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…
There’s one thing every asymmetrical horror fan knows all too well: waiting to play the killer can sometimes feel like the real horror game. You boot up, queue for your favorite role, grab a drink, check your phone, come back, and somehow you’re still staring at the matchmaking screen. That problem has followed the genre…
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…
