Zombi was ZombiU; a Wii U launch exclusive that really worked hard to show off the console’s capabilities, but only to a middling reception. With ambitions to be a true survival horror game set in London, England, you will play as a survivor of a zombie apocalypse who (with the…
Read MoreDanganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls is a deeply unsettling game. And I mean that as a genuine compliment. I don’t think there has been another game that has managed to shake me quite as profoundly as this one. Related reading: At the least you should consider playing the original…
Read MoreI am an avid fan of survival horror video games, and many of my colleagues here at Digitally Downloaded also enjoy the kinds of (gaming) experiences that will give them nightmares. So when an announcement surfaced that The Coma has been greenlit on Steam, we just had to share the…
Read MoreAs I commented in my hands-on preview of Until Dawn a couple of weeks ago, it genuinely surprises me that game developers so rarely tackle the teen slasher horror genre as a subject. We all know the industry’s love of zombies, but as fun as that horror can be, there’s…
Read MoreI love slasher and stalker horror films. Before I was legally allowed to watch them, I was devouring stuff like Friday the 13th, Halloween, the Chucky films, an even the more obscure stuff like the Leprechaun series (Jennifer Aniston back in the day…). Related reading: Here are ten of my…
Read MoreI found Kholat to be quite an intriguing game. It takes a real life unsolved mystery from a little over 50 years ago and turns it into a first person adventure horror game. Kholat is based around the events of the Dyatlov Pass Incident where nine skiers mysteriously died on…
Read MoreThrough the Woods is an upcoming psychological horror game developed by Antagonist, combining elements of Nordic folk tales, family drama and scary looking trees. You play as a mother claiming that her son had been taken by a supernatural being named Old Erik, recounting her story to a detective who…
Read MoreState of Decay for Xbox One is the updated version of the original Xbox 360 and PC release. Subtitled “year one” this time around, the updated version brings the DLC into the base game while expanding on the original edition with new content, vehicles and weapons to play with. Community…
Read MoreResident Evil brings an episodic format to the direct sequel of the new Revelations series that it introduced back in 2012. Rather than give players the whole game in one go, Capcom decided to release this one in weekly instalments. It’s a very interesting idea that really supports the already…
Read MoreHorror has for the longest time been the place where newcomers have gone to learn their craft and launch their careers. We’ve seen any number of films over the years that have “discovered” talent as far ranging as Kevin Bacon (Friday the 13th) to Jennifer Aniston (Leprechaun). Modern films from…
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