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A Low-Poly Drama Inspired by ‘The X-Files’ and ‘Twin Peaks’

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Developer Variable State recently unveiled their next project, a first person interactive drama called Virginia. It’s inspired by such 90s TV classics as The X-Files, Twin Peaks and The Outer Limits — all shows I grew up watching, as I’m sure many of you did too — and set in a charming low-poly version of the eponymous state that’s brimming with “loners, has-beens, creeps and beatniks.” The game follows a recently graduated FBI agent and her partner as they investigate the disappearance of a young boy.

According to the developer, their goal was to “create a game which captured their mixture of the inexplicable, the absurd and the mundane,” where “nothing is quite what it seems.” I already love it.

Between this and Ethan Carter, mystery fans have a lot to look forward to over the coming year.

Virginia is slated to release on PC in 2015.

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‘Alien Hunt’ – It’s an ‘Alien’ and ‘Predator’ Mockbuster Rolled into One! [Trailer]

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While you wait for Alien: Romulus, the folks over at Devilworks have cooked up their own slice of “mockbuster” fun with Alien Hunt, and we’re debuting the trailer here on BD this morning.

This brand-new sci-fi horror from director Aaron Mirtes (The Bigfoot Trap, Painted in Blood) is set for its US premiere on May 14, and you can find it on digital thanks to Devilworks.

You can exclusively watch the official trailer for Alien Hunt below, which looks to combine elements of Alien and Predator. This particular “mockbuster” has very little interest in hiding its inspirations, with the alien designs plucked straight out of H.R. Giger’s beautiful brain. Hey, if you’re going to pull from other movies, might as well take from the all-time greats!

In Alien Hunt, “On a hunting trip in the wilderness, a group of siblings discovers an abandoned military outpost on their land, but is it what it seems?

“Their trip takes a sinister turn when they find themselves facing off against a relentless army of extra-terrestrial beings. Suddenly, the hunters become the hunted.

“The formidable squad of alien soldiers will stop at nothing to wipe out the enemy and in an all-out, brutal battle for survival, it’s kill or be killed in Alien Hunt.”

Barron Boedecker (Escape Pod, The Bigfoot Trap), Brent Bentley (The Perfect In-Laws, Haunt Season), Deiondre Teagle (The Visitor, Painted in Blood, Death Ranch), Chelsey Fuller (The Bigfoot Trap, The Silent Natural), Jesse Santoyo (A Nashville Country Christmas, Potter’s Ground), and Adam Pietripaoli (The Bigfoot Trap, The OctoGames) star.

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