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The Definitive Horror Game Bundle Wish List
Excitement isn’t usually the first feeling that follows the announcement of the latest video game remaster and the various improvements it promises to make in an effort to be the ‘definitive’ version that so many of these claim to be.
The usual drip-feed of HD re-releases we get each year seems to be undergoing a welcome transformation this year, led by a growing number of titles that are arriving in bundles, rather — or in addition to — individual releases. We had the Dead Island Definitive Collection and Resident Evil Origins Collection earlier this year, followed by BioShock: The Collection this September and a Five Nights at Freddy’s series remaster sometime after that.
As we very recently discovered, the first two games in the Dead Rising series will soon join the above series as soon as Capcom’s ready to tell us about it.
This is an intriguing trend that might stick around for awhile. I hope it does, because I’m lazy and switching to my dusty older consoles requires effort. I’ve came up with a few more ideas for “Definitive Collections” of horror games from the era of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, since that, too, has been a consistent part of this trend.
Alan Wake series (Alan Wake, American Nightmare)
Amnesia series (The Dark Descent, A Machine for Pigs)
Condemned series (Criminal Origins, Bloodshot)
F.E.A.R. series (F.E.A.R. 1-3)
Resident Evil Chronicles (Umbrella Chronicles, Darkside Chronicles)
Saw series (Saw, Saw II: Flesh & Blood)
Dead Space series (Dead Space 1-3, Extraction)
Suda51’s Punk Rock Grindhouse (Shadows of the Damned and Lollipop Chainsaw)
Vote for your favorite(s) below, and please don’t forget to leave a comment reminding me how stupid I am for promoting remasters when we have more than enough of them already.
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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August
We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.
A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.
Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.
Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”
“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.
“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”
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