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Upcoming Game Will Change Your Perception of Survival Horror

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Imagine you’re in a large house. It’s dark which hinders your perception and you hear noises and you know you’re not alone. Now imagine you know what’s in the house is unable to be killed, unstoppable and all you can do is hide and try to survive.

Imagine you’re not sure how to get out of this house. Imagine your only way to defend yourself is distracting this being with sound just to lure him away. Now…imagine you’re doing all of this while blind.

There is a game where you can experience this very feeling. I had been hearing whispers about this game for a while, but when I came across actual game play, I knew it was something I hadn’t seen before.

Perception is the brainchild of indie company The Deep End Games, made up of some of the veterans that brought you Bioshock, Dead Space and Rock Band, among others. It follows a young, blind woman named Cassie trapped in a house, but she isn’t alone.

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While trying to escape, she is being chased by a supernatural entity called “The Presence” that cannot be killed. She just needs to survive by outwitting it with sound in a true cat and mouse game. She finds her way around through her superhero like hearing and echolocation . To “see,” she taps her cane which maps out a small area around her. Every sound makes a difference.

From the trailer and game play videos available, the graphics remind players of Daredevil and the same thing he “sees” to fight crime. It looks to be a true survival supernatural horror.  There doesn’t seem to be any inventory system and you pick up single items along the way to throw or turn on to distract The Presence.

If you have ever played The Last of Us or The Evil Within, you are familiar with the concept of distraction with sound. It doesn’t seem far removed from those controls. However, you don’t have the ability to defend yourself in any physical or combative way. The character just has to be smarter than the creatures that are after her, which amps the scariness considerably.

The Kickstarter for the game earned more than enough to continue with the project, although the release date is yet to be announced. Perception looks like it could be a truly terrifying take on survival horror.

You can see more information on Perception at The Deep End company’s website.

“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” –Helen Keller

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‘Immaculate’ Stars Reveal Which Horror Villains They Would “F, Marry, Kill”

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Sydney Sweeney is just coming off the success of her rom-com Anyone But You, but she’s ditching the love story for a horror story in her latest film Immaculate.

Sweeney is taking Hollywood by storm, portraying everything from a love-lusting teenager in Euphoria to an accidental superhero in Madame Web. Although the latter got a lot of hate among theater-goers, Immaculate is getting the polar opposite.

The film was screened at SXSW this past week and was well-received. It also gained a reputation for being extremely gory. Derek Smith of Slant says the, “final act contains some of the most twisted, gory violence this particular subgenre of horror has seen in years…”

Thankfully curious horror movie fans won’t have to wait long to see for themselves what Smith is talking about as Immaculate will hit theaters across the United States on March, 22.

Bloody Disgusting says that the movie’s distributor NEON, in a bit of marketing smarts, had stars Sydney Sweeney and Simona Tabasco play a game of “F, Marry, Kill” in which all their choices had to be horror movie villains.

It’s an interesting question, and you might be surprised at their answers. So colorful are their responses that YouTube slapped an age-restricted rating on the video.

Immaculate is a religious horror movie that NEON says stars Sweeney, “as Cecilia, an American nun of devout faith, embarking on a new journey in a remote convent in the picturesque Italian countryside. Cecilia’s warm welcome quickly devolves into a nightmare as it becomes clear her new home harbors a sinister secret and unspeakable horrors.”

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‘Terminator: Survivors’: Open World Survival Game Releases Trailer And Is Launching This Fall

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This is a game that many gamers will be excited for. It was announced at the Nacon Connect 2024 Event that Terminator: Survivors will be launching early access for PC via Steam on October 24th of this year. It will launch fully on a later date for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. Check out the trailer and more about the game below.

Official Trailer for Terminator: Survivors

IGN states, “In this original story taking place after the first two Terminator films, you take control of a group of survivors of Judgment Day, in solo or co-op mode, faced with a multitude of lethal hazards in this post-apocalyptic world. But you’re not alone. Skynet’s machines will hound you relentlessly and rival human factions will fight for the same resources you desperately need.”

First Look Image at Terminator: Survivors (2024)

In related news to the Terminator world, Linda Hamilton stated I’m done. I’m done. I have nothing more to say. The story’s been told, and it’s been done to death. Why anybody would relaunch it is a mystery to me. She claims she doesn’t want to play Sarah Connor anymore. You can check out more of what she said here.

First Look Image at Terminator: Survivors (2024)
First Look Image at Terminator: Survivors (2024)

An open-world game about surviving against Skynet’s machines sounds like an interesting and fun game. Are you excited about this announcement and trailer release from Nacon? Let us know in the comments below. Also, check out this behind-the-scenes clip from the game below.

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New ‘Paranormal Activity’ Entry Isn’t a Movie, but “It’s Going to Be Intense” [Teaser Video]

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If you were expecting another Paranormal Activity sequel to be a feature film you’d be surprised. Maybe there will be one, but for now, Variety reports that DreadXP co-director and creative director Brian Clarke (DarkStone Digital) are creating a video game based on the series.

“We are thrilled to work with Paramount Game Studios and to have the opportunity to bring the world of ‘Paranormal Activity’ to gamers everywhere,” Epic Pictures CEO and DreadXP producer Patrick Ewald told Variety. “The films are steeped in rich lore and creative scares, and under the stewardship of creative director Brian Clarke, DreadXP’s ‘Paranormal Activity’ video game will honor those core tenets and offer horror fans one of our most terrifying games yet.” 

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Clarke, who worked on the horror video game The Mortuary Assistant said the Paranormal Activity franchise shows just how much reach a genre-specific title can accomplish, “If you thought ‘The Mortuary Assistant’ was scary, we’re taking what we learned during the development of that title and cranking it up with a more reactive and horrifying haunting system. It’s going to be intense!”

The new game is scheduled to be released in 2026.

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