggests that a shallow crater was excavated by the impact, as expected given the premature engine shutdown. About 1.4 kilometers (0.8 miles) eastward, an object with several bright spots surrounded by darkened ground is likely the heat shield. About 0.9 kilometers (0.6 miles) south of the lander impact site, two features side-by-side are interpreted as the spacecraft's parachute and the back shell to which the parachute was attached. Additional images to be taken from different angles are planned and will aid interpretation of these early results.

League of Legends is now available as a fully programmatic tabletop game. Riot Games has taken the already popular title and created another version/genre from which players can enjoy with the same theme. The YouTube video provided showcases a quick glimpse of the official board-like game.

"Mechs vs Minions" utilizes programmatic movement from a shared draft. The 2-4 multiplayer game lets users challenge opponents and co-op together against the army of minions.

The full set contains:

Halloween has certainly captured many headlines in the past week or so, between all the extra scary-themed content available for gaming titles, it comes as no surprise. The next to be "spookified" shall we call it, is the Grand Theft Auto Online Halloween event, which commences this Friday, October 28.

The special event gives players access to the brand new motorcycle formally known as the "Sanctus" The Rockstar blog post had this to say about it:

"With its eerie skull-studded design, the Sanctus is a dread-inducing piece of machinery, guaranteed to strike fear into passersby on your next midnight ride."

Nintendo's new Switch hardware melds the worlds of handheld and console gaming in a single transforming package. But what about gameplay? There's usually a pretty big disparity between Nintendo's consoles and handhelds as far as gameplay performance...however Nintendo now affirms that the Switch will deliver console-quality performance even while taken on-the-go.

Recent reports state that the Nintendo Switch will offer better performance while docked for home console play, with the handheld portion possibly being underclocked while used out and about.

But according to Nintendo's President Tatsumi Kimishima, the Switch's handheld will deliver high-quality gameplay even while used outside the home, likely mirroring the exact same gameplay as when docked.

This month has certainly proven to be all things Halloween, with October alone racking up a good number of spooky-themed packages and game deals on various platforms.

Though Xbox fans in particular, will be pleased to know that Microsoft announced their Shocktober sale, a full week prior to Halloween. The sale gives customers great discounts on numerous horror-themed games in celebration of the scariest night of the year, for the Xbox One and Xbox 360.

The prices can be viewed via the official Microsoft Xbox website as well as the Major Nelson website. Dont miss out as the sale will only run from 25th-31st of October. Get your spook on with some great steals!