Author: Max Smith
Horror film studio Blumhouse has marked its entry into the gaming industry with the announcement of six games.Blumhouse founder Jason Blum appeared at Summer Game Fest to unveil trailers showcasing the first six Blumhouse Games titles.Blumhouse describes the six games featured as follows:Afraid of the Spotlight (Cozy Game Pals)”An eerie love letter to classic teen horror stories from the '90s, Fear the Spotlight is designed for modern audiences. Sneak into the school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a botched séance, solve tactile puzzles and uncover the disturbing mystery behind a decades-old school tragedy. And whatever you do, be…
2002 case The game was a moderate critical and commercial success at the time, but it's a miracle it was ever developed or released in the first place. After all, the 1982 case Back in 2002, it wasn't as highly regarded as 2024. The film has always had its fans (it grew in the 80s and 90s), but now it's a fairly popular debate: case It's one of the greatest science fiction films of all time, and also one of the greatest horror films of all time. It's been culturally ingrained for quite some time. Instead, case It was made…
Warner Bros. Games has released the first trailer for the next video game in the Wizarding World universe, Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions. The studio released a video from its Summer Game Fest on Friday and also announced that the sequel to its hit game “Hogwarts Legacy” will have a release date of September 3rd. Developed by Unbroken Studios and published by Warner Bros. Games' Portkey Games, the standard edition of Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions will be available for $29.99 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. The game will be available…
A Utah man has revealed how he managed to lose almost 70 pounds while playing his favorite video games.The benefits of playing video games are still debated: A 2020 study of more than 2,000 children published in the medical journal JAMA Network Open found that kids who reported playing video games for three or more hours a day performed cognitive tasks faster and more accurately, including impulse control and working memory.However, this group also showed significantly higher rates of attention problems, depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.But while there seem to be pros and cons to playing video games regularly,…
Cooking is probably one of the last leisure activities you can do for its own sake. Firstly, cooking is a necessity, since for most people it's something they have to do to eat. But cooking can also be a creative exercise, and beyond the ultimate disaster in the home, it always produces a satisfying result, one that improves your skills and knowledge for the next round.Cooking is similar to gaming because once you've learned the basics, it becomes an arena for experimentation, learning new methods, ingredients, spices, etc. Perhaps that's why so many games use cooking systems in the first…
Don't get me wrong, successful superhero video games are rare. But rare doesn't mean they never happen. Every once in a while, we see a great game based on one of the two major superhero franchises. Historically, Marvel has had better luck with all of their characters, while DC has had particular success with Batman. This week, Epic Games gives us one of the best Marvel superhero games ever made.Marvel's Midnight Suns is one of the best games ever made featuring Disney superheroes, and right now, for a limited time, you can get it completely free with just a free…
new The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Gun Interactive's video game was just released for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One on August 18, and the developers have been steadily updating it since then. Last month, they announced that a new killer character called Hands would be added to the game. June 11With just days to go until release, more information about Hands has emerged, including the fact that he was originally created by Kim Henkel, the screenwriter for Tobe Hooper's original film. Chainsaw He is the main character of the film and the person who inspired Leatherface to…
Adding a new member to the family handToday, the distant relative of the Slaughter family, Gunn, who inspired Leatherface's obsession with wearing human skin masks, Maria Flores Also added Texas Chainsaw Massacre upon June 11! Players of the game will understand the significance of Maria being added as a playable survivor character, as the prequel's story was entirely focused on her character's disappearance. Maria's sister, Ana Flores, is one of the game's main survivor characters, and she joins her friends in their quest to find her missing (and presumed dead) sister. We've always thought Maria Flores was killed by Leatherface…
Shawn Munro reviews Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game… The trend of asymmetrical multiplayer games based on hit horror movies is, of course, Friday the 13th,recently evil dead and Texas Chainsaw MassacreAnd while you might have expected something like this: Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Streetor Hellraiser Who would have thought it would be the next big IP to receive the same treatment? Killer clown from space A cult sci-fi horror comedy film released in 1988 that never had a sequel. While the genre's formula is certainly starting to show its flaws at this point, this latest installment packs…
Video games weren't always what we know them to be today: realistic graphics, interactive and immersive gameplay, fun mods, healthy communities, and the online multiplayer we're familiar with weren't always there. Have you ever wondered if the top-selling GOY (Game of the Year) and fan-favorite games set the standard for the games we play today? These 18 games revolutionized gaming forever and are still considered cornerstones of the industry. 1. Pon Images courtesy of Atari. Pong (also known as Ping Pong) is the game that started it all. Released in 1972, it was the game that first introduced video games…