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Aspyr Games Reveals Dark Sci-Fi VR Game ‘Torn’
Aspyr Games (the publishers behind Layers of Fear and Observer) have tossed another hat into the horror VR ring with the debut trailer of their upcoming project set in 1953 called Torn, which according to Aspyr Games, takes inspiration from The Twilight Zone and Black Mirror.
Set for release this coming Tuesday, August 28th on Steam, PlayStation Network and the Oculus Store (you can also check out the official site), the game centres on a scientist known by the name of Dr. Lawrence Talbot, who has disappeared while being on the verge of making a breakthrough discovery in his research 64 years ago. The exact location of his home, laboratory and his work have remained a mystery. That is, until the player, video blogger Kathrine Patterson, accidentally stumbles upon Talbot’s home. It turns out that the doctor is still alive. He’s just no longer in this dimension.
It’s up to the player to reactivate the machines that bring Talbot’s mansion to life. Using Dr. Talbot’s gravity devices (and hearkening back to Half Life 2), players will be able to move and manipulate objects in their environment in order to solve the array of puzzles found in the game’s world. Along the way, you discover the not-so-pleasant truth of Talbot and this dimension he resides in called “The Parallel”.
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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