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‘Moving Hazard’ Footage Weaponizes the Undead Hordes
We’re only privy to a fraction of the video games that are expected to arrive in 2016 and it’s already shaping up to be another solid year for the horror genre. Illfonic will be contributing to this in a big way with the long-awaited Friday the 13th: The Game, and another that could end up being more than just another video game about zombies.
The zombie subgenre has gotten so crowded lately that it’s appeared to have run out of room for original ideas. Instead, we’ve endured a steady stream of open-world survival games peppered with the odd Resident Evil and occasional Walking Dead spin-off.
Enter Moving Hazard. An over-saturated market may actually benefit a game like this, as it’s one of the few titles we have to look forward to in the coming year that’s not repeating the same tired formula. It probably won’t be revolutionary or breathe new life into anything, but it might have something to say that we haven’t already heard dozens of times over.
Moving Hazard is a squad-based shooter set in a world that’s still recovering from a zombie apocalypse. An epidemic has decimated our civilization and the already scarce natural resources it relies on to function, forcing what’s left of humanity to hide behind thick walls so as not to be interrupted while they make lemonade out of lemons — i.e. weaponize the undead hordes.
If that sounds like a loose video game adaptation of the films that were supposed to follow the official Resident Evil storyline until the success of the later sequels freed Paul W.S. Anderson to do what he wants, then I concur. Those movies always had more in common with a video game. When this hits PC in early 2016, it’ll bring it full circle.
Interestingly enough, Moving Hazard has the greatest competition in Capcom’s series, and specifically its multiplayer-centric Umbrella Corps spin-off that also employs a similar combination of human soldiers enlisting science on a legion of mindless ghouls given purpose to win their wars for them. There’s no escaping that “humans are worse than zombies” message, apparently.
Epic’s Fortnite is heading for another crossover, this time with Universal Orlando and Halloween Horror Nights. The title’s annual Fortnitemares Halloween event will be coming to Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort in a new scare zone, kicking off on August 28.
For those not in the know, Scare zones are themed, open-air areas where guests and actors roam around freely.
This is the first time Fortnite will be featured during the after-hours event, which will run from August 28 until November 1. Tickets and packages are on sale now at the official site.
Per the press release, guests will enter Freaky Fields, a Halloween-inspired living battleground that’s been “overcome with a threatening force.” From there, fans will meet up with the Battle Bus, featuring familiar Fortnitemares characters, including “a few new additions exclusive to Halloween Horror Nights.”
And of course, there will be Fortnitemares merchandise available for fans, including a graphic t-shirt, decal set, and an acrylic collectible piece.
Fortnitemares won’t be the only featured property at this year’s Halloween Horror Nights. Killer Klowns from Outer Space will also be getting its own scare zone. Sinners, Stranger Things, Hellraiser, and Evil Dead Burn will also be part of the event, though they will be relegated to their own specific houses.
And while it’s early yet, gamers can probably expect Fortnitemares to return to Fortnite this October.
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