Amnesia: The Dark Descent Has Scared Over 1 Million Players
Indie developer Frictional Games has revealed that surprise horror hit Amnesia: The Dark Descent has sold nearly 1.4 million copies. Not all of the buyers purchased the game at full price–some of them came from the Humble Indie Bundle and Steam’s Potato Sack Reunion sale–but Amnesia continues to sell well at full price. Frictional Games [...]
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Posted on September 11, 2012 by Nick | Filed Under Action, Horror, Indie, Industry, News, PC
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Everyone Can Play the RE6 Demo on September 18
Owners of the action/RPG Dragon’s Dogma have been playing the divisive Resident Evil 6 demo for weeks. Now, it looks like everyone will soon be able to play it and determine for themselves whether they like the direction Resident Evil 6 is heading. Capcom announced today that a demo of Resident Evil 6 will be [...]
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Posted on September 4, 2012 by Nick | Filed Under Action, Horror, Multiple Systems, News, PS3, Xbox
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Standalone DayZ Game Following “Minecraft Development Model”
Indie mod sensation DayZ–which is based off of realistic hardcore PC FPS Arma II–is getting its own release, according to the game’s creator. Dean “Rocket” Hall revealed on DayZ‘s official Tumblr that the new DayZ will be a standalone product developed by himself and Arma developer Bohemia Interactive. The new version of DayZ will follow a [...]
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Posted on August 7, 2012 by Nick | Filed Under Action, Horror, Indie, New Releases, News, PC
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THQ Cancels InSane
Looking forward to InSane, the upcoming horror game from THQ and director Guillermo del Toro? Well, I have some bad news for you–in a post-earnings conference call earlier, THQ officially announced that InSane has been cancelled. -Nick’s take: There’s a silver lining here; rights to the InSane property have been given back to Guillermo del [...]
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Posted on August 6, 2012 by Nick | Filed Under Action, Horror, Industry, Multiple Systems, News, PC, PS3, Xbox
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The Walking Dead FPS Coming Next Year
Telltale’s great The Walking Dead downloadable episodic adventure game won’t be the only The Walking Dead game in town. Activison Blizzard is going to be publishing a new The Walking Dead game next year for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC–and this one’s a first-person shooter (FPS). The game will follow Daryl and Merle Dixon-two [...]
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Posted on July 6, 2012 by Nick | Filed Under Action, Horror, Multiple Systems, News, PC, PS3, Xbox
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The Last of US Wins the Game Critics Award for Best of E3 2012
E3 2012 has come and gone, but the memories of the show’s best games linger on. The Game Critics Awards–the most prestigious E3 awards considering they’re voted on by multiple publications–have named Sony’ and developer Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us as the Best of Show of E3 2012. The Last of Us was also [...]
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Posted on June 27, 2012 by Nick | Filed Under Action, Casual Games, Features, Horror, Indie, Industry, Multiple Systems, News, Nintendo, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox
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Resistance FPS Series May be Finished
In January, Resistance PS3 developer Insomniac Games announced that it was done making new games in the FPS series. That didn’t stop developer Nihilistic Software from making Resistance: Burning Skies for the PlayStation Vita, however. Unlike previous games in the series, Burning Skies failed to win critical acclaim, and now it seems that the series [...]
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Posted on June 27, 2012 by Nick | Filed Under Action, Horror, Industry, Interviews, New Releases, News, PS3
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