Video Games
‘The Medium’ Delayed to January 2021
The Coronavirus has struck again with another release date, this time with Bloober Team’s upcoming psychological horror game, The Medium. In a Twitter post earlier today, Bloober Team announced that due to the current COVID-19 situation, as well as the current slate of games releasing around the original December 10th release date (read: Cyberpunk 2077), the team made the decision to push the release to January 28, 2021.
The team will use the additional development time to “add further polish” to the game ahead of the its release for the Xbox Series X and PC. There’s no mention of the current situation in Australia where the game was refused classification, so it’s unknown if that factored into the decision to allow the team to tweak the game in order to appease the Classification Board.
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Video Games
Netflix Brings Play-on-TV Thriller ‘Unhinged’ to The Service June 30 [Trailer]
Netflix continues to venture into video games, announcing Unhinged, an immersive horror game that will launch on the streaming service on June 30. Developed by Night School Studio (the folks behind Oxenfree and its sequel), the play-on-TV game stars Zoë Kravitz, Sadie Sink, and for video game fans, voice actor Troy Baker.
Unhinged centres around a woman named Ava (voiced by Kravitz), who is trapped inside her apartment building by a Category 5 Hurricane. Her only link to the outside is a call from her best friend Claire (voiced by Sink), who lives across the street.
Things however take a darker turn, as the suffocating uneasiness transforms her home into a hostile prison. The building’s stairwell is locked shut, and a wellness check on a neighbor reveals unsettling signs of life, but no answer. Ava soon realizes that she is no longer alone.
Playing Unhinged has you selecting the game from the Netflix Games row and scan the onscreen QR code to link your smartphone as a controller. From there, the real-world movements on your phone track with Ava’s hands in the game, allowing you to guide her flashlight through the shadows.
The immersion goes a step further with the game’s audio. When Ava receives a call or text, your actual phone rings, vibrates, and plays the audio directly through its speaker, while the rest of the environmental sound effects come through your TV.
If you want a pure narrative experience, Unhinged offers a Story Mode which features no timer, so it prevents you from dying and lets you just play through the story. In Standard Mode, you must exercise your reflexes. During high-stakes moments, a shrinking timer bar at the top of the screen forces you to quickly scan the room for an interactive object. If you can’t find what you need before the time runs out, you will die.

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