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Co-Op Extraction Builder ‘GRAIN ROT’ Launches August 7
Indie development duo Beck & Branch Games and publisher Neem Interactive have announced that their viral horror co-op extraction builder GRAIN ROT will be launching next month on Steam on August 7. The game has already been wishlisted almost 200,000 times, and garnered over 350,000 demo downloads during last month’s Steam Next Fest, earning it one of the Top 15 most-played demos during the event.
Set in a scorched wasteland where everything burns, you and up to four friends must descend and break into shifting ruins, rip out furniture, and scavenge for loot for your Outpost base before the Corrupted close in. Make it back alive, then rebuild the Outpost to better your chances for the next run. Of course, in addition to the monsters lurking about, you’ll also need to be wary of your own team, which can leave you high and dry in order to save themselves.
Each time your vessel catches fire or gets smashed to pieces, your Living Spark will need to find and possess a new one, allowing you to keep riding the cursed elevator deeper in the search for loot. Furniture can be smashed to splinters as you use the debris for resources or feed it to the Grinder for gold. The deeper you descend, the worse the Rot becomes. Bodies warp. Voices distort. Emotes become…worse. Or possibly better?
As mentioned, you and your friends can betray each other in order to get out of a jam. Dropkick enemies or “accidentally” launch your ally’s Spark out of their vessel. Block them in a monster-infested corridor or get stuck in the crossfire. However, as you’d expect, the chaos you create can come back to haunt you, so be smart about goofing off.
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Sega’s Dreamcast to Live Again with Brand-New Survival Horror Title ‘White Creek’ [Trailer]
The fate of Sega’s Dreamcast was the unfortunate product of a handful of key events, and despite its short lifespan, it rightfully still holds a place in many fans’ hearts. PixelHeart are a group of said fans, who have been working away at developing a new game for the Dreamcast in their survival horror title, White Creek. And even if you don’t own a Dreamcast, the team is also working to port the game to modern consoles, as well as Steam. They’ll be launching a Kickstarter campaign soon to assist with development.
White Creek casts players as Alicia Morelli, a freelance exorcist who’s drawn to the eponymous town of White Creek. At first it was only rumors, but soon the townspeople were turning on each other in unexplained outbursts of violence. The violence spread, and those who were unable to leave remain in hiding . . . or are no longer themselves.
The possessed that Alicia will encounter can still be saved, but not all. You can choose to free them from their curse, or kill them. However, in exorcising them, you run the risk of losing your own soul.
Alicia has several weapons at her disposal, in addition to her psychic powers. These abilities allow her to detect spiritual anomalies, whether they are found within the possessed or hidden throughout the environment. She can also capture and record them using her mobile phone, a crucial tool for exploration, investigation, and puzzle-solving.