If there is one thing I love about a good asymmetrical horror game, it is when the developers give survivors more to worry about than simply running from the killer. Halloween: The Game takes that idea and pushes it into a much more interesting direction by filling Haddonfield with AI-controlled civilians who can become victims,…
If there is one thing a good asymmetrical horror game absolutely needs, it is a map that can make you nervous before the killer even appears. Halloween: The Game looks ready to understand that rule better than most. Developed by IllFonic and published by Gun Interactive, the upcoming 1v4 multiplayer horror game brings the world…
East Haddonfield is the kind of map that makes you regret splitting up, but also punishes you for sticking together. In Halloween: The Game, IllFonic has taken the familiar Haddonfield setting and pushed it into a much rougher, industrial direction. Instead of relying entirely on quiet suburban streets and houses, this map throws survivors into…
If you have spent any real time with asymmetrical horror games, you already know that the killer-versus-survivor formula is never just about who has the better reflexes. The moment progression systems, perks, upgrades, and character builds enter the picture, the game changes completely. Halloween: The Game looks like it wants to follow that same path,…
If you told me a few years ago that an upcoming Halloween video game could get refused classification in Australia because of marijuana rather than the guy wandering around with a knife, I’d probably assume you were joking. Yet here we are. Halloween: The Game has landed in one of those wonderfully bizarre gaming controversies…
If there is one horror villain who feels almost tailor-made for a video game, it is Michael Myers. The slow walk, the blank mask, the sudden appearance behind a window — Carpenter’s Halloween has been influencing horror games for decades, whether developers admit it or not. So when IllFonic revealed Halloween: The Game, I immediately…
If there is one thing I have learned after spending way too many hours with survival horror games, it is that immersion is not just about graphics. A gorgeous foggy environment means very little if the controller feels completely dead in your hands. Silent Hill Townfall takes a much more interesting approach, using the PS5…
If you have finally booted up Silent Hill: Townfall expecting fog, psychological nightmare fuel, and the kind of atmosphere that makes you check the room behind your chair, only to get smacked with a crash-to-desktop, you are definitely not having the experience you signed up for. Few things are more annoying than spending money on…
Silent Hill has never been interested in giving its protagonists an easy ride. The series takes guilt, grief, fear, trauma, and buried memories and turns them into something you can actually walk through. That is exactly why Silent Hill: Townfall has caught my attention. It is not simply another foggy horror game with monsters jumping…
The Silent Hill franchise is finally back in the spotlight, and Silent Hill: Townfall might be one of the strangest and most interesting projects in the series revival. While Konami has been busy rebuilding the franchise with new games and remakes, Townfall is taking a very different route. It is a psychological horror experience built…
