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Ever wonder what it would be like to fight for survival in the middle of the Amazon? I try not to, but Creepy Jar has now made that possible without having to leave the comfort of my air conditioning! Ladies and Gents let me introduce to you the psychological thriller that will test your gaming survival skills, Green Hell. Green Hell follows Jake, who recently wrote a book about a tribe in the Amazon that has yet to have been contacted by the modern world, going with his wife Mia to make contact with the tribe as Mia can speak the language. 30 days into the expedition, something goes wrong and Jake is alone and lost in the jungle with little to no memory of what caused his accident while fleeing from the tribe. Now onto the game itself! When it comes to the game’s controls, they can be a bit tricky, you can tell the game was originally made
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The Twitter page for Evil Dead: The Game has teased that tomorrow June 10th, the world will finally see the first gameplay footage of the upcoming multiplayer game by Saber Interactive. The footage will be released at Summer Game Fest. Evil Dead: The Game allows players to play as either Ash and his friends or as a demon trying to thwart the activities of Ash and company. The game will be done in the style of Dead by Daylight and Friday The 13th: The Game where one player is the antagonist while the others try to survive by completing tasks that will allow them to escape. The post on Twitter also revealed that Ash’s sister Cheryl will be in the game as one of the many possible playable characters as the game will feature characters and enemies from all the “Evil Dead” films including the TV series. Evil Dead: The Game is set for release in 2021 for Xbox One,
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Ubisoft announced today the release date for their upcoming FPS Far Cry 6 along with more information about the characters and mechanics of the game and the potential craziness that awaits players in the fictitious nation of Yaran. Yaran is a country in the Caribbean stuck in time as it’s under the strict control of its dictator Antón Castillo (Giancarlo Esposito). Players take on the role of Dani Rojas, a Yaran military dropout who players can choose to be either a Man or a Woman. Dani joins forces with the guerillas that are hell-bent on bringing Castillo’s reign to an end as his brutality goes out of control. Here players get to help out Clara Garcia, the leader of the guerilla forces known as Libertad, and Juan Cortez, a former KGB spy, and master of guerilla combat. Players will be able to create their own weaponry using the “Resolver” spirit which will aid them in their fight against Castillo’s forces.
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Experience the world of “Panic” online ahead of the series premiere on Amazon Prime on May 28th. Join the thrilling VIRTUAL manhunt for you and up to five friends or family. Popular varsity athlete Noah Kaplan has gone missing from the town of Carp, Texas. You must crack codes and hack websites to figure out where he’s gone, why he’s vanished, and why the cops are interested in strange graffiti that’s started to appear all over town. Is Noah in danger? Or is the worst yet to come? Work together to follow Noah’s online footsteps before the trail goes cold. Teams will meet a cast of intriguing characters as they crack codes and solve puzzles. They’ll need to work together to uncover the mystery, using all their skill to hunt for clues around the internet and finish the game. “Panic, The Experience” was created by Swamp Motel, an immersive entertainment company that creates experiences for live audiences that blur boundaries
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THQ Nordic and Experiment 101 were awesome enough to show me what life would be like after humans in their post-apocalyptic Action game, Biomutant. Biomutant takes place on Earth but things look really different, humanity pretty much messed the planet up so much with pollution and other man-made catastrophes that they just up and left the planet. Over the years life has changed and new races of creatures have taken over. Players take control of a One-eyed Ronin who will help save the world by saving the tree of life from the monstrous creatures called the Worldeaters. Now onto the game itself! The game’s controls can be a bit tricky as each style of weapon as well as special power-ups use different button patterns. I have played for a few hours and am still having some issue with the more advanced buttons and abilities BUT thankfully, in the character’s menu on the pause screen, you can see all the moves
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Warner Bros. Games and Turtle Rock Studios released a new trailer for their upcoming FPS zombie shooter Back 4 Blood where players team up with friends or AI’s to battle hoards of zombie-like creatures that have taken over the world. The new “Meet the Cleaners” trailer showcases the characters players will be able to play as in the game along with their backstories. Along with the characters, the trailer also showcases some of the Ridden (zombies) variants players will encounter in the game like the Breakers, Ogres, Snitchers, Hags, and more. Back 4 Blood will be available for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC on Oct. 12, 2021. Pre-orders will receive a bonus Fort Hope Elite Weapon Skin Pack. Players can register now at www.Back4Blood.com for their chance to participate in upcoming hands-on tests. The complete team of Cleaners: Holly – After losing her family to the Devil Worm, Holly Forrester learned to channel all
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Bandai Namco has released the teaser trailer for The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes ahead of the May 27th gameplay trailer release. Bandai has also revealed the game’s plot, the story takes place in 2003 in the Zagros mountains in Iraq where a squad of U.S. soldiers are in a firefight with Iraqi forces. The fighting causes tremors opening the earth beneath them swallowing both sides and trapping them underground in the ruins of an undiscovered Sumerian temple where an ancient evil lurks and begins to hunt down the survivors one by one. A more in-depth gameplay trailer will premier on May 27th at 9 am PT. The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes will be available this year on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, and PC.
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The fact the horror theme is popular among bingo players isn’t up for debate. In the last, five to ten years, more and more releases have featured the genre as its central feature. For instance, go to a betting platform and you’ll find everything from “Ghosts of Christmas” scratch cards to “Shaman Spirit.” Still, this doesn’t solve the mystery concerning how the topic became such an integral part of the industry and why it’s taking over. For more on that, please keep on reading. Audiences Demand Modern Genres When bingo was enjoyed by seniors and older people, the releases centered around the themes that resonated with them the most, such as sports and ancient Egypt and Greece. But the demographic of the game has been steadily falling, with young adults now the market leaders regarding the people who play the most. As a result, they want cool and fresh topics that are engaging, and horror is at the top of
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A big thank you to CAPCOM for making this review possible and allowing me to get the chance to head off into the village, what awaits me in Resident Evil: Village? Let’s take a Spoiler-Free look! Resident Evil: Village takes place after the events of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard where Ethan and Mia have settled down and have had a daughter, Rose, after moving to Europe. The peace is ruined when Chris Redfield comes takes Rose away. Ethan then wakes to find himself in a strange village where horrors and Rose awaits. Now onto Resident Evil: Village itself! It’s safe to say that if you have not played RE7 yet, you really should as it will get you up to speed story-wise as well as the controls. The controls in this game pretty much handle the same but there are some changes, good changes I’ll add, that’s a step up from the previous, I’ll go into that later. Graphics-wise, I’m
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All In! Games and The Farm 51 have released a new trailer along with exciting news for the long-awaited RPG First Person Shooter horror Chernobylite. Players will be taken to the exclusion zone in Pripyat, Ukraine where they’ll fight for survival against threats human, natural, and supernatural. Chernobylite features the following: Explore a beautiful and horrifyingly accurate 3D-scanned recreation of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Collaborate or compete with other stalkers in the Zone, but whatever you do, never fully trust them. Remember, everybody has a hidden agenda. Immerse yourself in a thrilling, non-linear science-fiction horror story. Make good use of your chemistry and physics knowledge to craft equipment and manage supplies. Fight against savage creatures pouring out of an alternate reality. Investigate and collect data with a set of sophisticated environmental and substance-analyzing tools. Chernobylite will be coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in July 2021. Early Access users can also download the Exclusive Final Pre-Launch Mega Patch
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Ever wonder what it would be like to fight for survival in the middle of the Amazon? I try not to, but Creepy Jar has now made that possible without having to leave the comfort of my air conditioning! Ladies and Gents let me introduce to you the psychological thriller that will test your gaming survival skills, Green Hell. Green Hell follows Jake, who recently wrote a book about a tribe in the Amazon that has yet to have been contacted by the modern world, going with his wife Mia to make contact with the tribe as Mia can speak the language. 30 days into the expedition, something goes wrong and Jake is alone and lost in the jungle with little to no memory of what caused his accident while fleeing from the tribe. Now onto the game itself! When it comes to the game’s controls, they can be a bit tricky, you can tell the game was originally made
Continue reading →
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The Twitter page for Evil Dead: The Game has teased that tomorrow June 10th, the world will finally see the first gameplay footage of the upcoming multiplayer game by Saber Interactive. The footage will be released at Summer Game Fest. Evil Dead: The Game allows players to play as either Ash and his friends or as a demon trying to thwart the activities of Ash and company. The game will be done in the style of Dead by Daylight and Friday The 13th: The Game where one player is the antagonist while the others try to survive by completing tasks that will allow them to escape. The post on Twitter also revealed that Ash’s sister Cheryl will be in the game as one of the many possible playable characters as the game will feature characters and enemies from all the “Evil Dead” films including the TV series. Evil Dead: The Game is set for release in 2021 for Xbox One,
Continue reading →
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Ubisoft announced today the release date for their upcoming FPS Far Cry 6 along with more information about the characters and mechanics of the game and the potential craziness that awaits players in the fictitious nation of Yaran. Yaran is a country in the Caribbean stuck in time as it’s under the strict control of its dictator Antón Castillo (Giancarlo Esposito). Players take on the role of Dani Rojas, a Yaran military dropout who players can choose to be either a Man or a Woman. Dani joins forces with the guerillas that are hell-bent on bringing Castillo’s reign to an end as his brutality goes out of control. Here players get to help out Clara Garcia, the leader of the guerilla forces known as Libertad, and Juan Cortez, a former KGB spy, and master of guerilla combat. Players will be able to create their own weaponry using the “Resolver” spirit which will aid them in their fight against Castillo’s forces.
Continue reading →
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Experience the world of “Panic” online ahead of the series premiere on Amazon Prime on May 28th. Join the thrilling VIRTUAL manhunt for you and up to five friends or family. Popular varsity athlete Noah Kaplan has gone missing from the town of Carp, Texas. You must crack codes and hack websites to figure out where he’s gone, why he’s vanished, and why the cops are interested in strange graffiti that’s started to appear all over town. Is Noah in danger? Or is the worst yet to come? Work together to follow Noah’s online footsteps before the trail goes cold. Teams will meet a cast of intriguing characters as they crack codes and solve puzzles. They’ll need to work together to uncover the mystery, using all their skill to hunt for clues around the internet and finish the game. “Panic, The Experience” was created by Swamp Motel, an immersive entertainment company that creates experiences for live audiences that blur boundaries
Continue reading →
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THQ Nordic and Experiment 101 were awesome enough to show me what life would be like after humans in their post-apocalyptic Action game, Biomutant. Biomutant takes place on Earth but things look really different, humanity pretty much messed the planet up so much with pollution and other man-made catastrophes that they just up and left the planet. Over the years life has changed and new races of creatures have taken over. Players take control of a One-eyed Ronin who will help save the world by saving the tree of life from the monstrous creatures called the Worldeaters. Now onto the game itself! The game’s controls can be a bit tricky as each style of weapon as well as special power-ups use different button patterns. I have played for a few hours and am still having some issue with the more advanced buttons and abilities BUT thankfully, in the character’s menu on the pause screen, you can see all the moves
Continue reading →
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Warner Bros. Games and Turtle Rock Studios released a new trailer for their upcoming FPS zombie shooter Back 4 Blood where players team up with friends or AI’s to battle hoards of zombie-like creatures that have taken over the world. The new “Meet the Cleaners” trailer showcases the characters players will be able to play as in the game along with their backstories. Along with the characters, the trailer also showcases some of the Ridden (zombies) variants players will encounter in the game like the Breakers, Ogres, Snitchers, Hags, and more. Back 4 Blood will be available for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC on Oct. 12, 2021. Pre-orders will receive a bonus Fort Hope Elite Weapon Skin Pack. Players can register now at www.Back4Blood.com for their chance to participate in upcoming hands-on tests. The complete team of Cleaners: Holly – After losing her family to the Devil Worm, Holly Forrester learned to channel all
Continue reading →
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Bandai Namco has released the teaser trailer for The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes ahead of the May 27th gameplay trailer release. Bandai has also revealed the game’s plot, the story takes place in 2003 in the Zagros mountains in Iraq where a squad of U.S. soldiers are in a firefight with Iraqi forces. The fighting causes tremors opening the earth beneath them swallowing both sides and trapping them underground in the ruins of an undiscovered Sumerian temple where an ancient evil lurks and begins to hunt down the survivors one by one. A more in-depth gameplay trailer will premier on May 27th at 9 am PT. The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes will be available this year on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, and PC.
Continue reading →
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The fact the horror theme is popular among bingo players isn’t up for debate. In the last, five to ten years, more and more releases have featured the genre as its central feature. For instance, go to a betting platform and you’ll find everything from “Ghosts of Christmas” scratch cards to “Shaman Spirit.” Still, this doesn’t solve the mystery concerning how the topic became such an integral part of the industry and why it’s taking over. For more on that, please keep on reading. Audiences Demand Modern Genres When bingo was enjoyed by seniors and older people, the releases centered around the themes that resonated with them the most, such as sports and ancient Egypt and Greece. But the demographic of the game has been steadily falling, with young adults now the market leaders regarding the people who play the most. As a result, they want cool and fresh topics that are engaging, and horror is at the top of
Continue reading →
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A big thank you to CAPCOM for making this review possible and allowing me to get the chance to head off into the village, what awaits me in Resident Evil: Village? Let’s take a Spoiler-Free look! Resident Evil: Village takes place after the events of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard where Ethan and Mia have settled down and have had a daughter, Rose, after moving to Europe. The peace is ruined when Chris Redfield comes takes Rose away. Ethan then wakes to find himself in a strange village where horrors and Rose awaits. Now onto Resident Evil: Village itself! It’s safe to say that if you have not played RE7 yet, you really should as it will get you up to speed story-wise as well as the controls. The controls in this game pretty much handle the same but there are some changes, good changes I’ll add, that’s a step up from the previous, I’ll go into that later. Graphics-wise, I’m
Continue reading →
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All In! Games and The Farm 51 have released a new trailer along with exciting news for the long-awaited RPG First Person Shooter horror Chernobylite. Players will be taken to the exclusion zone in Pripyat, Ukraine where they’ll fight for survival against threats human, natural, and supernatural. Chernobylite features the following: Explore a beautiful and horrifyingly accurate 3D-scanned recreation of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Collaborate or compete with other stalkers in the Zone, but whatever you do, never fully trust them. Remember, everybody has a hidden agenda. Immerse yourself in a thrilling, non-linear science-fiction horror story. Make good use of your chemistry and physics knowledge to craft equipment and manage supplies. Fight against savage creatures pouring out of an alternate reality. Investigate and collect data with a set of sophisticated environmental and substance-analyzing tools. Chernobylite will be coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in July 2021. Early Access users can also download the Exclusive Final Pre-Launch Mega Patch
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