Video Games
‘Vampire Survivors’-inspired ‘Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood’ Available Today in Early Access on Steam [Trailer]
With Renfield on the way from director Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War, LEGO Batman Movie), what better way to do a tie-in than a video game? That’s exactly what Skybound Games and developer Mega Cat Studios are doing with the Vampire Survivors-esque Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood on Steam.
Available now in Early Access, Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood is inspired by the film (obviously), and has Dracula tasking you with a simple job – do everything he wants you to do for the rest of his immortal life. This single-player adventure combines “the simplicity of one-touch gameplay with frenetic, room-based action” not unlike poncle’s hit game. You’ll be fighting waves of enemies throughout New Orleans, dying, and resurrecting while you obliterate dozens of foes and multiple bosses.
As you level up, you’ll be able to equip yourself with dozens of upgradable weapons and pest-powered skills to become Dracula’s very best (and only) employee. The plan while in Early Access is to continually add more gear and challenges “over the next several months”. That’s in addition to the new levels, enemies, victims, playable characters and unlockables.
Renfield starring Nicholas Hoult and Nicolas Cage as the titular Renfield and Dracula respectively, alongside Awkwafina, arrives in theatres on April 14. Check out Meagan’s review in case you’re still undecided.
Developer/publisher Black Hand has announced that their upcoming occult wild west game The Dark West will be receiving a playable demo on Steam next week on June 10. In addition, the devs have released a new trailer for the game, which highlights the combat, enemies, and boss battles that define the game’s cruel western landscape.
Set in a cursed frontier where faith clashes with damnation and once-living towns collapse into nightmares, The Dark West is a gritty action RPG shaped by greed, black magic, and the belief that power always comes at a price. The land bears the curse of people who got too greedy, and paid the price for what they were willing to do for it.
Two sides have risen from the ruin. The Order speaks of justice and wears it like armor, unwilling to see the rot growing among its own. Meanwhile, The Damned are already claimed by black magic, cursed and unapologetic about what it has made of them. The real danger is not what waits in the dark, but who’s standing behind you when the killing begins.
Players will choose characters shaped by difficult pasts, where violence settles most questions, and the rest are answered by choices that haunt your soul. In keeping with the Wild West theme, alcohol will give you strength, but at the obvious cost of dulling your senses, requiring you to weigh your options in battle.