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New Details Emerge for ‘Jurassic Park: Survival’, Including New Locations, Dinosaurs and Gameplay Features

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We never did get many details regarding Saber Interactive’s surprise announcement of Jurassic Park: Survival last December. Luckily, IGN was able to get some details on the game in a recent interview, including the game’s characters, new locations, new dinosaurs and more.

First, what we do know about Survival is that it takes place one day after the events of 1993’s Jurassic Park, and centres on scientist Dr. Maya Joshi, an InGen scientist who was unable to evacuate Isla Nublar, with a mix of first-person stealth and action.

Speaking with Universal Products & Experiences executive producer John Melchior and Saber Interactive creative director Oliver Hollis-Leick, Jurassic Park: Survival will see players revisiting iconic locations from the film, as well as see brand new ones. In addition, the revisited locations may have undergone a few “changes” by the aftermath of the film.

“We have been working with all our stakeholders on what the island would have looked like after the events of the film,” says Melchior. “This includes areas we all love like the Visitor’s Center and the T-Rex paddock. But also, what we didn’t see, things that were not part of the tour or got cut off by the storm.”

Hollis-Leick mentioned that players will encounter new characters, as well as new dinosaurs. The island will also feature different terrain, with many of them “quite challenging.” Players will be required to plan out their routes in order to avoid the attention of certain predators.

“Maya, the main character, is neither superhuman nor an action hero. There are real risks for her around every corner and the player will need to use a mixture of intelligence, grit and patience to survive the island’s many challenges,” says Hollis-Leick.

Jurassic Park: Survival is currently in development for PC, Xbox Series and PlayStation 5.

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‘Still Wakes the Deep’ Launches Today on PC, Consoles [Trailer]

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The long wait is over. The Chinese Room and publisher Secret Mode’s first-person narrative horror title Still Wakes the Deep is available today on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC via Steam. The customary launch trailer gets right to the point with showing glimpses of the aquatic horror that awaits players, set to Maggie MacInnes‘ haunting “Fath Mo Mhulaid a Bhith Ann” (“Being here has caused my sorrow”).

Set aboard the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland in the North Sea in 1975, Still Wakes the Deep has players fighting for their lives while they’re stalked by an unknowable horror that has come aboard. As Cameron “Caz” McLeary (voiced by Alec Newman), players will navigate the collapsing rig, desperately searching for a way home.

Still Wakes the Deep is a return to the first-person narrative horror genre from The Chinese Room, creator of critically acclaimed games such as Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, and Dear Esther. They’re also currently at work on Paradox Interactive’s long-awaited Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2.

And just in case you missed it, check out Harrison’s review of Still Wakes the Deep, which he refers to as one of the best horror games released this year, evoking the claustrophobic chaos of Neil Marshall’s The Descent “in the best possible way”.

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