3D Realms recently revealed that their first-person shooter WRATH: Aeon of Ruin is coming to Steam PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbone, and SeXbox in Spring 2023. Developed using the original Quake engine, WRATH: Aeon of Ruin is a the dark fantasy horror FPS currently in Steam Early Access. Here’s the official breakdown of WRATH from the game’s Steam page: WRATH: Aeon
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Can you find Jack’s Heart? On Friday, publisher CFK officially released 3D puzzle game SOWON: Dream Adventure on Steam PC. Developed by Korean indie studio PUMKIN (ALTF4), SOWON: Dream Adventure was successfully crowdfunded on Tumblbug in 2019. The game puts players in a fantasy world where puzzles are solved by using “dreams, memories, and time in its own unique way.”
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Welcome back to the Festival of Dread, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of all things haunting and hair-raising. Today we’re going to take a look at Carnival of Souls, written by Michael H. Price, illustrated by Todd Camp, and published by Malibu Comics in 1991. The 50-page comic is a retelling of the 1962 film by director Harold “Herk” Harvey, which
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“Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” -Galatians 6:7 Horror game publisher Feardemic recently announced that Nightmare Reaper will receive a physical release for PS4, PS5, SeXbox and Nintendo Switch in early 2023. Developed by Blazing Bit Games, Nightmare Reaper is an über violent FPS that combines looter-shooter and roguelite mechanics. The game is described as “fast-paced, dark and violent” and features “geysers of
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Remembering Comic Book Creator Bernie Wrightson on His Birthday, October 27
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Game publisher 10tons is planning to release their RTS/RPG hybrid game Undead Horde 2: Necropolis for PC, consoles and mobile in 2023. Undead Horde 2 will put players in the role of the King of Undead who can raise the dead and command them at will, all with the objective to rebuild a home for the undead (The Necropolis). While the gameplay will
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Welcome back to the Festival of Dread, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of all things strange in you neighborhood. Today we’re going to take a look at Ghostbusters, a side-scrolling action game released for the SEGA Genesis in 1990. Developed by Compile (Guardian Legend, Blazing Lazers) and published by SEGA, Ghostbusters is based on the characters from the movie of the same name. That’s
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Welcome back to the Festival of Dread, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of all things batty and blood-sucking. Today we’re going to look at Stoker & Wells: Order of the Golden Dawn, an alternate history of Victorian Era England with some fantastic and horrific twists. Some story spoilers will follow. Written by Steven Peros and illustrated by Barry Orkin, Stoker & Wells was successfully funded
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Welcome back to the Festival of Dread, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of all things inhuman and otherworldly. Halloween is mostly known for ghouls, goblins, and the like, but aliens are sometimes wrapped up in the festivities due to their often frightening portrayal in pop culture and – you know – their propensity for probing. If any representation of space aliens
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David Cronenberg is not associated with this project. Erupting Avocado has announced plans to release The Hungry Fly in 2023 for Steam PC. Only the second game from the developers at Erupting Avocado, The Hungry Fly is described as a “poetic and personal narrative horror game” where players relive the memories of a filthy house fly. Here’s the full breakdown of The Hungry Fly from Erupting
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Red Art Games has announced that Heidelberg 1693 is coming to PS4, PS5, Xbone, SeXbox, and Nintendo Switch on 18 November. Developed by Andrade Games and ported to consoles by Red Art Games, Heidelberg 1693 is an über violent 2D action game set in the Sturmfront – The Mutant War universe. Here is the official breakdown of Heidelberg 1693 from Red Art Games: Red Art Games will release a limited physical
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Welcome back to the Festival of Dread, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of all things that lurk in the shadows. Today, we’re going to do another Silent Movie Review, this time looking at The Eyes of the Mummy directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Originally released in 1922 (in the United States, anyway), this year marks an anniversary of sorts for The Eyes of the Mummy.
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New Zealand-based developer Deep Field Games recently announced that their upcoming co-op survival game Abiotic Factor is coming in 2023. Abiotic Factor drops players into a science fiction open-world where players must construct gears and gadgets to escape the increasing chaos threatening them. The game is described as “heavily atmospheric” with an injection of paranormal terror and late 90s-inspired gameplay that is “driven by
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Publisher Hamster has announced that Touki Denshou Angel Eyes (or Tokidensho Angel Eyes) is now available on Nintendo Switch and PS4 as part of the digital Arcade Archives series. Originally released in arcades by Tecmo in 1996, this is the first time that Touki Denshou Angel Eyes has seen any kind of release outside of Asia. TDAE is a one-
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Jesus told you to repent, dummy. Publisher QUByte Interactive has announced that the supernatural adventure Doomed to Hell will be available for Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbone and SeXbox on Thursday, 20 October. Developed by Gagonfe, Doomed to Hell is a top-down action game with Roguelike mechanics and a throwback pixel-art visual aesthetic. Here’s the official breakdown of Doomed to
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Konnichiwa minnasan to the Dread Matsuri, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of all things 暗い and 怖い (“kurai” dark and “kowai” scary). In any case, today we’re going to take a look at Kenseiden, a genre-blending, side-scrolling action RPG developed and published by SEGA in 1988 for the Master System. Indeed, you will all be subjected to my surface-level, one semester’s worth of community college Japanese
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Thanks to a collaboration between Different Tales, Walkabout Games and Funstock, preorders are now open for physical editions of visual-novel adventure game Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest. These editions are planned for both Nintendo Switch and PlayStation consoles and are expected to release in early 2023. Heart of the Forest is a narrative adventure game inspired by the Tabletop RPG Werewolf: The Apocalypse. The
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*Note: This interview is being reposted from a previous Festival of Dread event. Welcome back to the Festival of Dread, The Splintering‘s month-long celebration of all things wicked and bewitching! Every now and again, we at The Splintering are going to lean on our mascot, Chomp the Termite, to go out into the world of myth and fiction to get
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“If you can dodge a Wrench, you can dodge a Clive!” On Tuesday, Numskull Games announced that the 3D platformer, Clive ‘N’ Wrench, will release in February 2023 for Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5 and Steam PC. Developed by Dinosaur Bytes Studio, is inspired by classic, retro 3D platformers such as Spyro the Dragon and, erm… (not that other one? Really?)
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Welcome back to the Festival of Dread, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of all things ripping and roaring. Today we’re going to take a look at Jack the Ripper: Vampire Hunter written by Mandy Summers, illustrated by peter Gilmore and published by Stuntman Comics in 2022. So does it suck? Or does it suck the other way? Naturally, some spoilers will follow. Extremely loosely based
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Publisher Phoenixx recently announced that the twin-stick shoot ’em up NeverAwake is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4 and PS5 on 19 January 2023. The game is already available on Steam PC. Developed by Neotro, NeverAwake is set in the world of a young girl’s nightmares, where hand-drawn representations of her worst fears have come to life. Players take control of
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More bad press for black cats. Publisher RedDeer.Games recently announced that She Wants Me Dead is coming to the Nintendo Switch on 21 October. Developed by Hello There Games, She Wants Me Dead has been available on Steam PC since 2016. The game is described as a “side-scrolling, 2D, stupid hard, rhythm-platformer.” Hm… How stupid, I wonder? Here’s the official
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Poncle has announced that its “Bullet-hell Rogue-lite” game Vampire Survivors will receive a full release on 20 October. The game has been available via Steam Early Access since December 2021. This version 1.0 release will bring multiple updates on both Steam and Game Pass, including achievements, expanded language support, and other gameplay adjustments. Poncle also has plans for post-launch support,
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Today we’ll be reviewing the crowdfunded comic book campaign Inglorious Rex by Shane Davis. Is it a knock-out of a book?
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You shouldn’t get used to the dark. It’ll change you. Night Council Studio is solidifying plans to release to their upcoming horror game Atlas Negro: Infernum, which is coming to Steam PC in late 2023. Inspired by other horror games such as Amnesia, Outlast, and Layers of Fear, Atlas Negro: Infernum is a first-person survival horror game that promises a
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Publisher Gravity Game Arise has announced that puzzle adventure NecroBoy Path To Evilship is coming to Steam PC just in time for Halloween, 31 October. Developed by a (sort of) one-man creative team at Chillin’ Wolf (aka Ulysse Frediere), NecroBoy Path to Evilship is a described as a “silly, spooky, and logically stupefying puzzle adventure game” starring an ambitious necromancer
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On Friday, Camel Moon launched a crowdfunding campaign for Boots and Heels issues 0-3, the first arc of the 13-issue Boots and Heels Saga maxi-series. The project is already fully funded, having raised more than $10 thousand at the time of this writing. All issues of the saga are already drawn, and will be released over the next two years.
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New indie game studio Different Monster recently revealed their maiden game is well underway: a horror adventure titled Macabre Museum. In Macabre Museum, players must “survive the night in a mysterious museum where deadly exhibits come to life,” which ultimately leads to “a terrifying tour beyond the limits of time and space.” According to Different Monster’s Creative Director, Macabre Museum was inspired by
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Of all the games I’ve owned, sold, repurchased, etc., over the years, I’ve never sold any of my original Splatterhouse games. Why? Because braining demons with blunt objects and watching their unholy essence spray from their freshly-cracked skulls is good ol’ family fun. Wholesome shit, am I right? My personal experience with the Splatterhouse series went like this: Splatterhouse (TG-16 version), Splatterhouse 3, and finally Splatterhouse
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Publisher CFK recently announced that horror adventure Savior of the Abyss will be coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year. The game is already available on Steam. Developed by ALLAUGH GAMES, Savior of the Abyss is an “RPG maker-style” game inspired by Mad Father, Ib and The Witch’s House. Here’s the official breakdown of Savior of the Abyss from
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