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[PAX East 2018] Asymmetric Multiplayer Game ‘Last Year’ Resurfaces
Remember that Friday The 13th: The Game lookalike called Last Year that was a few years back? Well, after some period of quiet, Elastic Games’ debuted the “reboot” of the original project at PAX East with Last Year: The Nightmare.
For those that need a refresher, like Friday The 13th, Last Year is an asymmetric multiplayer game (this time set in 1996) where players take control of one of five high schoolers or a deadly supernatural killer. However, in Last Year, there is more of a focus on a class-based system when it comes to selecting a high school character. Each character will have a certain role in the “team”, leaving the player who gets selected as the killer to come up with a proper strategy to eliminate the more useful members of the team first.
Likewise, the player selected as the killer can also choose from a selection of potential killers to massacre the teens. In addition, unlike F13, you will be able to kill the killer, but the killer in turn can respawn in any location that isn’t in the direct line of sight for one of the survivors, potentially providing for some sweet scares.
Right now, other than the official site and Elastic Games’ Twitter page, there’s not much new footage or screenshots of the game in action, which is kind of disconcerting, given the game is scheduled to be released this summer on Steam. Hopefully after PAX East wraps up, we get some official goodies to sink our teeth into.
Are you watching? Ishana Night Shyamalan has clearly been paying attention to her father, M. Night Shyamalan. Not only is she following in his footsteps as a filmmaker, but she’s also embracing a similar mystique surrounding her work.
The new trailer for her feature directorial debut, The Watchers, gives viewers a taste of what’s in store. AreYouWatching.com has launched with even more clues.
Visit the site to join the mysterious creatures that lurk in the Irish forest as you observe a shelter. From the time the sun sets at 7:30 PM until it rises at 5:55 AM, four strangers — played by Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Oliver Finnegan, and Olwen Fouere — can be seen trapped inside.
You’ll find several interactive items. Click on the gramophone to set the mood with some spooky music. Tap on the birdcage to hear an ominous message from the parrot inside: “I’m going out, try not to die.” Press on the TV to watch clips from a fake reality show called Lair of Love. And if you tap on the window during the daytime … they’ll tap back.
There are also Easter eggs hidden at specific times. We’ve discovered three: a disorienting shot of Fanning’s character’s car at 5:52 PM, a closer view of the captives at 11:11 PM, and a glimpse of monitors at 12:46 AM. Let us know if you find any more in the comments…
The Watchers opens in theaters on June 14 via New Line Cinema. Ishana Night Shyamalan writes and directs, based on the 2022 novel of the same name by A.M. Shine. M. Night Shyamalan produces.
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