Those of you who have been waiting for more info on CreatorVC’s upcoming TerrorBytes: The Evolution of Horror Gaming documentary, wait no longer!
The pre-sales campaign for the five-part series kicks off later today over at the official site, alongside the launch of the new teaser found below. Horror game fans have until March 3rd to join the campaign, which will be “an exclusive year-long celebration of the genre,” featuring 15+ hours of online events ahead of the documentary’s expected completion in March 2025.
“Horror games as an art form have an uncanny ability to empower players to fight through the darkness and find the light, joy, and catharsis in their twisted tales,” states producer Daniel Richardson. “With TerrorBytes, we shine a spotlight on some of the titans of this industry and celebrate their deeply important work in this medium.”
“Whether it’s the atmospheric creepiness of Lone Survivor and Alien: Isolation,...
The pre-sales campaign for the five-part series kicks off later today over at the official site, alongside the launch of the new teaser found below. Horror game fans have until March 3rd to join the campaign, which will be “an exclusive year-long celebration of the genre,” featuring 15+ hours of online events ahead of the documentary’s expected completion in March 2025.
“Horror games as an art form have an uncanny ability to empower players to fight through the darkness and find the light, joy, and catharsis in their twisted tales,” states producer Daniel Richardson. “With TerrorBytes, we shine a spotlight on some of the titans of this industry and celebrate their deeply important work in this medium.”
“Whether it’s the atmospheric creepiness of Lone Survivor and Alien: Isolation,...
- 2/8/2024
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
Before Alan Wake hit the scene, PC gamers had Gabriel Knight as their horror author caught in a psychological nightmare. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers hit the PC back in December 1993, and despite its eventual sales figures deeming it to be a disappointment, Sins of the Fathers still received praise from critics and fans, thanks in part to its voice cast and mature story. Publisher Sierra still stuck with it, and kicked off a series that remains highly regarded among fans of the adventure genre.
Gabriel Knight is a cocky New Orleans book store owner and author struggling with a case of writer’s block. Compounding the situation for Gabriel are his recurring nightmares. Currently looking for material by researching a series of killings across New Orleans, Gabriel’s research leads him to determine that that the police’s theory about mob-related killings is wrong. Rather, the killings are...
Gabriel Knight is a cocky New Orleans book store owner and author struggling with a case of writer’s block. Compounding the situation for Gabriel are his recurring nightmares. Currently looking for material by researching a series of killings across New Orleans, Gabriel’s research leads him to determine that that the police’s theory about mob-related killings is wrong. Rather, the killings are...
- 12/17/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
If you’re a fan of books about video games, you should be familiar with Bitmap Books. The UK-based company has been cranking out quality books ranging from the history of first-person shooters to video game box art for a while now, and now they’re set to focus on horror in video games with From Ants to Zombies: Six Decades of Video Game Horror.
Set to launch on October 31 of this year (naturally), From Ants to Zombies will showcase the range horror gaming has achieved across six decades from the 1970s to the 2020s, and across 70 hardware platforms from the Zx Spectrum to the Xbox Series. The book will include more than 130 horror titles across thirteen thematically-divided chapters, covering a variety of genres, settings, and “shades of fear”.
The game coverage is accompanied by exclusive commentary from pioneering horror developers such as Keiichiro Toyama (Silent Hill), Jane Jensen (Gabriel Knight...
Set to launch on October 31 of this year (naturally), From Ants to Zombies will showcase the range horror gaming has achieved across six decades from the 1970s to the 2020s, and across 70 hardware platforms from the Zx Spectrum to the Xbox Series. The book will include more than 130 horror titles across thirteen thematically-divided chapters, covering a variety of genres, settings, and “shades of fear”.
The game coverage is accompanied by exclusive commentary from pioneering horror developers such as Keiichiro Toyama (Silent Hill), Jane Jensen (Gabriel Knight...
- 9/26/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
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