Conventional wisdom would have you believe that Yuletide is the unquestionable highlight in everyone’s calendar and, for a lot of westerners, that is probably true. After...
The Soulslike formula is one of the most prescriptive in all of gaming, with the kind of exacting standards that you normally don’t see anywhere else...
“My philosophy for making games is that I have this thing I call: ‘The Trinity Hook,” explains indie developer Thomas Brush. “What that means is that...
In case you’ve been (enviably) living under a rock these past few months, A.I. is something of a hot-button issue at the moment. The pace of...
Amnesia has always been one of the more epistolary franchises out there, consigning a great deal of its storytelling to letter correspondences and fragmented journal entries....
At this year’s Gamescom we tried to stack our schedule with as many horror (or horror-adjacent) titles as we possibly could. Rushing around the expansive halls...
Compared to a lot of other genres out there, the Souls-like is still in its relative infancy, with most of its major tropes only having been...
The Lord of the Rings worldbuilding is as dense as they come, with Middle Earth having its own intricate histories, complicated languages to master, and involved...
“You left us on quite the cliffhanger,” teases insipid light-night talk show host Mr. Door, as he playfully admonishes his guest for the glacial pace of...
When we sat down for a preview of Still Wakes the Deep at Gamescom, it wasn’t under the circumstances you might expect. With horror titles like...
When Friday the 13th: The Game was released back in 2017, I was immediately gripped by its unique take on asymmetrical multiplayer. Despite it only having...
Pieces Interactive’s new reboot of Alone in the Dark is on track to be one of 2023’s most exciting horror titles; with an intriguing mystery storyline,...
“With all of the remakes going on today, you can never be sure what you’ll get at the end.” It was with this cautious scepticism that...
Sci-fi horror is all the rage these days, with Scorn, SIGNALIS, The Callisto Protocol and the upcoming Greyhill Incident all capitalizing on the voguish trend. Even...
Out of all the games that have spun off into multimedia empires lately, few could have predicted that Dead by Daylight would become one of our...
Alongside viral outbreaks and murderous revenants, horror games love pitting us against threats from beyond the stars. If you have even a passing interest in the...
As with any other medium, gaming phases through discrete cycles, with successive genres falling in and out of favour. The ‘90s were the heyday of mascot...
Since the genre’s inception, collectable documents have been a staple element of survival horror, found in everything from Silent Hill to Outlast. For years, resourceful developers...
While the Marrow archipelago is hospitable enough by day, local mariners know that it’s unsafe to veer from shore after dusk. These waters are already treacherous...
An unattainable ideal, perfection is out of reach for any artist, whether they are composing a symphony, developing a prestige TV show, or writing an epic...
Some of cinema’s most legendarily terrifying moments come from the unlikeliest of places. Whether you were inflicted with lasting trauma from a childhood favorite like Who...
Although they aim to provoke contrary emotional responses, horror and comedy needn’t be mutually exclusive. Granted, they are strange bedfellows but can pair together nicely under...
Gazing down from a rickety platform, about 7 or 8 stories high, our field of vision is restricted by a thick fog embankment. All that we...
Even the greatest movies can take a while to successfully connect with their intended audience. A lot of films that we now consider to be above...
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