Cyberpunk 2077 has had a bumpy ride to say the least. Released in 2020, the game came in hot with a plethora of issues and game-breaking bugs on current generation consoles and PCs and inexcusable performance issues on last generation consoles such as the PS4 and Xbox One. The issues and backlash were so bad […]
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Chilling Adventures Presents…Strange Science, the latest title in the “Archie Horror” line from Archie Comics, hit store shelves this past month. The sci-fi horror book reboots the classic Archie spin-off and tells the story of Danni Malloy and her best friend Jinx as they’re transported from the Riverdale that they know to a twisted version […]
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When I booted up Mortal Kombat 1, I had no idea what was in store for me. In the months leading up to release, developer Netherrealm Studios had been positioning the game as a massive reinvention of the Mortal Kombat franchise with the introduction of the game’s new timeline reset and the “Kameo” system that […]
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For a few years now, Archie Comics has had its finger on the pulse of horror fandom. From titles such as Afterlife with Archie to The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, horror fans everywhere have discovered the more terrifying side of Riverdale and its inhabitants. In a surprise announcement that Bloody Disgusting is proud to exclusively […]
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As horror fans, and especially gaming fans, we long for the days of the past. The days of Resident Evil and Silent Hill on the PlayStation One. The days of survival horror as a new exciting genre where anything was possible and the sky was the limit, only held back by hardware of the time. […]
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I missed the boat with Daymare: 1998 in its original release but I finally found myself playing it this last year. What started as a fan remake of the great Resident Evil 2 soon evolved into its own original creation and set out to deliver an old-school survival horror experience. Though made from a very […]
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The “metroidvania” genre is a classification I’ve grown less fond of over the years, usually used to classify 2D action games that have a focus on exploration and backtracking. In more recent years many indie games have gone back to this template to deliver old school experiences with modern gaming sensibilities. One of these games […]
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It’s hard to convey how much of a game changer Vampire Survivors is on Nintendo Switch. The roguelike game has quickly made its way to numerous platforms to various levels of success, but today I’ll be taking a look at the newly released Switch version. For the uninitiated, Vampire Survivors is where players take on […]
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I’ve recently been playing a lot of Final Fantasy XVI in my free time. The latest installment of a long-running series of RPGs that are disconnected from each other in all but the title. Each new entry introduces new worlds, characters, gameplay etc. So every new installment has the potential to deliver something wholly new […]
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Imitating a Souls game is a risky prospect. The sub-genre made famous by From Software and their Dark Souls series is pretty much iconic at this point. Often characterized by their use of physical checkpoints, limited but refillable resources, and punishing difficulty, it’s easy to see the appeal of adding some of those ideas to […]
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There have been a lot of strange gaming crossovers over the years. Freddy Krueger was in Mortal Kombat, Michael Myers in Call of Duty: Ghosts, and the Ninja Turtles in Street Fighter 6. But one crossover in particular had me turning my head in disbelief: Nicolas Cage in Dead By Daylight. For the uninitiated, Dead […]
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I missed the boat on the original Oxenfree when it was released back in 2016. The supernatural tale about a group of friends that discover supernatural events while exploring an abandoned island provided characters with a unique experience in storytelling, allowing players to make dialogue choices while exploring in a manner that combined gameplay and […]
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The worlds of Archie and Riverdale are once again returning to the world of horror. Known lately for their one-shots such as Camp Pickens, the horror side of Archie Comics is expanding with an all new one-shot comic book from the Archie Horror imprint and Bloody-Disgusting has the exclusive reveal as well as some insight […]
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I’m of the mindset that there has never been an excellent modern video game based on the Alien franchise. Alien: Isolation was an exercise in misery, taking what should’ve been a well-crafted 4-8 hour horror experience and stretching it beyond the 20-hour mark. Aliens: Fireteam Elite was a fun-as-hell co-op shooter, but repetitive gameplay and light content at launch kept it […]
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Netherrealm Studios has always been one of the more fascinating fighting game developers. They’ve always taken more creative risks than their competitors, to somewhat mixed results. Mortal Kombat was a nice return to form for the series. Then Mortal Kombat X introduced a great amount of player freedom with its variation system and sped the […]
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