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NES Jason Just Hit ‘Friday the 13th: The Game’; Watch Gameplay!
Ever wonder what color NES Jason bleeds?
As we already told you, Friday the 13th: The Game developers Gun Media and Illfonic kicked off this week by announcing a special (and totally FREE) “we’re sorry” pack of DLC goodies as an apology for all the issues gamers have been having since the launch a few weeks back. How nice of them, right?!
The update just went live on PS4 and Steam last night (the patch has unfortunately not yet passed certification for XBox One), and it includes TWO new outfits for each counselor, free CP points to spend (coming this weekend), a Double XP weekend from June 23rd through the 25th, and, coolest of all… a brand spankin’ new Jason Voorhees skin inspired by the Friday the 13th NES video game!
Yes, you can play as retro-style NES Jason RIGHT NOW, the character equipped with an original track that brings an 8-bit aesthetic to the game. Purple and blue Jason is actually a bonus skin for Part 3 Jason, so to find it you’re going to have to choose Part 3 Jason and then use your controller’s right analog stick to swap the colors.
Can’t play right now and want to watch some NES Jason gameplay? Check out the video below to see what it looks like when 1989 and 2017 collide in glorious fashion!
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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.”