Video Games
‘Hocus Pocus’ Returns as a ‘DOOM’ Mod
No, this isn’t about the Disney classic (though a video game adaptation would be interesting), Apogee Software’s Hocus Pocus is a side-scrolling DOS game released back in 1994 by Apogee Software. You controlled Hocus, a young wizard apprentice, and the goal of this game was to collect all the crystal balls within the 16 levels.
So naturally, that’s just cause to create a DOOM mod based on the game. For the last five years, modder Ravage has been working on Hocusdoom, a total conversion for DOOM 2 that transforms it into a first-person version of Hocus Pocus. Shoot magic at scorpions and bats, shout “Yahoo!” in the original game’s Mario-esque voice, and collect crystals while circle-strafing.
Given the five years of development, this isn’t a quick and dirty mod. The graphics have been given a serious overhaul, changing the hellish landscape into the whimsical fantasy setting for Hocus Pocus. Hey, it’ll keep you busy until DOOM Eternal hits in March 2020.
Remember back in 2022 when developer Survios had announced that they were teaming up with 20th Century Games to develop a new Alien title? Well seeing as it’s Alien Day, Survios has announced their brand-new VR title, Alien: Rogue Incursion. Coming “Holiday 2024” to the PlayStation VR2, SteamVR, and Quest 3, Rogue Incursion will feature an original story that “fully surrounds players within the terrors of the Alien universe”.
Details on the game are light at the moment, but the official site describes the upcoming title as being “designed by Alien fans for Alien fans”, with Survios aiming to craft a “technically advanced, and frightfully immersive Alien virtual reality game.”
Seeing as Alien: Isolation never got official VR support when it was released, this is obviously a welcome announcement. In the meantime, if you’re keen to experience an Alien game in VR, you can always check out the fan-made mod for Alien: Isolation by Nibre_, which allows both the Steam and Epic Games Store version of Alien: Isolation to be played using the Oculus.
And speaking of Alien: Isolation, as you might expect, it’s got a hefty 80% discount going on at the moment on Steam until May 1. So if you still haven’t grabbed it after all these years, this is as good a time as any.
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