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80s-Inspired Retro Survival Horror Title ‘Blight Night’ Comes to Steam Next Month [Trailer]
Solo developer Nick Duttweiler and Famous Games are bringing their eight-year development of Blight Night to a close, announcing that their “ultimate 80s VHS horror” action game will be hitting Steam next month. Duttweiler’s passion project “captures the lo-fi atmosphere of top-shelf terror, with classic gameplay inspired by titans of the survival-horror genre.”
Blight Night takes place in West Texas, 1986. The town of Golden Springs is now empty, with the residents having been wiped out by an outbreak. You are Sonny Barstow. You stand alone in the decrepit town. With only a handful of supplies and only a basic idea of what the hell is going on, you must navigate a world in collapse and the evil that inhabits it. The only way to survive is to get out there, face those lurking in the shadows, and uncover a mystery that you’re not supposed to understand.
Navigating the decayed buildings and uncover supplies. You’ll also be finding cryptic clues to solve just what went on in the town. However, you’re not alone. The shadows are home to something, requiring you to stay in the light.
Wrapping the experience is the seedy synth and haunting ambience of Blight Night‘s soundtrack, along with its visuals filtered through VHS tape.
Moon Studios dropped a new trailer during the Sony State of Play for their dark action-RPG No Rest for the Wicked, while also hinting at the long-awaited launch window for the full 1.0 release. The game, which has been in Early Access on Steam since April 2024, will be launching this October in full for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam, while versions for the Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2 will arrive at a later date.
As a token of appreciation for supporters new and old, Moon Studios is offering an exclusive Early Access Founder’s Pack, a free limited edition bundle available for anyone who purchases the game on Steam prior to July 10, with rewards unlocking when 1.0 officially launches. PlayStation 5 users can receive the Early Access Founder’s Pack by pre-ordering the game once available, any time before launch day.
The Founder’s Pack includes:
- A New Secret Hideout: Spirit Cavern – The legacy of Moon Studios now lives inside No Rest for the Wicked, exclusively for Founders. A hand-crafted home that bridges both worlds.
- Sayer’s Vow: An all new Sword in the stone reserved just for the founders that only early adopters can extract in the game world.
- A Custom Founders Tag ensures players are clearly identified as early adopters.
- As a Founder member, players will get access to an exclusive Public Beta Test Realm reserved just for them, even after the 1.0 game launch.
As for the full 1.0 release, it will be a massive expansion of the core experience, introducing a staggering 60+ hours of new content, a new horde mode, powerful new weapons, bosses and enemies, new areas and a completely reimagined class system.
In No Rest for the Wicked, players take on the role of a “Cerim,” a member of a holy order imbued with mysterious powers, tasked with destroying the Pestilence, an ancient plague that has begun to consume the island Isola Sacra, itself already the site of great political upheaval and death.