Tag

gaming

176 stories

A Nightmarish Dream Come True: Review Of ‘Call Of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game’

It’s no secret, I’ve been waiting to wrap my tentacles around Cyanide Studio & Focus Home Interactive’s game “The Call of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game”, I’ve waited patiently for the game’s release but the good folks at Focus Home Interactive gave me a copy, and all I can say about this game is wow! First, let’s get the basics of the story out of the way. You play as a private detective named Edward Pierce from Boston. Pierce is tormented by constant nightmares that may be a result of the action he’s seen in the First World War, his lighter hints of his trauma with the engraving “Lost Battalion 10-7-18” implying Pierce is one of the 194 survivors from one of the most intense battles in WW1. Self-medicating with bootleg hooch and sleeping pills, Pierce is approached by a wealthy industrialist to investigate the death of his daughter and famous painter Sara Hawkins. Hawkins died along with her husband

Continue reading →

Capt McNeely

Oct 30, 2018

GamingIndieNewsParanormalProductTrailers

‘Apparition’ Will Haunt Gamers This Halloween

MrCiastku and Fat Dog Games know how to make an entrance with a game release! Coming to Steam on Halloween (October 31st) 2018 is the first-person horror game “Apparition” where players are on a ghost hunt all the while being hunted themselves! Players will find themselves in the middle of a haunted forest with an Ouija board and the intention to contact the spirits that haunt the woods and gather evidence. The objective of the story is simple, gather evidence of the hauntings, and leave the forest alive-wait what? That’s right, there’s no Caspers in these woods! The ghosts are not alone as there are also demons’ wandering around and there’s no way to protect you from them, besides not being found in the first place! Players will have to decide when and if they want to wrap up their investigations because the more evidence you collect and clues you find, the more ghost hunting equipment you can unlock and

Continue reading →

Capt McNeely

Oct 24, 2018

GamingNewsProductTrailers

New ‘Call Of Cthulhu’ Game Trailer Is Pure Madness

With just over a week to go before its October 30th release, “Call of Cthulhu: The official Video Game” has released a new trailer for the game that shows more of the mind-numbing insanity that awaits players. The game is based on the pen to paper tabletop RPG. Players will have to try to keep their sanity as they try to solve the mystery surrounding the deaths of the Hawkins family. As you explore the fictional island of Dark Water, your interaction with the locals can affect the story’s narrative. To see previous articles about this game, click HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE

Continue reading →

Capt McNeely

Oct 18, 2018

BooksGamingNewsProduct

‘Call Of Cthulhu’ Pre-Order Now On Sale

Focus Home Interactive is having a massive sale on many of their games for a limited time, October 16th – October 22nd. You can save upwards to 80% on some titles, I highly recommend “Vampyr” as its 50% off for this limited time! For us Lovecraft fans, the highly anticipated role-playing horror game “Call of Cthulhu: The official Video Game” is available for pre-order but for a limited time the price is down 10%, which in hindsight is some decent wiggle room. Don’t worry, the sale is also on for PS4 fans as well. “Call of Cthulhu: The official Video Game” takes players on a journey into madness as they play as a private detective named Edward Pierce who is investigating the mysterious deaths of the members of the Hawkins family and discovers something otherworldly and darker is at play. The game will be out October 30th on all gaming platforms.

Continue reading →

Capt McNeely

Oct 16, 2018

GamingIndieInterviewsMusicProduct

Interview With ‘COLINA: Legacy”s Composers Matthew Carl Earl & Jason Walsh Of Hexany Audio

Recently Chance6 Studios released their psychological horror game “COLINA: Legacy” on Steam. The game follows a young man named Alex who woke up alone in his grandmother’s house and realizes that things are not right. The story calls back to survival horror games from the past and mixes it with escape room puzzles all the while facing the unknown. One thing can make or break a good movie or video game, the soundtrack. When you want the best for your music you go to the best to get it done, this is where Hexany Audio comes in. You may not know the name but you most likely heard their work. Hexany Audio has done sound design, music composition, and voice-over recordings for companies like Disney, Google, Apple, SONY, Nike, Ubisoft, and Activision just to name a few! I was honored to interview two of Hexany Audio’s composers who worked on “COLINA: Legacy”, Matthew Carl Earl, lead composer and co-owner of

Continue reading →

Capt McNeely

Oct 15, 2018

BooksGamingHalloweenMoviesNewsProduct

‘Goosebumps’ Invades AR App Krikey

The Augmented Reality Smartphone gaming app Krikey partnered up with Sony Pictures to bring the villains from “Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween” into our world. The first of three AR games came out on Monday featuring Slappy, the evil ventriloquist dummy in the game mode, “Trap Slappy Challenge” where you must try to trap the doll back in his book before time runs out! The game mode is a lot like “Tetris” where the blocks are made up of R.L Stein’s “Goosebumps” books, the series has sold over 400 million copies! This addition to the game’s app will put folks in the spirit leading up to the film’s release on October 12th. You can download the Krikey app from the App Store and Google Play.

Continue reading →

Capt McNeely

Oct 9, 2018

GamingProductReviews

Xbox One Review: ‘Amnesia Collection’ PART 1

I’ve wanted to review the new “Amnesia Collection” that’s out now on Xbox One, but I wanted to give the main game “Amnesia: The Dark Descent” a fair review since it’s been out for years and many opinions and reviews were already made about it, so here we go. You play as a man named Daniel, an explorer who awakens in a castle with no memory of how he got there but finds a trail of liquid that he follows and soon discovers clues to his past. He was cursed after an encounter with a mystical orb on an expedition. As the curse of a shadow haunts him he seeks help from a baron named Alex, who’s been experimenting with the orbs that have otherworldly powers that either allows those in control of it to travel different plains of existence or immortality. Through exploring the castle, Daniel learns what he and Alex have done in their quest to control the

Continue reading →

Capt McNeely

Oct 6, 2018

GamingIndieNewsProduct

There’s New Blood In ‘Friday The 13th: The Game’

There’s big changes’ coming for the video game featuring everyone’s favorite hockey mask wearing killer. Sadly before you get excited, sorry, there’s no new content coming out for “Friday the 13th: The Game”, see this previous article for details. Illfonic, the indie game developer that was partnered with Gun Media will be handing over the reins to Tokyo based indie game developer, Black Tower Studios. Black Tower Studios was formed in 2012 and have two RPG games under their belt with “Archangel” and “Magus“. The development team is made up of veterans of the gaming industry. Over the past year, Illfonic and Black Tower Studios have been working together leading up to the gradual transition. Both sides worked on creating the Pinehurst and Jarvis House maps/levels. Black Tower Studios main focus, once they are settled in, will be fixing bugs and glitches in the game along with other projects to help improve the player experience as well as maintenance of

Continue reading →

Capt McNeely

Sep 30, 2018

GamingNewsParanormalProduct

‘Amnesia Collection’ On Xbox One Turns Up The Horror With New “Hard Mode”

Coming tomorrow (September 28th, 2018) Xbox One fans will be able to play the horror gaming experience, “Amnesia: The Dark Descent” as it arrives at the console but it’s not coming alone! “Amnesia Collection” will include all three titles from the series including the DLC story “Amnesia: Justine”, and the sequel “Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs”. The first person horror game takes players on a journey into madness as players must balance keeping the protagonist’s sanity level down while trying to explore their surroundings, having to rely on tinderboxes (matches) and lamp oil (for your trusty lamp) to light the way and help you feel safe. There’s a twist to the game’s arrival on XB1 as it will include a new difficulty mode for “Amnesia: The Dark Descent”, a hard mode. Normal gameplay is challenging enough but the developers are upping the ante. In hard mode: – Manual saves only, and saving costs four tinderboxes. – Oil and tinderboxes are

Continue reading →

Capt McNeely

Sep 27, 2018

GamingIndieNewsParanormalProduct

‘The Conjuring House’ Lures Players Into A New World Of Horror Gaming

Rym Games is bringing a whole new level of terror to the Psychological Horror genre in gaming with “The Conjuring House” (no way related to the film series) that came out on September 25th. The developers wanted to take a different approach to tell the game’s story by not focusing so much on the violence and gore but having the players in a constant state of panic with the random unscripted encounters with the game’s antagonists. “The Conjuring House” will take players to a haunted house where from start to finish you’ll be in a constant state of panic as non-linear progression to the story will spell out unpredictable encounters with enemies while you look over your should constantly to avoid being discovered by the demonic entity of a woman with murderous intent! Players take on the role of the sole survivor of an investigative team sent to uncover what led to the death of the owner of the Atkinson

Continue reading →

Capt McNeely

Sep 27, 2018

gaming

More from gaming