Showing posts with label survival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label survival. Show all posts

Tuesday, 18 February 2014

NEWS: Naughty Dog Release The Last of Us Documentary

Lengthy documentary takes a behind-the-scenes look at the work put into creating The Last of Us.


Naughty Dog's Community Strategist Eric Monacelli has shared details regarding the film; Grounded: Making The Last of Us via the official US PlayStation blog.

Available in North America to watch free of charge at Amazon, viewers will be treated with an in-depth insiders perspective on the development process of creating such a highly acclaimed game.

Monacelli goes on to reassure those living outside the US - "Grounded will be coming to the PlayStation YouTube channel very soon."

In other The Last of Us news, its first story-DLC was released last week titled Left Behind, which follows Ellie and the events taken place before meeting up with Joel in the main narrative.

Tuesday, 7 January 2014

NEWS: Sega Reveals Alien: Isolation

Sega have officially revealed Alien: Isolation as a first-person horror game.



With lots of action generally tied to most Alien games, Isolation will provide a more stealthy approach to the franchise, whilst promoting first-person based horror mechanics. Instead of blasting through masses of Xenomorphs, the emphasis will be on survival using what little resources you'll encounter along the way.

According to the official website, players will take control of Amanda, the daughter of Ellen Ripley - the now 15 year old Amanda will "battle for survival, on a mission to unravel the truth behind her mother's disapperance."

The world will become "increasingly volatile" and players will often find themselves "confronted on all sides by a panicked, desperate population and undpredictable, ruthless Alien."

Alien: Isolation is to be released late 2014 on PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, and PS4 - check out the trailer below.

Saturday, 28 September 2013

NEWS: Dead Island Riptide - Free on Steam Temporarily


Steam users can download and play Dead Island Riptide completely free of charge for a limited time only - this special offer will end at 9PM Sunday 29 September.

If you decide to purchase the game whilst this free window is open, you will be able to purchase the game at a massive 66% discount, knocking the original price of £34.99 to £11.89. 

PREVIEW: The Evil Within - Extended Gameplay

Blood? Check. Guts? Check. Gigantic man chasing you with a Chainsaw? Check. For the faint hearted? Definitely not.


More gameplay from Bethesda's upcoming horror The Evil Within has been released, with just under 12 minutes of footage, it's definitely worth checking out if you're planning on buying this game. I know I certainly am.

Judging from the beginning of the video, the game will be divided into different chapters, in this case the player can choose from two - Prologue or Perth House. Much of the gameplay shown has already been shown from E3 2013, so for the sake of what's new, I'll skip ahead to the extended parts of the video.

When the alarm goes off, the huge chainsaw-wielding maniac makes chase for Sebastian and eventually cuts into the flesh - I'm thinking there is an alternative way to progress through this particular part if the player doesn't set off the alarm.

With his leg in really bad shape, Sebastian still has to escape this horrific place - in true Metal Gear Solid 2 style, he hides in a locker and hopes he is not seen. This kind of thing never really works in horror movies, but it seems to in video-games.

Detective Sebastian Castellanos, lead character of The Evil Within.
The concept of escaping a murdering psychopath through the of hiding really reminds of the Clock Tower series, which I'm sure Bethesda got influence from.

Once the prologue gameplay is through, the video delves into the Perth House chapter, showing encounters with various monsters - the player burns the bodies once they have been killed, I assume if the bodies aren't burnt, they will re-animate at some point.

The monsters seen look like Zombies with a dose of Silent Hill - I know I keep mentioning other games, but many aspects so far instantly remind me of certain games.

Sebastian is bombarded with monsters as they come through the windows, so the player decides to use some Mine Traps - one of the many items available in the game, the idea being once the horde make their way into the building, the mines should take care of them. Should...

Towards the end of the video, Sebastian discovers the increasingly familiar multi-legged monster who I assume rips him apart judging from how the gameplay ends. Watch the video below and leave your comments.