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‘Romero’s Aftermath’ Has Had a Good First Week

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The latest addition to the ever-expanding genre of post-apocalyptic survival MMOs is doing well, despite significant competition in what has become a somewhat crowded market. Since Romero’s Aftermath kicked off an open beta last week, the game’s player base has grown to over 300,000 users, a third of which came within the first 24 hours.

That’s an impressive achievement, even with the Romero name attached to it. This “free-to-win” reboot of the maligned zombie MMO Infestation: Survivor Stories (previously known to us as The War Z) is considered to be a spiritual successor to what was easily one of the most controversial games of 2012. The direction it’s gotten from George C. Romero, son of legendary director George A. Romero, has certainly made it worth checking out for many players. It’ll be interesting to see if the game will be able to keep that momentum going forward.

Romero’s Aftermath features many of the things we’ve come to expect from these sorts of open-world survival games. There are elements of PVP and PVE gameplay, so you can either work together to survive or be a dick and steal other players’ beans. It also features crafting, base-building, trading and item customization.

You can get the game on its official website, or you can grab it on Steam.

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‘Dead Mail’ Exclusive Images: SXSW Horror Movie Begins With a Blood-Stained Postal Box Delivery

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One of the genre films we’re looking forward to checking out at SXSW this year is Dead Mail, written and directed by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy and premiering on March 9.

Meagan Navarro will be reviewing Dead Mail for Bloody Disgusting as part of her SXSW coverage, and she writes in her preview for the upcoming fest: “Dead Mail leans heavily into the ’80s analog aesthetic, delivering a unique crime thriller unafraid to get offbeat with its dark narrative. Expect its characters to be as atypical as Dead Mail‘s sense of style.”

In the SXSW 2024 horror film…

“On a desolate, Midwestern county road, a bound man crawls towards a remote postal box, managing to slide a blood-stained plea-for-help message into the slot before a panicking figure closes in behind him. The note makes its way to the county post office and onto the desk of Jasper, a seasoned and skilled “dead letter” investigator, responsible for investigating lost mail and returning it to its sender. As he investigates further, Jasper meets Trent, a strange yet unassuming man who has taken up residence at the men’s home where Jasper lives.

“When Trent unexpectedly shows up at Jasper’s office, it becomes clear he has a vested interest in the note, and will stop at nothing to retrieve it…”

Sterling Macer, Jr., John Fleck, Susan Priver, Micki Jackson, Tomas Boykin, and Nick Heyman star in Dead Mail. Preview the film with an exclusive image gallery below.

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