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Battle Zombies Through the ER in ‘Outbreak: The New Nightmare’

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Unless devs are trying something new, it’s getting hard to be excited for games involving zombies. To be fair, being trapped in a hospital with the walking dead does sound like a creepy time. That’s what Dead Drop Studios LLC is hoping for with their game, Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

Recently posted to Steam Early Access, the successor to Outbreak just had a fresh patch released, which adds a host of bug fixes and features. The story for the game has you trapped in Arzt Memorial Hospital after a viral outbreak swept through a town in the central United States. You now face the walking dead and other creatures roaming the halls as you scramble to survive and uncover the source of the outbreak. With four different characters to play as (each with varying abilities), and an arsenal of weapons at your disposal (but limited inventory), you’ll have to think smart to survive.

The game will also have multiplayer support, allowing up to four friends to battle the undead and other monstrosities. This initial Early Access release includes the first campaign scenario, and a wave-based survival Onslaught mission. You can pick up the Early Access release for $7.19 USD. To find out more, you can visit the game’s official Steam page.

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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August

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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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