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‘Axiom Verge 2’ Announced, Heading to Nintendo Switch Fall 2020
Thomas Happ Games has announced the sequel to the critically-acclaimed Alien-esque Metroidvania, Axiom Verge. Axiom Verge 2 will arrive for the Nintendo Switch in Fall 2020, with additional platforms to be announced. Additionally, an announcement trailer was released for the game.
According to the overview on the official site, AV2 is part of the same story as Axiom Verge, but with new characters, new powers, new enemies, and a new world. You can play it before or after the original, so no need to worry about spoilers. The game centres on Indra, the mysterious billionaire behind the worldwide Globe 3 conglomerate. Indra discovers what appears to be an ancient, alternate Earth hiding in a cargo lift in Antarctica. But Indra gets the feeling that something else is lurking just past the fringes of reality.
As you’ll see from the trailer, the game appears to no longer have the subterranean Giger-inspired biomechanical environments, but if the gameplay of the original is retained/improved upon, that shouldn’t stop you.
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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.