Category Archives: Horror
Tue, Apr 24, 2012 | 22:34 BST
Indie horror-adventure title Home now available for pre-order
Home, the indie horror-adventure title from Benjamin Rivers, is now available for pre-order in two forms: the Regular Edition for $2 through digital download and a physical Collector’s Edition for $20 which comes with a map, mapping tools, a game manual and “maybe some other delicious secrets.” The Collector’s Edition will be available in “extremely limited quantities,” and the game itself releases on June 1. Watch a video for the game below.
Thu, Apr 19, 2012 | 02:28 BST
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D to open on Halowe’en
Distributor Open Road Films has announced an October 31 release for Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, the second film based on the Konami horror series.
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Posted in: Horror, Konami, Movies
Tags: Silent Hill: Revelation, silent hill: revelation 3d
Wed, Apr 18, 2012 | 08:51 BST
South African retailer taking pre-orders for Dead Space 3
South African retailer BT Games has started taking pre-orders for a little something called Dead Space 3.
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Posted in: EA, Horror, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: dead space, dead space 3, visceral games
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 | 16:38 BST
Die another day: going masochist with Dark Souls on PC
Stace Harman talks to Dark Souls producer Hidetaka Miyazaki in Las Vegas on balancing the giddy highs with the hellish lows of porting the hard-as-nails RPG to PC. New screens and art.
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Posted in: Horror, Namco Bandai, PC, RPG
Tags: dark souls, Dark Souls: Prepare to Die, Hidetaka Miyazaki
Mon, Apr 16, 2012 | 09:15 BST
Spark Unlimited hiring for “bold new take” on “established” console series
Just a week after it announced its latest project as Lost Planet 3 from Capcom, Spark Unlimited has posted job listings for a “bold new take” on a “established” third-person console franchise.
Fri, Apr 13, 2012 | 22:00 BST
Fatal Frame 2 remake and Spirit Camera land in Europe June 29
Fatal Frame spin-off, Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir, will land in Europe June 29 along with the Wii remake of Fatal Frame 2 the same day. Now going by the title Project Zero 2: Wii Edition, the Wii remake of Fatal Frame: Crimson Butterfly will have updated graphics, more endings, a more control over the flashlight, and a third-person camera view. Tecmo Koei will also include Haunted House mode, which is meant to be played with friends and has random events. Thanks, Siliconera. [image]
Thu, Apr 12, 2012 | 04:12 BST
Resident Evil 6 pre-order bonus maps detailed
Check out the Mercenaries mode maps you can score by putting your Resident Evil 6 pre-order in through specific retailers.
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Posted in: Capcom, Horror, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: pre-order bonus, resident evil 6
Thu, Apr 12, 2012 | 03:36 BST
AMY patched, checkpoint bugs addressed
Lexis Numérique’s much derided horor effort AMY has bene patched on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
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Posted in: Horror, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Amy, Lexis Numérique, patch, title update, VectorCell
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 | 08:14 BST
Resident Evil 6 to be around 30 hours long
Resident Evil 6′s length will triple that of Resident Evil 5, director Eiichiro Sasaki has said.
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Posted in: Capcom, Horror, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Elichiro Sasaki, resident evil 6
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 | 07:29 BST
Japan to get $1,300 Resident Evil 6 limited edition
Most special editions get you a few posters, artbook and a behind the scenes. This one will let you get and wear an actual leather jacket. Big fucking leagues, son.
Tue, Apr 10, 2012 | 18:06 BST
Resident Evil 6 gets new October 2 date in latest video
Capcom has brought forward Resident Evil 6′s release date from November 20 to October 2 at the end of a brand new trailer for the horror sequel.
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Posted in: Captivate 2012, Horror, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: resident evil 6
Wed, Apr 04, 2012 | 03:51 BST
Silent Hill: Downpour producer urges horror to move past “shoddy gameplay”
Games can be scary without counter-intuitive controls and dodgy graphics, according to Tomm Hulett of Silent Hill: Downpour developer Vatra Games.
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Posted in: Horror, Konami, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: silent hill, silent hill: downpour, Tomm Hulett, Vatra, Vatra Games
Thu, Mar 29, 2012 | 20:57 BST
A Machine for Pigs team want it to be “skin-crawlingly, heart-shatteringly, nerve-jarringly terrifying”
Dan Pinchbeck, creative director at thechineseroom, has said if Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs can’t “frighten people as much as the original,” then the team has “failed.”
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Posted in: Development, Horror, PC
Tags: A Machine for Pigs, amnesia, Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs l, Dan Pinchbeck, Frictiona, thechineseroom
Sun, Mar 25, 2012 | 23:43 BST
Silicon Knights to resurrect “most requested” IP
As hardly anyone has ever requested more Too Human, we can but hope an Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem follow up is on the way.
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Posted in: Horror, Wii U
Tags: Dennis Dyack, eternal darkness, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, silicon knights
Sun, Mar 25, 2012 | 23:10 BST
Silent Hill HD Collection PS3 bug reports sought
Konami has asked those experiencing problems with the PlayStation 3 version of the Silent Hill HD Collection to get in touch.
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Posted in: Horror, Konami, PS3
Tags: Silent Hill HD Collection
Sat, Mar 24, 2012 | 20:42 GMT
Silent Hill: Book of Memories to miss March 27 release
Konami has confirmed to RipTen that Silent Hill: Book of Memories has been delayed, and will no longer release on March 27. Various retailers have a placeholder set for May 31, which oddly enough is a Thursday. Konami hasn’t provided a new release date, and has said to “stay tuned for a more formal announcement.” This this the second delay for the game, which was originally scheduled for release alongside Vita’s launch in February.
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Posted in: Horror, Konami, Vita
Tags: Book of Memories, silent hill, Silent Hill Vita, Silent Hill: Book of Memories
Fri, Mar 23, 2012 | 15:25 GMT
Blockbuster selling Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City for a fiver
If the reviews hadn’t turned you off REORC somehow, Blockbuster is selling Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City on PS3 and 360 for £4.99. The catch? Trade either Mass Effect 3, Street Fighter x Tekken, FIFA Street or Twisted Metal.
Watch some footage of it in action here. The Slant Six shooter’s out in the UK today.
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Posted in: Capcom, Horror, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: blockbuster, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Slant Six
Thu, Mar 22, 2012 | 22:34 GMT
Resident Evil producer: Core series needs to pursue action, shooter trappings
Capcom’s Masachika Kawata has said the core, numbered Resident Evil series is likely to keep up the shooter action bent, because there isn’t enough demand for old school survival horror.
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Posted in: 3DS, Action, Capcom, Horror, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Masachika Kawata, resident evil, resident evil 6, Resident Evil: Revelations
Thu, Mar 22, 2012 | 10:58 GMT
Grasshopper looking at Shadows of the Damned 2
Grasshopper is keen on a Shadows of the Damned sequel, with composter Akira Yamaoka telling Eurogamer he’d like to see a new installment.
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Posted in: EA, Horror, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: Akira Yamaoka, ea partners, Grasshoper Manufacture, shadows of the damned, Shadows of the Damned 2
Sun, Mar 25, 2012 | 23:10 BST
Silent Hill HD Collection produces launch trailer
This one minute video reminds you of all the things you loved about Silent Hill 2 and 3. And all the things that made you wet the bed.
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