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Twisted II Studios & Feardemic To Publish ‘Dark Fracture’

Feardemic and Twisted II Studios today have announced that they have reached an agreement where Feardemic will be publishing the highly anticipated first-person psychological horror game Dark Fracture to PC and consoles in 2022. Dark Fracture follows Edward, an employee of a body farm in the late ’90s who is suffering from a traumatic past that begins to interfere with his daily activities as the simmering troubles inside him begin to manifest. Players will have to navigate the body farm and dark parallel world inspired by the works of Zdzisław Beksiński and H.R. Giger while trying to determine who or what is real and who of Edward’s coworkers can be trusted all the while trying to solve the mystery of Edward’s psyche. Dark Fracture combines survival horror elements with physics-based puzzles as well as a decision-making mechanic that will determine Edward’s fate in the story. Procedurally Generated Paranormal Events will affect Edward’s sanity (meter) and can occur at any time

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Jun 28, 2021
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Hungry Crocs Bare Their Teeth In The ‘Black Water: Abyss’ Trailer

The survival horror Black Water: Abyss is gearing up to bare its teeth this August, ahead of the release, the first trailer has arrived today! The directing-producing team Andrew Traucki (The Reef) and Michael Robertson are behind the sequel to their 2007 film Black Water. Based on a real-life crocodile attack, “Black Water: Abyss follows an adventure-loving couple who convince their friends to explore a remote cave system in the forests of Northern Australia. With a storm approaching, they abseil into the mouth of the cave, which starts to flood and find themselves threatened by a pack of apex predators – dangerous and hungry crocodiles. As danger mounts, long-kept secrets emerge and the friends turn on each other in a frantic fight for survival.” Jessica McNamee, Luke Mitchell, Amali Golden, Anthony J. Sharpe, and Benjamin Hoetjes star. Sarah Smith and Ian John Ridley penned the script. Black Water: Abyss sinks its teeth into theaters on On Demand on August 7,

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Jun 24, 2020
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Survival Horror ‘The Furies’ Hunts Down A March Blu-ray Release Date

Seven women struggle for survival against a group of deranged killers in The Furies, coming to Blu-ray and DVD this February. Written and directed by Tony D’Aquino (Alpha Male), the film stars Airlie Dodds (Killing Ground), Linda Ngo (“Top of the Lake”), Taylor Ferguson (“Glitch”), and Ebony Vagulans (“My Life Is Murder”) with Danielle Horvat (“House Husbands”) and Tom O’Sullivan (A Man on the Edge) In The Furies, when Kayla (Airlie Dodds) wakes up in a coffin-like box in the middle of the woods, the first thing she sees is a terrifying masked man with an ax running straight for her. As she runs to try to get away, she realizes she is part of an insane and deadly game. There are six other women running scared in the woods, each with a masked assassin assigned to protect them and kill everyone else. Kayla races to save herself and as many women as she can, but when they start to

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Jan 28, 2020
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‘Harpoon’ Sails Towards Its October Release

Rob Grant‘s award-winning, brutal, survival film Harpoon, is sailing towards its October release. In the film, rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension emerge when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean desperate for survival. Written and directed by Rob Grant (Alive), this tension-filled film stars Munro Chambers (Turbo Kid), Emily Tyra (Code Black), Christopher Gray (The Society), and is narrated by Brett Gelman (Fleabag). Harpoon arrives on VOD and Blu-ray on October 8th, from Epic pictures. But you can pre-order your copy now! Special Features: Harpoon Behind the Scenes – 30 min Deleted Scenes: -Opening Extended – 2 min -Engine Won’t Start – 1Min 35sec -Post Sex Talk – 1 min B-Roll with Commentary – 6min Commentary: -Director’s Psychedelic Commentary -Crew Commentary Trailers & more

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Sep 15, 2019
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A Woman Fights To Survive Her Kidnappers In The Trailer For ‘3 Lives’ – Coming To DVD

15 years after she was attacked, Mhairi Calvey (Robert the Bruce, Braveheart) comes face to face with the perpetrator again – in the wilderness in Julianne Block’s nail-biting film, 3 Lives premiering on DVD and Digital this August. “Emma wakes up to find herself trapped in an abandoned bunker. She soon realizes that there are two other victims trapped with her, Ben and Jamie, who she knows from her days in high school. Now Ben and Jamie are Emma’s only means of escape from their savage captors, three ex-soldiers. Faced with the choice to stay in the bunker or to escape her kidnappers with the help of her former rapist and his old friend, Emma chooses the latter. Ruthlessly the ex-soldiers chase the group through the wilderness. While Emma tries to find out why Ben, Jamie, and herself have been kidnapped in the first place. Slowly matters start to spin out of control, facades start to crack and Emma has

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Jul 11, 2019
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It’s A Cold World Out There: Game Review Of ‘Fade To Silence’

THQ Nordic and Black Forest Games have given me the opportunity to try out their new post-apocalyptic RPG, Fade to Silence, a game that takes you to what remains of our world after an unknown otherworldly cataclysm caused it to become a broken frozen wasteland. Does the game deliver salvation or will it leave you in the cold? Let’s find out! You take on the role of Ash, a man struggling to survive with his daughter in what’s left of our world. Ash is the leader of a refuge that serves as the home base for what’s left of his family and other survivors you may come across in the world. Ash is plagued by the voice of a wraith-like entity known simply as the inner voice that taunts him at every turn and appears from time to time. The main focus of the game is to go out in the world and gather supplies in order to survive. The

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Apr 29, 2019
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‘State Of Decay 2’ Coming This Month To Xbox One

Undead Labs was credited with making the most realistic zombie survival game, State of Decay back in 2013. Now, fans of the game will be excited to know that State of Decay 2 is coming soon to Xbox One. The story takes place 18 months after the events of the first game; a young woman is taken into the ranks of other survivors who are building a community for survivors. Each character is playable and each has an important set of skills necessary to ensure the survival of the community. You can choose between solo or co-op (up to three players) campaigns in this third-person shooter in an open world environment where you must face both zombies and human enemies all the while trying to find supplies and friendly survivors for your community. The game will be out on May 22 on Xbox One and Microsoft Windows.

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May 1, 2018
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Escape Hell In ‘Agony’

Ever wondered what it would be like to be in the bowels of Hell? Well, Madmind Studio must have thought that because they made a game about it, meet Agony, a survival horror game in first-person that takes players to the unforgiving underworld. Players take on the role of a tormented soul deep in Hell who is on a mission to leave hell behind and the only way to do so is to meet the “Red Goddess” Agony. Players will have to traverse the literal hellish landscape and encounter demons and other tormented souls. You will have the ability to use mind control on other humanoid beings and eventually be able to use it on demons as well, giving you the edge. Players have to use stealth at times to avoid demons and solving puzzles in order to go on to other levels. The game is due to be released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on May 29th

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Apr 22, 2018
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‘Dying Light’ Enters The World Of Battle Royal Gaming

In recent years a new kind of video game genre is making its mark on gamers, Battle Royal style gaming. These games are a free for all survival either being played solo or in teams. The most notable games of this genre are H1Z1, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), and the more recent popular game Fortnite: Battle Royal. With the popularity of these games, many of which originally did not have a battle royal style features till they became a DLC that eventually turned into stand-alone titles. A new popular game has entered this territory, Dying Light, the first-person zombie survival game where players use parkour skills along with makeshift weaponry to survive in the urban jungle infested with zombies. The game’s developers announced a new update/game mode coming to the game, Dying Light: Bad Blood a battle royal style game pitting players against one another and zombies. Six players are dropped into the fictional city of Harran (where the game takes

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Apr 1, 2018
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Gameplay Gets Medieval In ‘Lorn’

Currently in development by Teamkill Studio comes a survival horror game that will take players deep beneath the ruins of a great kingdom where horrors await in Lorn. The game will be in first-person and from what was seen in the teaser trailers players will have to traverse deadly obstacles, and using stealth to avoid being attacked by enemies very much like Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Players take on a role of Voss, a loyal servant to a king who with the help of supernatural powers just committed genocide and sealed the souls of those killed in an ancient artifact called ‘’the heart of god’’ that was given to him by beings that came from the sky in which the king refers to them as ‘they’. These beings promised to grant the king immortality if he harvested the souls. Voss stole the artifact and is on a quest to hide it as deep as he can go in the old

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Mar 14, 2018

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Twisted II Studios & Feardemic To Publish ‘Dark Fracture’

Feardemic and Twisted II Studios today have announced that they have reached an agreement where Feardemic will be publishing the highly anticipated first-person psychological horror game Dark Fracture to PC and consoles in 2022. Dark Fracture follows Edward, an employee of a body farm in the late ’90s who is suffering from a traumatic past that begins to interfere with his daily activities as the simmering troubles inside him begin to manifest. Players will have to navigate the body farm and dark parallel world inspired by the works of Zdzisław Beksiński and H.R. Giger while trying to determine who or what is real and who of Edward’s coworkers can be trusted all the while trying to solve the mystery of Edward’s psyche. Dark Fracture combines survival horror elements with physics-based puzzles as well as a decision-making mechanic that will determine Edward’s fate in the story. Procedurally Generated Paranormal Events will affect Edward’s sanity (meter) and can occur at any time

Continue reading →
Jun 28, 2021
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Hungry Crocs Bare Their Teeth In The ‘Black Water: Abyss’ Trailer

The survival horror Black Water: Abyss is gearing up to bare its teeth this August, ahead of the release, the first trailer has arrived today! The directing-producing team Andrew Traucki (The Reef) and Michael Robertson are behind the sequel to their 2007 film Black Water. Based on a real-life crocodile attack, “Black Water: Abyss follows an adventure-loving couple who convince their friends to explore a remote cave system in the forests of Northern Australia. With a storm approaching, they abseil into the mouth of the cave, which starts to flood and find themselves threatened by a pack of apex predators – dangerous and hungry crocodiles. As danger mounts, long-kept secrets emerge and the friends turn on each other in a frantic fight for survival.” Jessica McNamee, Luke Mitchell, Amali Golden, Anthony J. Sharpe, and Benjamin Hoetjes star. Sarah Smith and Ian John Ridley penned the script. Black Water: Abyss sinks its teeth into theaters on On Demand on August 7,

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Jun 24, 2020
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Survival Horror ‘The Furies’ Hunts Down A March Blu-ray Release Date

Seven women struggle for survival against a group of deranged killers in The Furies, coming to Blu-ray and DVD this February. Written and directed by Tony D’Aquino (Alpha Male), the film stars Airlie Dodds (Killing Ground), Linda Ngo (“Top of the Lake”), Taylor Ferguson (“Glitch”), and Ebony Vagulans (“My Life Is Murder”) with Danielle Horvat (“House Husbands”) and Tom O’Sullivan (A Man on the Edge) In The Furies, when Kayla (Airlie Dodds) wakes up in a coffin-like box in the middle of the woods, the first thing she sees is a terrifying masked man with an ax running straight for her. As she runs to try to get away, she realizes she is part of an insane and deadly game. There are six other women running scared in the woods, each with a masked assassin assigned to protect them and kill everyone else. Kayla races to save herself and as many women as she can, but when they start to

Continue reading →
Jan 28, 2020
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‘Harpoon’ Sails Towards Its October Release

Rob Grant‘s award-winning, brutal, survival film Harpoon, is sailing towards its October release. In the film, rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension emerge when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean desperate for survival. Written and directed by Rob Grant (Alive), this tension-filled film stars Munro Chambers (Turbo Kid), Emily Tyra (Code Black), Christopher Gray (The Society), and is narrated by Brett Gelman (Fleabag). Harpoon arrives on VOD and Blu-ray on October 8th, from Epic pictures. But you can pre-order your copy now! Special Features: Harpoon Behind the Scenes – 30 min Deleted Scenes: -Opening Extended – 2 min -Engine Won’t Start – 1Min 35sec -Post Sex Talk – 1 min B-Roll with Commentary – 6min Commentary: -Director’s Psychedelic Commentary -Crew Commentary Trailers & more

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Sep 15, 2019
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A Woman Fights To Survive Her Kidnappers In The Trailer For ‘3 Lives’ – Coming To DVD

15 years after she was attacked, Mhairi Calvey (Robert the Bruce, Braveheart) comes face to face with the perpetrator again – in the wilderness in Julianne Block’s nail-biting film, 3 Lives premiering on DVD and Digital this August. “Emma wakes up to find herself trapped in an abandoned bunker. She soon realizes that there are two other victims trapped with her, Ben and Jamie, who she knows from her days in high school. Now Ben and Jamie are Emma’s only means of escape from their savage captors, three ex-soldiers. Faced with the choice to stay in the bunker or to escape her kidnappers with the help of her former rapist and his old friend, Emma chooses the latter. Ruthlessly the ex-soldiers chase the group through the wilderness. While Emma tries to find out why Ben, Jamie, and herself have been kidnapped in the first place. Slowly matters start to spin out of control, facades start to crack and Emma has

Continue reading →
Jul 11, 2019
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It’s A Cold World Out There: Game Review Of ‘Fade To Silence’

THQ Nordic and Black Forest Games have given me the opportunity to try out their new post-apocalyptic RPG, Fade to Silence, a game that takes you to what remains of our world after an unknown otherworldly cataclysm caused it to become a broken frozen wasteland. Does the game deliver salvation or will it leave you in the cold? Let’s find out! You take on the role of Ash, a man struggling to survive with his daughter in what’s left of our world. Ash is the leader of a refuge that serves as the home base for what’s left of his family and other survivors you may come across in the world. Ash is plagued by the voice of a wraith-like entity known simply as the inner voice that taunts him at every turn and appears from time to time. The main focus of the game is to go out in the world and gather supplies in order to survive. The

Continue reading →
Apr 29, 2019
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‘State Of Decay 2’ Coming This Month To Xbox One

Undead Labs was credited with making the most realistic zombie survival game, State of Decay back in 2013. Now, fans of the game will be excited to know that State of Decay 2 is coming soon to Xbox One. The story takes place 18 months after the events of the first game; a young woman is taken into the ranks of other survivors who are building a community for survivors. Each character is playable and each has an important set of skills necessary to ensure the survival of the community. You can choose between solo or co-op (up to three players) campaigns in this third-person shooter in an open world environment where you must face both zombies and human enemies all the while trying to find supplies and friendly survivors for your community. The game will be out on May 22 on Xbox One and Microsoft Windows.

Continue reading →
May 1, 2018
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Escape Hell In ‘Agony’

Ever wondered what it would be like to be in the bowels of Hell? Well, Madmind Studio must have thought that because they made a game about it, meet Agony, a survival horror game in first-person that takes players to the unforgiving underworld. Players take on the role of a tormented soul deep in Hell who is on a mission to leave hell behind and the only way to do so is to meet the “Red Goddess” Agony. Players will have to traverse the literal hellish landscape and encounter demons and other tormented souls. You will have the ability to use mind control on other humanoid beings and eventually be able to use it on demons as well, giving you the edge. Players have to use stealth at times to avoid demons and solving puzzles in order to go on to other levels. The game is due to be released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on May 29th

Continue reading →
Apr 22, 2018
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‘Dying Light’ Enters The World Of Battle Royal Gaming

In recent years a new kind of video game genre is making its mark on gamers, Battle Royal style gaming. These games are a free for all survival either being played solo or in teams. The most notable games of this genre are H1Z1, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), and the more recent popular game Fortnite: Battle Royal. With the popularity of these games, many of which originally did not have a battle royal style features till they became a DLC that eventually turned into stand-alone titles. A new popular game has entered this territory, Dying Light, the first-person zombie survival game where players use parkour skills along with makeshift weaponry to survive in the urban jungle infested with zombies. The game’s developers announced a new update/game mode coming to the game, Dying Light: Bad Blood a battle royal style game pitting players against one another and zombies. Six players are dropped into the fictional city of Harran (where the game takes

Continue reading →
Apr 1, 2018
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Gameplay Gets Medieval In ‘Lorn’

Currently in development by Teamkill Studio comes a survival horror game that will take players deep beneath the ruins of a great kingdom where horrors await in Lorn. The game will be in first-person and from what was seen in the teaser trailers players will have to traverse deadly obstacles, and using stealth to avoid being attacked by enemies very much like Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Players take on a role of Voss, a loyal servant to a king who with the help of supernatural powers just committed genocide and sealed the souls of those killed in an ancient artifact called ‘’the heart of god’’ that was given to him by beings that came from the sky in which the king refers to them as ‘they’. These beings promised to grant the king immortality if he harvested the souls. Voss stole the artifact and is on a quest to hide it as deep as he can go in the old

Continue reading →
Mar 14, 2018