Since it was announced last year, Daylight has been one of the more interesting games coming to the PS4. The procedurally generated survival horror game was originally slated to hit the PS4 and PC on April 8, but now the…
The True Terror Of Caffeine Is That We Run Out Of The Stuff
Caffeine is the most widely consumed drug on the planet. It’s in everything from coffee and tea to chocolate and energy bars. What happens then when caffeine runs out? Do we just stop ingesting the stuff, or do we go…
Draugen Will Drag You Into The Depths Of Survival Horror In 2015
Survival horror has seen a renaissance in recent year with games like Amnesia and Outlast. It’s fair to assume that interest in survival horror would wane after they all started to look and play the same, but it looks like…
‘Alien: Isolation’ Release Date: October 7
When Alien: Isolation was announced early this year, gamers held their breath for yet another terrible game based around the Alien brand. With last year’s disastrous Aliens: Colonial Marines still fresh in the minds of players burned by over-hyped pre-launch…
PS4 Horror Game Soma Gets New Trailer
The PS4 is quickly becoming a console for survival-horror fans. Just last month, PC indie horror title Outlast launched on the console, and Daylight will be coming out in April. Next year, the guys who took indie horror mainstream will…
‘Outlast’ DLC is Coming in April
Last fall developer Red Barrels unleashed Outlast on PC gamers. The non-combat survival horror game was generally well-received and took its place among classic horror games with a mix of helpless running and disgusting/terrifying art. More recently Outlast made its…
‘Daylight’ Coming to PS4, PC on April 8
Leave it to the indie market to pick up the slack from larger publishers. The Amnesia series has proven that the survival horror genre is not dead, spawning a new trend with games such as Outlast and Slender. Zombie Studios…
‘The Evil Within’ Launches on August 26
Though the indie market has propped up the survival horror genre in recent years, large publishers have all but abandoned scares in favor of action. Survival horror will get another shot at the mainstream this year, though, through Bethesda’s The…
Daylight Conjures Up New Scares Each Time You Play
Games that offer up procedurally generated content are nothing new. In fact, roguelikes and dungeon crawlers have been doing it for years. The games have received more attention lately thanks to games like Minecraft though. Now Zombie Studios is trying…
New ‘Soma’ Teaser Previews Dark Atmosphere
Back in October, indie horror studio Frictional Games officially announced its next survival horror title, Soma. In contrast to the developer’s past Amnesia games, Soma has a sci-fi setting and a decidedly different feel about it. The game’s reveal didn’t…
Horror Game ‘Soma’ Announced for PlayStation 4 and PC
This week and last, Frictional Games began teasing a new sci-fi game. Two trailers were released, each showing unsettling footage of robots acting strangely. It seemed, based on the teaser site, that Frictional was set to tease the game for…
‘Amnesia’ Creators Reveal New ‘Soma’ Project, Trailer
After a countdown on the “nextfrictionalgame” website, Frictional Games has revealed its next project, Soma. The project has not been fully revealed, however, and all the information about the game comes from the cryptic website somasystems.org. The website appears to…
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Coming September 10
After many delays, the sequel to the 2010 indie hit Amnesia: The Dark Descent is finally on the way. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs developer thechineseroom today confirmed the release date through its Twitter account: So, the secret is out-…
Routine Is That Spooky Moon Base Simulator You’ve Always Wanted
The horror genre has seen somewhat of a resurgence in recent years thanks to the efforts of indie developers around the world. One of the more interesting games to come out of this renaissance is Routine. For those just joining…
Daylight Brings Randomly Generated Horror To The PS4
It’s rare to see horror games on consoles anymore. Unless it has empowering weapons or a dudebro protagonist, horror games just don’t exactly sell that well. A new game hitting the PS4 next year may change that. Zombie Studios have…
Bethesda’s Mystery Game Is The Evil Within
For the past week, Bethesda has been teasing a new game announcement on Twitter. Some fans speculated that it was Fallout 4, but their hopes were dashed when Bethesda said it was something else entirely. That something else has turned…
Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Coming Q2 2013
Amnesia: The Dark Descent revitalized the survival horror genre on PC with its Lovecraftian atmosphere and distinct lack of offensive weaponry. The indie title went on to sell over one million copies. The sequel to that game, Amnesia: A Machine…