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‘X-COM’ Spiritual Successor ‘Phoenix Point’ Delayed Until December
Snapshot Games’ turn-based strategy game Phoenix Point has been hit with a delay. In a recent forum post, the team announced that the game will not be hitting its September 3rd release date (which they had announced at this year’s E3), and will instead be looking to December 2019 for its release.
“While the development team is working hard, and Phoenix Point is shaping up really well, we now know we’re going to need more time to get it to meet our very high standards,” reads the post. “Therefore, because we know we have more work than we have time, we will be delaying the release of game from September 3, 2019 to December, 2019.”
All is not lost for those who backed the game, however. Those who backed the game will still be receiving the Backer Build 5 on the original launch date.
Phoenix Point will be available via the Epic Games Store and the Xbox Game Pass for PC, as well as the Xbox One.
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Inspired by 80s Slashers, Short Horror Experience ‘Dead Stop – No Vacancy’ Launches August 13 [Trailer]
Fresh from their work on last year’s Beneath, developer Camel 101 has announced that their next title, a short, standalone first-person horror experience in Dead Stop – No Vacancy, will launch on Steam on August 13. Accompanying the announcement is the release date trailer, which thanks to the narration, is appropriately hammy.
Players in No Vacancy step into the shoes of Nancy, a hard-edged investigative reporter whose journey to the town of Crestfall takes an unexpected turn. Stranded without directions or a GPS signal, she arrives at the remote Paradise Motel just as daylight begins to disappear. What initially appears to be an inconvenient stop soon becomes an investigation into the motel’s dark history, and whatever may be hiding beneath it.
No Vacancy is the first entry in Dead Stop, a new anthology of short, standalone horror games inspired by classic horror stories and unsettling places. In this case, the game takes inspiration from 80s slasher films.
Rather than relying on cutscenes to tell its story, No Vacancy‘s has the player discover the story through the various objects you examine in the game. As such, you’ll also be dealing with various environmental puzzles built around the motel’s dark history. Completing the vibe is the game’s throwback graphics, which don’t quite have the typical PS1-era aesthetic, but it’s enough to give you that old-school feel.
Ahead of the game’s launch, you can also check out the demo via the Steam page.