Yesterday, Twitch streamer Rhemery accomplished what Five Nights at Freddy’s fans and YouTubers around the world have been trying (and failing) to accomplish these past few weeks — beating a supposedly “unbeatable” mode in Ultimate Custom Night. He was quickly followed by another streamer, Dawko.

After an hour of playing Ultimate Custom Night, I was nursing a throbbing headache. I had spent that time clicking through rooms, winding up music boxes, and taking on and off a Freddy Fazbear head, all while I braced myself for the imminent jump scares. Even after the ordeal I put myself through, I wanted to play again.

The man who helped shape the worlds of Harry Potter, Gremlins and The Goonies is now moving into video game horror. Chris Columbus will write and direct Five Nights at Freddy's, based on the popular video game series about a security guard battling evil animatronics in a pizza shop.

Released yesterday on Steam for free by Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon, Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator is an old-school arcade game in which a bear tosses pizzas at hungry children. Or at least that's how it starts.

Scott Cawthon is the creator of Five Nights at Freddy's, a series of horror games with a big cult following behind them. His latest game was expected to be the sixth main entry in the series, but now Cawthon says he's cancelled the project and turning to work on other things. Nobody believes him, of course.

Once a fandom gets big enough, it starts to develop a reputation. In the case of Five Nights at Freddy's, the reputation isn't necessarily a good one - and the creator of the series knows it.

Some of my favourite Five Nights at Freddy's toys so far have been McFarlane's series of buildable characters inspired by the series' retro mini-games. Coming in March, series two lets fans explore one of the series' most important, most tragic moments.

Everyone, I have a confession to make: I, Nathan Grayson of Kotaku, am not making the Five Nights At Freddy's movie. I just really feel the need to set the record straight on that.

Freddie's Restaurant and Pizzeria in Long Branch, New Jersey has a serious Five Nights at Freddy's problem. Freddie's is a family owned and operated Italian restaurant, opened in Long Branch by Fred Scialla, who is almost certainly no relation to the animatronic bear that stars in Scott Cawthon's series of jump-scare heavy horror games.

Video: If you're looking to give a bunch of kids nightmares, how do you escalate beyond terrifying animatronic animals? Five Nights At Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon's first trailer for Sister Location takes us to clown town.

Briefly: Apparently evil is a franchise opportunity. Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon teases a FNAF spinoff called Sister Location on his website. Or maybe it's a game about finding your sister. There she is.

Earlier this week we gave you a first look at McFarlane Toys' upcoming Five Nights At Freddy's building sets, but it wasn't enough. Where's Foxy? Where's the office set? Where's Golden Freddy? Right here. Step inside, kids.

Which company does a creator like Scott Cawthon turn to for toys based on a property with powerful mass appeal but a ton of creepy evil? Five Nights at Freddy's had McFarlane Toys written all over it, and so will the boxes of the upcoming construction sets.

Last week, FNAF World launched on Steam early, surprising everyone. A day later, Scott Cawthon, its developer, apologised for rushing the game and pushing it out on Steam without important features. And today, the game has been taken off of Steam entirely.

Maybe you've noticed Scott Cawthon's shtick around release dates. It goes like this: Cawthon says he'll release an upcoming game around a certain time frame. Then, he "surprises" everyone by actually releasing the game earlier than that.

The first half of 2015 offered many unexpected riches, with remasters, ports of party Ouya titles and big budget games aplenty. But for many the month of July proved the most special of all, despite being as sparse on new releases as July traditionally is.

Briefly: The Five Nights at Freddy's novel, The Silver Eyes, has been released "early," which has become a pattern for series creator Scott Cawthon. Cawthon likes to keep fans on their toes. The games are apparently over, though Cawthon's putting the characters into an RPG called Five Nights at Freddy's World.

My wife let me buy this mask for $US15 at Target. She made a horrible mistake.

Now I really want a Fallout horror game.