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Battle Royale of the Undead: ‘Dying Light: Bad Blood’

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6 years ago

March 29, 2018

Dying Light is one of the most innovative games to hit both the survival horror and zombie genres with its 2015 release.

Techland had set out to follow through with their vision of an open-world-zombie game that that emphasized adrenaline inducing parkour, enormous environments, and hordes of the undead that posed a threat to players who may choose to venture out at night.

Setting itself apart from the likes of Deadrising, Left 4 Dead, Resident Evil, and DayZ, Dying Light emphasized speed and agility as the player’s main (and best) asset to survive, and to combat zombies.

While Dying Light’s visuals and combat mechanics are similar to Techland’s previous project – Dead Island – the movement and parkour aspects of the game are what set an enormous creative divide between the two games.

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Certainly, smashing a zombie’s head in with a sledgehammer is sick and all. But I must ask, how can that compare to the excitement of bounding off the rooftop of a tin hut, baseball-sliding towards a shambling corpse, using the momentum to dropkick said corpse off a hillside, spin around to shock a small group of infected with your high voltage machete, and then scale the side of a house to seek shelter before the super-powered-hybrid zombies emerge from the encroaching darkness of dusk to tear you asunder?

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All of my gushing aside, Dying Light is worth it’s salt as a zombie-survival horror title, which is why the new installment in the series warrants this degree of geeking out.

It’s apparent that the battle royale genre in the video game market has become the next target for game design due to games like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Fortnite garnering unreal amounts of views on Twitch and YouTube.

Now, Techland wants to throw their hat into the ring with Dying Light: Bad Blood, but their variation is not a copycat of the aforementioned titles.

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Taking place in the same setting as the original Dying Light, Techland’s Dying Light: Bad Blood reduces the player lobby size to 6 in contrast to 15 or more.

Players are dropped into the map, and have only one way out: a helicopter ride for one. In order for someone to escape the map, they will need to collect blood packets as payment for the ride to safety.

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Blood packets must be gathered until the player reaches level 5 with their quantity. Contestants will be forced to start literally bare handed, but can acquire weapons and armor by exploring the environment.

The blood packets are earned quickest by killing zombies, especially by eliminating nests of the infected, as well as killing boss zombies. However, one may acquire the packets by simply killing other players.

As previously mentioned, players who are killed lose everything, including their blood packets. If you are taken out by another player, everything you lost is now theirs: armor, weapons, various useful items, and especially those sweet, sweet blood packets.

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When it comes to combatting against other players, the options for dealing with them seem endless.

While you can simply just assault them brute force with a weapon, you can also catch them off guard while they are focused on obtaining blood packets from a boss zombie; trap them in hordes of the undead; use naturally dangerous items that occur in the environment (transformers and exploding barrels); or temporarily team up with other players to out other competitors. In the end, it’s really up to how cunning you are capable of being.

All of the features mentioned will be added onto Dying Light‘s pre-existing mechanics and gameplay, which have (arguably) aged well considering it’s been about 3 years since its initial release.

As reported by Gameinformer, the Dying Light: Bad Blood should be releasing on PS4, Xbox, and PC this year at some point this year.

There was also another battle-royal game Hunt: Showdown released recently. If you enjoy bayous, bounty hunters, and gnarly monsters, you should check out our article covering the early-access steam release Hunt: Showdown.

Sources: Gameinformer

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Trailer for ‘The Exorcism’ Has Russell Crowe Possessed

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18 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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20 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.

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’28 Years Later’ Trilogy Taking Shape With Serious Star Power

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21 hours ago

April 25, 2024

Timothy Rawles

Danny Boyle is revisiting his 28 Days Later universe with three new films. He will direct the first, 28 Years Later, with two more to follow. Deadline is reporting that sources say Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have been cast for the first entry, a sequel to the original. Details are being kept under wraps so we don’t know how or if the first original sequel 28 Weeks Later fits into the project.

**Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes**

Boyle will direct the first movie but it’s unclear which role he will take on in the subsequent films. What is known is Candyman (2021) director Nia DaCosta is scheduled to direct the second film in this trilogy and that the third will be filmed immediately afterward. Whether DaCosta will direct both is still unclear.

Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.

There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.