Much like the randomized monsters that Skeleton Crew Studios’ latest game tasks you with assembling, GRAVE CHASE (available now on Steam) is the product of multiple arcade-style maze game influences (Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Bomberman, Pacman) fused together with a highly-satisfying horror polish that pits players against a homicidal Groundskeeper across 31 days (stages). The […]
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While the delayed release of Gun Media’s Friday the 13th: The Game may have some feeling slightly tricked, the developers of the “asymmetric survival horror” game—Dead By Daylight—have a tasty treat for slasher fans this week. You could even call it a…”homecoming”. For those unfamiliar with Dead by Daylight, it’s basically a multiplayer survival horror […]
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After 13 months of development—and “drawing, writing strange equations, looking for gross sound and drinking gallons of coffee”—Polished-based game studio Bulbware has launched their point and click horror adventure game BULB BOY in all it’s eerie glory. I had a chance to play a demo of the game back in August and the team at […]
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Last year in our Independently Awesome column we mentioned a rad video game project called BULB BOY—a “terrifyingly horrid point & click adventure!” At the time, the team behind the game (Polished-based Bulbware) were seeking to raise funds for the game on Kickstarter. While the campaign was cancelled before reaching its goal, the team did […]
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Successfully crowdfunded back in January 2013, Joymasher’s upcoming release, ODALLUS, follows in the grand tradition of Metroidvania (or Castletroid if you prefer) games like Zeliard, Guacamelee!, Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and, to some degree, Rygar (the original Kratos) with a brave hero named Haggis who must take up his sword to defend his people against […]
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Later this month, developer Matt Gilgenbach will release a brand new psychological horror game called Neverending Nightmares. Unlike most horror games, this one tells a very personal story, one inspired by Gilgenbach’s own “battle with obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression.” Successfully funded on Kickstarter last September, the game also boasts a unique visual style full of […]
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Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl’s The Binding of Isaac has always received some notoriously creepy and twisted teaser trailers in the past, but this one adds a new element: nakedness. That’s right! In addition to giving you nightmares for a whole other long list of reasons, McMillen unveiled this release date trailer last week which […]
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Take the visual style and platforming of Super Meat Boy, double the gaming mechanics and add a dash of H.P. Lovecraft set to the tune of dubstep and you have THEY BLEED PIXELS. An incredible-looking pixel art action game from indie developers Spooky Squid Games, They Bleed Pixels was released on Steam (PC Only) last […]