Video Games
Puppet Combo Has Brought Their Throwback Slasher ‘Murder House’ to Consoles
Console gamers are no longer left out when it comes to Puppet Combo’s follow-up to Babysitter Bloodbath in Murder House. Originally released last year on Steam, the throwback PS1-styled slasher is now available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and the Nintendo Switch.
Earlier in the week, a listing appeared on the Microsoft Store page, with an October 14 release date. The PlayStation Store also received a similar listing for the PS4. After that, Puppet Combo took to their Twitter to jokingly (?) say that if that particular tweet received 1000 likes, the game would be made available on the Nintendo Switch. You can guess what happened.
For those of you who have yet to experience Murder House, the game has your typical cliché slasher premise. A news crew breaks into the abandoned home of an executed serial killer in order to shoot a salacious haunted house story. But, is the serial killer, the notorious Anthony Smith, aka the Easter Ripper, really dead? Or is he waiting inside?
The House of The Dead fans have a new rail shooter to dive into with Alex Rassloff‘s MEATHOOK, which will be launching on Steam on July 21. If you can’t wait that long, you can check out the demo, which features seven of the game’s 10 levels.
This survival horror FPS sees you being captured by a mysterious cult, which has killed your partner and suspended you from a conveyor mechanism like a piece of meat. Making matter worse, you’re now forced to partake in a collection of ritualistic challenges, collecting weapons and cleansing the tunnels of cultists that are looking to carve you up.
Sporting throwback PS1-style graphics and gore, MEATHOOK also features a tactile physics-driven weapon system as well as a unique manual reload feature. You navigate the small interconnected levels by selecting markers to move along the conveyor that takes you throughout the levels. You’ll be stocking up on resources such as food, ammo, keys and guns.
For added replay, there are multiple paths to discover, as well as a few shortcuts. There are also secret items to discover for the completionists in mind.