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Two New Horror Games Released This Week
A lot has happened this week. Of the great many things that E3 has shown us, no one could have predicted how spectacular the last few days would be for fans of the horror genre. An impressive line-up of games has made this one of the spookiest years in the expo’s history — a welcome departure from previous years, which are often remembered for introducing one or two high profile titles, usually sequels. In addition to offering us a glimpse at the frightening(ly awesome) future we have to look forward to, this week also brought some new stuff for us to play while we wait for the other stuff we just learned about.
PC gamers can have a stab at Behaviour Digital’s asymmetrical multiplayer horror game Dead by Daylight that pits a team of four survivors against one of three playable killers inspired by common scary movie archetypes. There’s a chainsaw-wielding hillbilly, an outdoorsy psychopath, and the supernaturally gifted murder ghost.
The survivors and their would-be assassins each come equipped with their own unique abilities that, when combined with the game’s handful of other randomized elements (items, objectives), makes the action in Dead by Daylight both unpredictable and replayable.
The other new-ish release belongs to the atmospheric survival horror game Siren, which made its way to the PS4 this week, just twelve years after it first released on the PS2. Like the other PS2 games that Sony has been working to bring to the PS4, Siren benefits from 1080p up-rendering, and added support for trophies, Shareplay, Second Screen and Remote Play.
PS Plus subscribers may also want to check out the free demo for Resident Evil 7.
Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor best known for his role in 1993’s Jurassic Park, has passed away this week at 78 years old. In a statement shared on Neill’s Instagram page this morning, the actor’s family said that his passing was “sudden and unexpected.”
Neill had been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in 2022, but stated the following year that he was in remission. The family notes that he “remained cancer free” at the time of his passing.
The family statement reads, “It is with immense sadness that the whānau of Sam Neill share the news of his passing on Monday 13th July, in Sydney Australia. Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his whole life. The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free.
“They would like to express their deepest gratitude to the staff at St Vincent’s Private Hospital for their incredible care. More details will be shared later, but for now, on behalf of the family, we ask that you respect their privacy as they navigate this immeasurable loss.”
In addition to his iconic role as Dr. Alan Grant in the original Jurassic Park and the sequels Jurassic Park III and Jurassic World: Dominion, Sam Neill left an indelible mark on the horror genre with memorable roles in Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession, The Omen: The Final Conflict, John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness, and sci-fi horror favorite Event Horizon.
Sam Neill’s vast resume in film and television began in the early 1970s and also includes the films Sleeping Dogs, Enigma, The Good Wife, A Cry in the Dark, Dead Calm, The Hunt for Red October, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Hostage, The Jungle Book, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, The Horse Whisperer, Bicentennial Man, Daybreakers, Escape Plan, and Thor: Ragnarok.
Sam Neill is survived by his four children and eight grandchildren.
Steven Spielberg said in a statement to Variety, “I owe a debt of gratitude to Roger Donaldson, Gilliam Armstrong, Graham Baker and Phillip Noyce for casting Sam Neill in the roles in which he was so brilliant that brought him to my attention and led to his playing Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park. Sam was exceptionally collaborative. It was a stretch for him to play a character who acted as though children were messy and smelly because this was the opposite of the loving father he was to his children. I adored making all the Jurassic movies with him.”
Spielberg adds, “Along with Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, we will always have our Jurassic family and Sam will never be forgotten by us or his many millions of fans around the world.”
Sam Neill in ‘Event Horizon’
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