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The Hellspawn of ‘Left 4 Dead’ Meets ‘Aliens’: GTFO

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6 years ago

June 18, 2018

At last year’s The Game Awards, 10 Chambers Collective–a collection of developers who previously worked on the Payday franchise–unveiled a gameplay trailer for their survival horror passion project: GTFO.

During the week of E3, the developers sat down for interviews and released more gameplay footage to the public. Much like the Left 4 Dead series, along with Payday, Borderlands, Evolve, and Dead By Daylight, the game focuses on 4 player co-op, with likelihood of success increasing with players sticking together. 10 Chambers’ project is certainly a product of multiple influences in its construction.

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Players take on the role of 4 customizable prisoners, barely equipped, plunged deep underground by the orders of an organization called WARDEN. Your team’s goal: retrieve the requested items for your designated WARDEN.

While some may handle the retrieval portion of the task easily enough, players may find difficulty in navigating the complex of winding tunnels to make it out alive.

The undead infest the mines players have to navigate; they range from grunt level zombies to invisible hunters, and grotesque body horrors with tendrils that can drag a player away from their crew.

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Dust and spores riddle the air, proving difficult for your flashlights to try and fixate on enemies and consoles in right in front of you.

Supplies will be scarce, especially ammunition for powerful weaponry. Crews must explore each section of the level to obtain supplies to venture further down; however, teams can run the risk of embarking to areas infested with hordes of (what appear to be) fungal zombies.

Stealth is a crucial in these scenarios, and engaging the undead unprepared can assure players a swiftly failed mission.

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Some equipment players can expect to find are glue guns, heat lasers, and sentry turrets to brace entryways for a confrontation with a horde.

Zombies clamoring over top of each other, busting down enormous doors in dork corridors and attacking from the corners of the dark gives GTFO the image and general vibe of what the game Aliens: Colonial Marines was supposed to be.

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GTFO‘s setting is entirely underground, and the maps (levels) will be made using the Unity Engine to randomize the layouts (as opposed to the maps being randomly generated during the matchmaking).

Characters are customizable and can be made into special classes such as reconnaissance, equipment specialist (technician), medic, and tank.

As for the story, 10 Chambers Collective is taking cues from the Dark Souls series and leaving clues in the game’s levels for players to find in order to piece together the story’s entire narrative.

10 Chambers Collective’s developers do not plan for there to be any microtransactions and intend to continuously patch and update the game with issues brought up in the community.

They’re aiming for a release date later in 2018, but Ulf Andersson (creative director) explained to IGN that the process may take longer.

While on the subject of zombies and survival horror, if you haven’t seen the new footage released for the long awaited Overkill’s The Walking Dead, you can check out our coverage on the game here.

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Jake Gyllenhaal’s Thriller ‘Presumed Innocent’ Series Gets Early Release Date

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55 mins ago

April 26, 2024

Timothy Rawles

Jake Gyllenhaal’s limited series Presumed Innocent is dropping on AppleTV+ on June 12 instead of June 14 as originally planned. The star, whose Road House reboot has brought mixed reviews on Amazon Prime, is embracing the small screen for the first time since his appearance on Homicide: Life on the Street in 1994.

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Presumed Innocent is being produced by David E. Kelley, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, and Warner Bros. It is an adaptation of Scott Turow’s 1990 film in which Harrison Ford plays a lawyer doing double duty as an investigator looking for the murderer of his colleague.

These types of sexy thrillers were popular in the ’90s and usually contained twist endings. Here’s the trailer for the original:

According to Deadline, Presumed Innocent doesn’t stray far from the source material: “…the Presumed Innocent series will explore obsession, sex, politics and the power and limits of love as the accused fights to hold his family and marriage together.”

Up next for Gyllenhaal is the Guy Ritchie action movie titled In the Grey scheduled for release in January 2025.

Presumed Innocent is an eight-episode limited series set to stream on AppleTV+ starting June 12.

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Trailer for ‘The Exorcism’ Has Russell Crowe Possessed

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20 hours ago

April 25, 2024

Timothy Rawles

The latest exorcism movie is about to drop this summer. It’s aptly titled The Exorcism and it stars Academy Award winner turned B-movie savant Russell Crowe. The trailer dropped today and by the looks of it, we are getting a possession movie that takes place on a movie set.

Just like this year’s recent demon-in-media-space film Late Night With the Devil, The Exorcism happens during a production. Although the former takes place on a live network talk show, the latter is on an active sound stage. Hopefully, it won’t be entirely serious and we’ll get some meta chuckles out of it.

The film will open in theaters on June 7, but since Shudder also acquired it, it probably won’t be long after that until it finds a home on the streaming service.

Crowe plays, “Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter, Lee (Ryan Simpkins), wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play. The film also stars Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg and David Hyde Pierce.”

Crowe did see some success in last year’s The Pope’s Exorcist mostly because his character was so over-the-top and infused with such comical hubris it bordered on parody. We will see if that is the route actor-turned-director Joshua John Miller takes with The Exorcism.

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Win a Stay at The Lizzie Borden House From Spirit Halloween

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21 hours ago

April 25, 2024

Timothy Rawles

Spirit Halloween has declared that this week marks the start of spooky season and to celebrate they are offering fans a chance to stay at the Lizzie Borden House with so many perks Lizzie herself would approve.

The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, MA is claimed to be one of the most haunted houses in America. Of course one lucky winner and up to 12 of their friends will find out if the rumors are true if they win the grand prize: A private stay in the notorious house.

“We are delighted to work with Spirit Halloween to roll out the red carpet and offer the public a chance to win a one-of-a-kind experience at the infamous Lizzie Borden House, which also includes additional haunted experiences and merchandise,” said Lance Zaal, President & Founder of US Ghost Adventures.

Fans can enter to win by following Spirit Halloween‘s Instagram and leaving a comment on the contest post from now through April 28.

The prize also includes:

An exclusive guided house tour, including insider insight around the murder, the trial, and commonly reported hauntings

A late-night ghost tour, complete with professional ghost-hunting gear

A private breakfast in the Borden family dining room

A ghost hunting starter kit with two pieces of Ghost Daddy Ghost Hunting Gear and a lesson for two at US Ghost Adventures Ghost Hunting Course

The ultimate Lizzie Borden gift package, featuring an official hatchet, the Lizzie Borden board game, Lily the Haunted Doll, and America’s Most Haunted Volume II

Winner’s choice of a Ghost Tour experience in Salem or a True Crime experience in Boston for two

“Our Halfway to Halloween celebration provides fans an exhilarating taste of what’s to come this fall and empowers them to start planning for their favorite season as early as they please,” said Steven Silverstein, CEO of Spirit Halloween. “We have cultivated an incredible following of enthusiasts who embody the Halloween lifestyle, and we’re thrilled to bring the fun back to life.”

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Spirit Halloween is also preparing for their retail haunted houses. On Thursday, August 1 their flagship store in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. will officially open to start off the season. That event usually draws in hordes of people eager to see what new merch, animatronics, and exclusive IP goods will be trending this year.