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Face Small Town Terror in ‘Worse Than Death’
It’s “X-Files meets Riverdale” in indie creator Benjamin Rivers’ new adventure game, Worse Than Death. Currently in development for the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Steam and iOS devices, Worse than Death is a “scary, emotional thriller” about a high school reunion that goes horribly awry.
You are Holly, a young woman from a small town in the middle of nowhere who’s been dragged back to her home for a weekend that she’s been dreading. Her best friend Flynn has been inconsolable since his fiancée died in an accident, and it seems everyone in town has something to hide, including Holly herself. Soon Flynn and Holly find themselves in the thick of it as an unseen force hunts them.
Taking a cue from horror classic EC comics, the 2D artwork for Worse Than Death features similar stylings, mixed with sidescrolling pixel art. The game also features 3D positional audio that “keeps you on edge in every room.”
Right now on the game’s Discord server, you can check out an “exclusive prequel” story centring on the town’s bartender, Sam, as he investigates a rumour that ties into the main game.
Expect Worse Than Death later this year, with a special demo of the game available at this year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
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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