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According to shareholder information obtained by Game Informer, a new Dead Space title – which may or may not be Dead Space 3 – is likely to grace store shelves within the next year. In a recent call to company investors, EA casually dropped the Dead Space name in a list of “blockbuster brands” that would spawn new products during the upcoming fiscal year (ending March 31, 2013). When pressed for further information, a company spokesperson replied coyly, simply urging [...]

Earlier today, Tequila Works released a new gameplay trailer for its upcoming survival horror platformer, Deadlight. Clocking in at just over a minute, the footage presents a variety of in-game locations and dangers, as well as some gritty voiceovers from the game’s protagonist, Randall Wayne. Can Tequila Works pull off the combination of survival horror and platforming action? Check out the trailer and leave your thoughts below!

To the casual observer, Anna appears to be a typical adventure game: locations are explored, inventory items are picked up and manipulated, puzzles are solved. But underneath the surface, something is watching you. It observes the way you move through the environment. It notes what objects draw your attention. It figures out what makes you afraid. The product of indie game developer Dreampainters, Anna faithfully recreates a real-world sawmill located in northwestern Italy and adds a healthy dose of the [...]

The flow of horror-themed games seems to slow to a trickle in April, but that doesn’t meant there aren’t some goodies coming out. Early in the month, fans of hack ‘n slash have the Devil May Cry HD Collection to look forward to, while the Fatal Frame spin-off Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir will be augmenting reality on Friday the 13th. Finally, Telltale Games’s video game adaptation of The Walking Dead should be released sometime this month; we recently reached [...]

Back in October, Phosphor Games Studio released Dark Meadow on the iPhone and iPad, a game that tasked players with exploring an abandoned, Silent Hill-esque hospital while battling demonic creatures with frantic touch-screen swipes. Nearly six months later, the company has made available a free-to-play version (supported by advertisements and optional microtransactions) that also greatly expands upon the original title. Besides the nonexistent price tag, the new version of Dark Meadow introduces several new gameplay elements that were not present [...]

In what is rapidly becoming a distressing trend for the series, the third and final Silent Hill release for March, Book of Memories, has been delayed. Like the previous delays concerning the Silent Hill HD Collection, the modified release date was first reported by consumers visiting online retailers. Currently, two such retailers, Amazon and GameFly, list the revised release date as May 31st, while Best Buy indicates an April 15th release. News outlets were quick to point out that these two [...]

IH8Zombies is Action/Survival-Horror + Ren & Stimpy. If Dr. Frankenstein hacked together Clint Eastwood, Evil Dead’s Ash, and Wile E. Coyote, you’d get Hero: a headband sportin’ badass with a penchant for heavy weaponry… at least, video game “heavy weaponry”. Hero is the reluctant member of a clan sworn to protect civilization from the zombie horde. Unfortunately, while Hero was zapping virtual baddies and munching pizza, his family was murdered. Now he is out for a little revenge. He needs [...]

High-def remakes of older games seem to be all the rage these days, and the trend is set to continue this June with Resident Evil Chronicles: HD Collection. Exclusively for the PlayStation 3, REC: HDC is a re-release of Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, both of which were previously Wii-exclusive titles. When first released on Nintendo’s console in 2007 and 2009, respectively, Umbrella Chronicles and Darkside Chronicles offered players the opportunity to experience condensed [...]

GameSpot recently compiled a short video showcasing some of the visual changes in the upcoming Silent Hill HD Collection. The video, shown below, offers comparative views of Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 in both their original and HD formats. At the time of this posting, YouTube statistics for the video indicate 213 “likes” and 117 “dislikes,” with many viewers bemoaning the brighter, less saturated visuals of the HD Collection. On the other hand, GameSpot’s comparison demonstrates a noticeable [...]

Back in October, we reported that Resident Evil 3‘s Nemesis would make a return to the series in the upcoming Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. At the time, it was unclear how this iconic villain would function in-game, but details from Microsoft’s recent Spring Showcase event reveal that the bio-organic weapon will get his own multiplayer mode when the game launches later this month. In a “Nemesis” match, two teams compete to achieve a specific goal, such as securing an [...]

The gaming press is abuzz with news on Deadlight, the debut title from Madrid-based Tequila Works, following Microsoft’s Spring Showcase event in San Fransisco. As mentioned in previous coverage on SHO, Deadlight is a horror-themed platformer that follows Randall Wayne, a mysterious loner fighting to survive in an alternate 1986 overrun with zombies. In their preview of the game, IGN calls Deadlight “a survival horror game in the truest sense,” and it’s easy to understand why. Attacking one of the [...]

3/2 UPDATE: The original release of this article stated that Downpour had a release date of March 6th, while the correct date is actually March 13th. We apologize for the error. Thanks to reader Quink for pointing this out! Silent Hill fans rejoice – your month has arrived! Silent Hill: Downpour leads the pack with a March 13th release date; there’s still time to pre-order and get some nifty bonuses. The Silent Hill HD Collection was pushed back – again [...]

It took them a bit longer to jump on the bandwagon, but it appears that electronics giant Best Buy is now offering its own in-game incentive to customers who reserve a copy of Silent Hill: Downpour: a rifle and golf club. This makes Best Buy the third North American retailer, along with Gamestop and Amazon, to offer exclusive weaponry with a pre-order of the upcoming title (details on the other retailers’ items can be found in this article from February [...]

Earlier today in an exclusive interview with Joystiq, Frictional Games announced that a sequel to its  indie hit Amnesia: The Dark Descent is currently under development – a revelation that will surely leave some who played the game jumping for joy while others curl up in the fetal position and stare blankly at the wall. The new game, titled Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, has secretly been in development since December, though Frictional hinted at its existence several weeks ago [...]

Most gamers outside of Japan will probably never get the chance to play Fatal Frame IV, but Tecmo’s upcoming 3DS title Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir might be the next best thing. While not a direct entry in the aforementioned horror series, Spirit Camera nonetheless carries on the tradition of snapping photos of angry ghosts – except this time, you’re taking pictures of your real-life surroundings with the handheld device’s built-in camera. As an augmented reality game, Spirit Camera manifests [...]

Jackie Estacado just can’t get a break. After killing his way to the top of the New York mob in the first Darkness game, all he wanted to do was forget about the evil force that helped him accomplish his vengeful murder spree. But just when he thinks he’s suppressed the the Darkness for good, a hit on his restaurant forces him to unleash it once more in order to save his own bacon. While this is bad for Jackie, [...]