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90s Call Center Horror Game ‘Home Safety Hotline’ Tasks You With Dealing With “Pests” [Trailer]

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If there’s something strange in your neighbourhood, you call the Ghostbusters. But what about something happening in your own home? Developer Nick Lives and Night Signal Entertainment (the creators behind Night Signal) has the answer with Home Safety Hotline, their upcoming 90s call center horror title.

Releasing on Steam on January 16th, Home Safety Hotline tasks you with assisting callers about their questions about what pests are inside their home. Using the totally-not-Windows 98 interface (and accompanied by David Johnsen‘s lo-fi score), you field incoming callers’ questions about what “pests” they’re experiencing inside their home. Using the catalog of common pests and household hazards, your must do your best to become an expert in home safety.

Of course, you could always just hang up and leave them to their problems. But as you might expect, regardless of your actions (or inaction), you will be held responsible for what happens.

Seeing as you will be dealing with some real-life phobias, the game does feature an accessibility option known as “Phobia Toggles” that allows you to disable in-game images for common phobia triggers, just in case. And for you keeners, there’s also an unlockable art book that details the game’s development history.

Lastly, if you’re the “try before you buy” type, you can also check out the demo on the Steam page.

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Upcoming “Unholy Alliance” Update for ‘Cult of the Lamb’ Adds Local Co-op and More [Teaser]

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Cult of the Lamb players will be getting more free goodies later this summer with the Unholy Alliance update. Coming August 12, the update introduces a brand new playable character in the Goat, which coincides with the game allowing local co-op.

With the Unholy Alliance update, the entire Cult of the Lamb campaign will be playable in local co-op. Players will also be able to enjoy special 2-player versions of existing mini-games, such as Fishing and Knucklebones, as well as choose from a selection of weapons, tarot cards, curses, and corrupted relics as your cooperative crusades progress.

The Lamb and Goat can also swap weapons, deal extra damage when fighting back to back, and even deliver a critical hit when their attacks are in sync. Good news for those who prefer to stay alone in their corner: they will be able to benefit from various new powers.

In addition to the addition of cooperative play, the Unholy Alliance expansion adds several tarot cards, relics, buildings, fleeces, character traits and quests, as well as the addition of new secrets to discover.

More information on the update will be released as the launch date creeps closer. Cult of The Lamb is available now on PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, and the Nintendo Switch.

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