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What do you mean Silent Hill: Ascension, possibly the worst game in the whole series, won an Emmy for ‘Outstanding Innovation In Emerging Media Programming’

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Excuse Me? | What do you mean Silent Hill: Ascension, possibly the worst game in the whole series, won an Emmy for ‘Outstanding Innovation In Emerging Media Programming’

Who made this decision, I just want to talk.

Sept. 9, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Dead by Daylight codes

Frighteningly good

Sept. 5, 2024 Josh Broadwell

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Alone and Low climbing a stone block in Little Nightmares 3.

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LOW AND ALONE | Huge environments and claustrophobic corridors could make Little Nightmares 3 the next big thing in trial-and-error terror

With new characters and a new development team, Little Nightmares 3 is a fresh chapter for the series.

Sept. 3, 2024 James Billcliffe

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MOVIE MAGIC | The Casting of Frank Stone review: A worthy expansion of Dead by Daylight’s lore that celebrates all things horror

The Casting of Frank Stone exhibits a real passion for the genre, and fans of both Behaviour Interactive and Supermassive Games are in for a real treat.

Sept. 3, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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An empty hotel lobby with a large double door at the end of it in the Roblox horror game Doors.

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Whoever thought Roblox could be so terrifying?

Sept. 2, 2024 Dion Dassanayake

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TOP OF THE DROPS | The best PlayStation Plus games on PS4 and PS5 in 2024

Our top picks for Sony's money-saving subscription service!

Sept. 1, 2024 Connor Makar

Some consumers in Night of the Consumers.

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Close To Check Out | Night of the Consumers, that indie game about the unspeakable horrors of working in retail, finally looks to have locked in a full release date

Yes, it seems you'll be able to consume the final version soon, please don't start yelling for the manager.

Aug. 22, 2024 Mark Warren

The woman in a forest from the 'The Beast is Coming' teaser.

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Ooh, a Spooky Thing | Dying Light: The Beast revealed at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024, following that 'The Beast Is Coming' tease

The beast has indeed come, now please stop giggling about that being the case.

Aug. 20, 2024 Mark Warren

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Key art for Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club, showing three young people in a city street looking surprised and concerned, a man superimposed to the left of them wearing a paper bag with a creepy smile for a mask.

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On The Case | Not sure about the new Famicom Detective Club? Maybe Emio can help put a smile on your face with three upcoming demos

And they're out soon, too.

Aug. 18, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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A Strong Hook | Supermassive is as on-form as ever with The Casting of Frank Stone, a Dead by Daylight spin-off for fans of lore and gore - hands-on preview

A 45-minute preview of the early game left us with more questions than ever, but at least we finally know who Frank Stone is.

Aug. 17, 2024 Rebecca Jones

Key artwork for Dead by Daylight Mobile showing characters in the foreground with an evil looking villain looming large in the background.

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What's your favourite scary mobile game?

Aug. 14, 2024 Dion Dassanayake

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The Hard Way | How, against all expectations, The Outlast Trials has made my very stressful summer a bit more manageable

Fighting fire with fire.

Aug. 11, 2024 Fran Ruiz

A field of red spider lily flowers with some kind of machine in it from the trailer for Niraya of ■■.

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Fill In The Blanks | The devs behind Silent Hill: The Short Message have a new game in the works, Niraya of ■■ - and yes, that's actually what it's called

What's it about? Well, it's not all that clear.

July 21, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Happy Faces | It turns out Emio is... the first new Famicom Detective Club game in over 30 years, and the director of Super Metroid is back to make it

Seems like the best possible result, honestly.

July 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Evade codes

Nightmare on Blox Street.

July 17, 2024 Dion Dassanayake

Still from Feed the Deep showing a diver exploring a deepsea cave, some kind of machine with a map on it can be seen.

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Ocean's Away | The dev behind mobile classics Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride is back with... an eldritch horror roguelike about exploring deepsea caves?

A change of pace, but not necessarily a bad one.

July 14, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Still Wakes the Deep would be better without the monsters: worse things have happened at sea

June 21, 2024 Jim Trinca

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WIDOWS AND BAIRNS | Still Wakes the Deep review: This is perfect Game Pass fodder - great but flawed, perfectly paced, and exactly the right length.

This six-hour disaster movie keeps the tension up, but it has entirely the wrong focus.

June 18, 2024 Jim Trinca

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Foster's Return | Killing Floor 3 delivers a first look at gameplay, but now we have to wait until 2025 to play it

Tripewire Interactive has finally stopped with the enemy teasers and dropped the first Killing Floor 3 gameplay trailer.

June 11, 2024 Sherif Saed

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SLIT TALKING | Silent Hill creator shows off disturbing gameplay for anticipated horror game, Slitterhead, as it gets 2024 release date

Bokeh Game Studio has released a new video showing off gameplay for Slitterhead, years after we first heard about it.

June 7, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

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Spooky | Blumhouse Games reveals a slate of horror games during Summer Game Fest, with a project by Sam Barlow and Brandon Cronenberg

Boo, it's a scary thing, as you'd expect from Blumhouse, but what you might not have expected is for the publisher to reveal.

June 7, 2024 Mark Warren

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A woman's face is half-shown in muted nearly black and white colours on one side, whilst on the other side, it's shattered like a mirror – and red, and angry. In the bottom corner, the WIshlisted icon.

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Nothing Hollow Here | Forget the Silent Hill 2 remake, this Steam Next Fest demo is my most anticipated survival horror game

Hollowbody borrows from some familiar places, and looks to be doing something special with them.

June 6, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

The player looks through a circular frame and sees a woman standing in the distance in Dark and Deep

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Circle of Hell | Dark and Deep is a cosmic horror blend of modern and classic art, and you can play the demo during Steam Next Fest

From solo developer Walter Woods, Dark and Deep is exactly what it says on the tin: dark… and deep…

June 5, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Outfits from Fallout new Vegas and Lethal Company modded into Helldivers 2.

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Illumi-nice Threads | Helldivers 2 gets cool Fallout, Titanfall 2, and Lethal Company crossovers thanks to a new modding tool

No, this isn't Fortnite. Or is it?

June 5, 2024 Mark Warren

A mixture of screenshots and key artwork from five different PS1 games are shown. From left to right: Silent Hill, Gran Turismo, Mega Man X3, Dino Crisis, and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

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PLAY HAS NO LIMITS | The best PS1 games to play in 2024

Still have your PlayStation kicking about? Here are some of the best games you can still play on it today.

May 16, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Dead by Daylight - 8 Year Anniversary Image

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PLENTY OF FUN AHEAD | Dead by Daylight Dungeon & Dragons, Castlevania Chapters coming this year, plus a new game drops and updates on two titles shared

News on Project T and and gameplay trailer for The Casting of Frank Stone shared with all.

May 14, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

Crow Country header image, featuring the name of the game, PS1-style aesthetics, and a heavy blackened vignette around the edges.

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CAW BLIMEY | Crow Country is so much more than the sum of its Final Fantasy 7 and Resident Evil-inspired polygonal parts, and probably one of the best horror games of the year

Why SFB Games' latest is probably one of the best horror titles you'll play this year.

May 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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LAST SUPPER | Indika review - A bizarre, beautiful, and unforgettable journey of a scorned nun

Indika isn't just any ol’ nun, however. She happens to be accompanied by the devil.

May 1, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Four divers in Content Warning are running away from a creature wearing a cloth holding up a knife. Text above reads "1 million copies sold!"

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FREE MONEY | Content Warning proves you can give away a game for free and still make people want to buy it as it hits 1 million copies sold

Virality pays.

April 14, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Multiple players stand on the home land holding various equipment in Content Warning

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Best Content Warning Mods and how to install them

Looking to mod Content Warning? Here’s how to do it, and some of the best mods for the game.

April 10, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

The player looks at another player holding a flare while on the home world in Content Warning

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How to get more views in Content Warning

Looking to go viral on SpookTube? Here’s how you and your crew can get more views in Content Warning.

April 9, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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EXTENDED EDITION | The best FREE games we'd love to PAY FOR – SUBS ONLY

As the old saying goes: the best things in life have a flat upfront cost and no microtransactions.

April 9, 2024 Jim Trinca

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PODCAST | The best FREE games we'd love to PAY FOR – The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 94

As the old saying goes: the best things in life have a flat upfront cost and no microtransactions.

April 9, 2024 Jim Trinca

The camera is pointed at a player holding a flare in Content Warning

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All Content Warning Items and how to use them

Here’s everything you need to know about Content Warning’s shop and the items that it sells.

April 8, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

The player points the camera at a monster known as BigSlap in Content Warning

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All Content Warning Monsters and how to counter them

Here’s how to get footage of the Old World while escaping each Monster safely in Content Warning.

April 8, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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NO MONEY, NO PROBLEM | The best free-to-play games to try in 2024

Here are some good games for you to play without the need to splash the cash.

April 5, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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A Lethal Company crewmate with their hands up, superimposed over a blurred screenshot of Content Warning, which shows various people in a colourful, nature filled environment being filmed on a camcorder.

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LAUGH IT OFF | With Lethal Company and Content Warning, video games might have finally nailed the horror comedy

An underappreciated genre in games is finally getting the spotlight.

April 4, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

The player records an enemy while standing near some laser traps in Content Warning

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SPOOKTUBE AWAITS | Is Content Warning worth buying now the free Steam giveaway is over?

The answer is yes, unless you were hoping that Content Warning was a fun single-player experience.

April 3, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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LIVE PEAKS | Content Warning takes the internet by storm after going free on Steam

The creators of Totally Accurate Battlegrounds are back with another viral hit.

April 2, 2024 Connor Makar

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CRESTING THE HILL | We may be getting a Silent Hill 2 remake release date soon

The Silent Hill 2 remake has been rated in the United States, suggesting imminent release date news.

April 1, 2024 Sherif Saed

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I HATE DOLLS | We were TRAUMATISED by Alone in the Dark's haunted house experience

Things got hectic and weird when we were told to show up to an abandoned mansion on an island in the Thames.

March 15, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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SET FOR KICKSTARTER | The Sinking City 2: Lovecraftian survival-horror from Frogwares explores a flooded Arkham beset by eldritch terrors

With the release, Frogwares hopes to pivot the studio to a “horror-first” focus.

March 7, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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F.I.N.A.L.L.Y. | Acclaimed Stalker trilogy gets surprise release on PlayStation and Xbox ahead of Stalker 2's arrival in September

Play the original trilogy before you head into the Heart of Chornobyl.

March 6, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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BAFTA SEASON | The BAFTAs announce banger-packed players choice awards nominees including Baldur's Gate 3, and Lethal Company

One final chance to show your love for 2023's biggest hits.

March 5, 2024 Connor Makar

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Sons of the Forest ending explained, and how to reach all endings

If you're thinking 'What just happened?' as you conclude Sons of the Forest, you're not alone.

Feb. 28, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Paranormal Activity poster showing a woman and a man in bed being recorded, the woman pointing at a shadow at their open door.

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I'VE BEEN GHOSTED | Modern horror classic Paranormal Activity is the latest to get the video game treatment

It has a lot to live up to.

Feb. 28, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

The player holds the Golden Mask in Sons of the Forest

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How to get Ancient Armor in Sons of the Forest

A fancy piece of useless armor.

Feb. 27, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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YEAH, MORE LAYOFFS | Until Dawn and The Quarry developer Supermassive Games reportedly plans to lay off 90 staff

The horror-centric studio seems like the latest to join 2024’s long string of companies cutting jobs.

Feb. 26, 2024 Mark Warren

Level Zero header image; a man stares, scared, out of a spacer's helmet. Alien creatures, fangs bared, flank him.

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Inspired by Alien: Isolation, Level Zero vows to be a high-stakes, multiplayer horror game - preview

Pairing asymmetrical horror with extraction shooter mechanics, Level Zero looks to be a refreshing take on the genre, and it’s arriving in March.

Feb. 21, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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DEAD AHEAD | Junji Ito is bringing back his most iconic character for the first time in two decades with a new one shot

Welcome back!

Feb. 14, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke