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'Martha Is Dead' Gets February Release Date

‘Martha Is Dead’ Gets February Release Date

Wired Productions and LKA announced at the Golden Joystick Awards that their upcoming first-person psychological thriller Martha Is Dead will be getting a February release for Playstation 4 and 5, Xbox, and PC. Set in Italy during the Second World War, Martha is Dead follows a young woman who is going through loss after her sister was found murdered after her body washed to shore near the village they live in. With the horrors of war playing in the background, players will explore the blurred lines of reality and local folklore and urban legends surrounding the White Lady. Players can explore the countryside of Tuscany, use tarot cards, take pictures and develop them in a dark room, unlock the main character’s suppressed memories through mechanical theatre sequences using marionettes, and collect newspapers and telegrams as well as listen to the radio to follow the historical events unfolding. Martha is Dead will be coming to PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox, and

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Nov 26, 2021
Horror Fuel

‘Mortal Shell’ Gameplay Footage Coming

Souls fans will be happy to hear that the first set of gameplay footage for Cold Symmetry and Playstack’s souls-like game Mortal Shell will be on its way very soon as it will make its presence felt at the upcoming gaming festivals! With major public events canceled for the year due to COVID-19, a new string of events dubbed “2020 Summer of Digital Showcases” as many gaming news sites and game companies will be holding their own digital expos showcasing their upcoming games. The first official gameplay footage for Mortal Shell will make its world debut at IGN Summer of Gaming on June 5th. With over 2 million views of its first trailer and overwhelming support on its Discord channel, Mortal Shell is already racking up a large fanbase of players eager to dive into the torturous experience that Souls fans love. Mortal Shell will take players to a twisted medieval world where they possess the bodies of dead warriors

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Capt McNeely
May 28, 2020
Horror Fuel

Game Review: ‘The Inner Friend’

The awesome folks over at Playmind gave me the opportunity to experience their award-winning atmospheric psychological thriller The Inner Friend. In this game, players will be taking on the role of an unnamed character (that resembles a child) that journey through the subconscious world of the Shadow, the literal inner-child of the player’s character picking up the pieces of the past and facing past trauma. Since there’s nothing earth-shattering negative about The Inner Friend, let’s get some of the negative points that out of the way first. The game’s length is short, I was able to beat it in about 2 hours or so but I enjoyed every second of it. The controls for the game are a bit aggravating as directing the direction of the character is a bit tedious and there’s no real tutorial, which is alright in the end as you literally only use two buttons and the control sticks. With that, now onto the positives! As

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
May 18, 2020
Horror Fuel

Horror Games That Made Gameinformer’s Top 300

The gaming news magazine Gameinformer recently released its 300th issue and to commemorate the release, the staff came up with The Top 300 Games Of All Time and not surprising a decent handful of horror games made the list with one that just missed being in the top 10! Disclaimer: There were 300 titles to look through so I apologize if I’ve missed any games that are horror, some games are “horror-like” but are not classified as horror games so I did not include them. So with the disclaimers out of the way, here in order are the horror games that made the list! 297 Alien Isolation 2014, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows Players take on the role of Ellen Ripley’s daughter Amanda in this first-person stealth horror game as they encounter a Xenomorph while trying to learn about what happened to the Nostromo that vanished years earlier. 265 Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly 2003,

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Capt McNeely
Mar 19, 2018
Horror Fuel

Gaming: The Evolution Of A Billion Dollar Industry

Video Games, the mention of that word brings up many images the most common one being someone who’s wasting their life over “Cheap” entertainment. Well, a gamer like me and others can say one thing; it’s an expensive hobby and we get a lot of enjoyment out of it. Video Games and Gaming itself has evolved over the years and has developed a strong subculture and industry that brings in billions of dollars a year, combining revenue made by the Gaming industry in 2017 they made $108 Billion in total, more than oil company Gazprom made last year ($102.1B)! A recent Info graph by website HistoryDegree.Net shows that not only is the gaming world changing but so is the profits made by companies. Video Games started off as the beloved and hated quarter-eating arcade games that you would find in stores, restaurants, and malls the first and most notable game, Pong. That changed in 1972 when the new concept of

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Capt McNeely
Dec 2, 2017
Horror Fuel

Redbox And Haste Team Up For Video Game Day

September 12 is Video Game Day! I admit, I am not a huge gamer, but this is really exciting for even the casual gamer. Redbox and Haste have created a better tandem than Freddy and Jason! Instead of shelling out more than $100 for a new video game, gamers can choose from dozens of titles for just $3 a night from Redbox! XBox and PS4 games include action adventure, sports and family friendly options with new titles added each month. For playing these games online, Haste is the perfect option to play them on – this network optimizing company is offering a free trial with no credit card required. Now they can play their favorite Redbox games without lag or interruption, creating a perfect combination to making Video Games Day a hit! Check this out and don’t miss the great opportunity to play some new games and old favorites.

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Aug 31, 2017
Horror Fuel

A Whole New Thing: When a Remake Isn’t a Remake

It’s Not A Remake The Thing, 2011, is NOT a remake. It is a prequel. I just did more than the entire Universal Studios marketing department with that clarification. John Carpenter got royally screwed on his 1982 masterpiece. Some call The Thing his greatest film. Others, like me, call it one of the greatest films ever made for any genre. Carpenter’s film was buried in 1982 by a candy pilfering alien and Spielberg. Between a lackluster marketing campaign by Universal Studios and America’s pop sugar desire for heart glowing aliens, The Thing, 1982, never really had a chance. Carpenter himself saw the handwriting on the wall after exiting a plane to giant advertisements for ET: The Extraterrestrial. “We’re done,” he lamented. However home video and cable gave his film a new life, and eventually the tortoise caught up and passed the alien. Today, Carpenter’s film is regarded as timeless and as mentioned, by many, his best. The film is deserving

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Nov 12, 2015
Horror Fuel

Bruce Campbell & John Malchovich Take On Zombies In ‘Call Of Duty’s The Exo Zombies’

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has a new downloadable game mode titled ‘The Exo Zombies’, available in each DLC pack. Just when you think it couldn’t get any better, in ‘The Exo Zombies’ chapter you get to see Bruce Campbell , John Malkovich, Rose McGowan, Bill Paxton and Jon Bernthal in fighting action. They heroes of ‘The Exo Zombies’ feature must band together to find out why Sentinel pilot Captain Lennox (Campbell) has executed one of their own, but before they can solve the mystery they must band together to survive the terrors aboard the research vessel Atlas. ‘Exo Zombies’ is now available (as of June 2) for XBOX Live, other platforms will be available soon.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 5, 2015

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'Martha Is Dead' Gets February Release Date

‘Martha Is Dead’ Gets February Release Date

Wired Productions and LKA announced at the Golden Joystick Awards that their upcoming first-person psychological thriller Martha Is Dead will be getting a February release for Playstation 4 and 5, Xbox, and PC. Set in Italy during the Second World War, Martha is Dead follows a young woman who is going through loss after her sister was found murdered after her body washed to shore near the village they live in. With the horrors of war playing in the background, players will explore the blurred lines of reality and local folklore and urban legends surrounding the White Lady. Players can explore the countryside of Tuscany, use tarot cards, take pictures and develop them in a dark room, unlock the main character’s suppressed memories through mechanical theatre sequences using marionettes, and collect newspapers and telegrams as well as listen to the radio to follow the historical events unfolding. Martha is Dead will be coming to PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox, and

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Nov 26, 2021
Horror Fuel

‘Mortal Shell’ Gameplay Footage Coming

Souls fans will be happy to hear that the first set of gameplay footage for Cold Symmetry and Playstack’s souls-like game Mortal Shell will be on its way very soon as it will make its presence felt at the upcoming gaming festivals! With major public events canceled for the year due to COVID-19, a new string of events dubbed “2020 Summer of Digital Showcases” as many gaming news sites and game companies will be holding their own digital expos showcasing their upcoming games. The first official gameplay footage for Mortal Shell will make its world debut at IGN Summer of Gaming on June 5th. With over 2 million views of its first trailer and overwhelming support on its Discord channel, Mortal Shell is already racking up a large fanbase of players eager to dive into the torturous experience that Souls fans love. Mortal Shell will take players to a twisted medieval world where they possess the bodies of dead warriors

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
May 28, 2020
Horror Fuel

Game Review: ‘The Inner Friend’

The awesome folks over at Playmind gave me the opportunity to experience their award-winning atmospheric psychological thriller The Inner Friend. In this game, players will be taking on the role of an unnamed character (that resembles a child) that journey through the subconscious world of the Shadow, the literal inner-child of the player’s character picking up the pieces of the past and facing past trauma. Since there’s nothing earth-shattering negative about The Inner Friend, let’s get some of the negative points that out of the way first. The game’s length is short, I was able to beat it in about 2 hours or so but I enjoyed every second of it. The controls for the game are a bit aggravating as directing the direction of the character is a bit tedious and there’s no real tutorial, which is alright in the end as you literally only use two buttons and the control sticks. With that, now onto the positives! As

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
May 18, 2020
Horror Fuel

Horror Games That Made Gameinformer’s Top 300

The gaming news magazine Gameinformer recently released its 300th issue and to commemorate the release, the staff came up with The Top 300 Games Of All Time and not surprising a decent handful of horror games made the list with one that just missed being in the top 10! Disclaimer: There were 300 titles to look through so I apologize if I’ve missed any games that are horror, some games are “horror-like” but are not classified as horror games so I did not include them. So with the disclaimers out of the way, here in order are the horror games that made the list! 297 Alien Isolation 2014, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows Players take on the role of Ellen Ripley’s daughter Amanda in this first-person stealth horror game as they encounter a Xenomorph while trying to learn about what happened to the Nostromo that vanished years earlier. 265 Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly 2003,

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Mar 19, 2018
Horror Fuel

Gaming: The Evolution Of A Billion Dollar Industry

Video Games, the mention of that word brings up many images the most common one being someone who’s wasting their life over “Cheap” entertainment. Well, a gamer like me and others can say one thing; it’s an expensive hobby and we get a lot of enjoyment out of it. Video Games and Gaming itself has evolved over the years and has developed a strong subculture and industry that brings in billions of dollars a year, combining revenue made by the Gaming industry in 2017 they made $108 Billion in total, more than oil company Gazprom made last year ($102.1B)! A recent Info graph by website HistoryDegree.Net shows that not only is the gaming world changing but so is the profits made by companies. Video Games started off as the beloved and hated quarter-eating arcade games that you would find in stores, restaurants, and malls the first and most notable game, Pong. That changed in 1972 when the new concept of

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Dec 2, 2017
Horror Fuel

Redbox And Haste Team Up For Video Game Day

September 12 is Video Game Day! I admit, I am not a huge gamer, but this is really exciting for even the casual gamer. Redbox and Haste have created a better tandem than Freddy and Jason! Instead of shelling out more than $100 for a new video game, gamers can choose from dozens of titles for just $3 a night from Redbox! XBox and PS4 games include action adventure, sports and family friendly options with new titles added each month. For playing these games online, Haste is the perfect option to play them on – this network optimizing company is offering a free trial with no credit card required. Now they can play their favorite Redbox games without lag or interruption, creating a perfect combination to making Video Games Day a hit! Check this out and don’t miss the great opportunity to play some new games and old favorites.

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Aug 31, 2017
Horror Fuel

A Whole New Thing: When a Remake Isn’t a Remake

It’s Not A Remake The Thing, 2011, is NOT a remake. It is a prequel. I just did more than the entire Universal Studios marketing department with that clarification. John Carpenter got royally screwed on his 1982 masterpiece. Some call The Thing his greatest film. Others, like me, call it one of the greatest films ever made for any genre. Carpenter’s film was buried in 1982 by a candy pilfering alien and Spielberg. Between a lackluster marketing campaign by Universal Studios and America’s pop sugar desire for heart glowing aliens, The Thing, 1982, never really had a chance. Carpenter himself saw the handwriting on the wall after exiting a plane to giant advertisements for ET: The Extraterrestrial. “We’re done,” he lamented. However home video and cable gave his film a new life, and eventually the tortoise caught up and passed the alien. Today, Carpenter’s film is regarded as timeless and as mentioned, by many, his best. The film is deserving

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Nov 12, 2015
Horror Fuel

Bruce Campbell & John Malchovich Take On Zombies In ‘Call Of Duty’s The Exo Zombies’

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has a new downloadable game mode titled ‘The Exo Zombies’, available in each DLC pack. Just when you think it couldn’t get any better, in ‘The Exo Zombies’ chapter you get to see Bruce Campbell , John Malkovich, Rose McGowan, Bill Paxton and Jon Bernthal in fighting action. They heroes of ‘The Exo Zombies’ feature must band together to find out why Sentinel pilot Captain Lennox (Campbell) has executed one of their own, but before they can solve the mystery they must band together to survive the terrors aboard the research vessel Atlas. ‘Exo Zombies’ is now available (as of June 2) for XBOX Live, other platforms will be available soon.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 5, 2015