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‘Skyrim’ Gets Groovy With This Series of Mods That Add Ash From ‘Evil Dead’
Sure, having Macho Man or Thomas The Tank Engine in Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is cool, but what about having the man known as Bruce Campbell in there to muck it up? While it’s not entirely one mod (as no such mod could hold that much awesome), it’s a series of mods that add Bruce Campbell’s voice, new quests, and even have Ash tag along with your Dragonborn.
For starters, there’s your typical Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) voicepack that adds Ash’s wisecracks to the Additional Player Voices mod. From there, you have the Necronomicon Book of the Evil Dead that arms you with the Necronomicon to grant you the spell to Conjure Five Soul Cairn Creatures to fight for you.
Still not enough? There’s the Evil Dead mod that adds a small quest based on the films. It even gives you Ash’s iconic chainsaw! Lastly, there’s the aforementioned Ash Williams – Evil Dead follower mod that gives you Ash as a follower. But really, you’d rather be slicing up Deadites (or Draugr, for that matter) as Ash himself.
Thanks to PCGamer for the heads up.
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Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.