The pumpkins are lit and orange is having its annual come-back, which can mean only one thing – it’s Halloween. Everyone has their favourite holiday, but here at Vampire Squid,… Continue reading "7 of The Best Scary Games to Play This Halloween"
Valfaris has its release date, and you won’t have to wait long to get hold of it. The heavy metal action platforming space extravaganza is set to be released on… Continue reading "‘Valfaris’ Coming This October"
Zombie horror survival game Dawn of Survivors launched earlier this year as one of the first games to take advantage of the fairly new Nintendo Switch Online subscription. It has everything that… Continue reading "Creator Jeff Chiarelli Talks Team Survival Mode in ‘Dawn of Survivors’"
The latest trailer for Obsidian Entertainment’s highly anticipated The Outer Worlds dropped at this year’s PAX West. It introduces us to the world of the Halcyon Colony, the location in which… Continue reading "Latest Trailer for ‘The Outer Worlds’ Explores Dystopian Halcyon Colony"
The zombie game that made use of the Nintendo Switch online subscription from the day it first launched, Dawn of Survivors has everything you could want from a horror survival… Continue reading "Zombie Survival Game ‘Dawn of Survivors’ Launches Team Survival Mode"
2018 was sadly only an okay year for horror games. Releases from AAA studios were fairly scanty, seemingly having a cool-down after the fantastic year 2017 was for horror. In… Continue reading "The Best Horror Games of 2018"
In what’s likely a result of the colder weather forcing indie game makers to stay inside and do nothing but programme, there’s been quite the spate of new horror-themed games… Continue reading "Top 6 Crowdfunded Games of November"
Back in August, Dontnod Entertainment and Bandai Namco announced their collaboration on the upcoming psychological thriller Twin Mirror. Coming to PC, PS4 and Xbox One early next year, the game will… Continue reading "First Dev Diary for Psychological Thriller ‘Twin Mirror’"
August has seen quite the boom in indie games. As summer draws to a close, we’re seeing numerous games hoping to launch by the end of the year. Pure horror… Continue reading "Top 6 Crowdfunded Games of August"
As July draws to a close and the summer heat blazes on, why not stay inside and play video games? If you’re bored on holiday and looking for something to… Continue reading "Top 5 Crowdfunded Indie Games of July"
Just an hour and a half into the launch of its Kickstarter campaign, Binding of Isaac: Four Souls smashed its first goal of $50,000. With a little under two weeks left… Continue reading "‘Binding of Isaac: Four Souls’ Kickstarter Reaches Over $1.2M with 2 Weeks to Go"
The Nintendo Switch is fast becoming the go-to platform for indie horror gaming. With now beloved games like Little Nightmares and, more recently, Inside, sailing onto the Switch like they’d… Continue reading "‘Dream Alone’ Blends Creative Puzzles with an Intensely Dark Atmosphere"
Summer seems to be something of a busy time for creators of indie games, as many programmers take time off work and school over the summer to focus on their… Continue reading "Top 5 Crowdfunded Indie Games of June"
Madmind Studio‘s boundary-breaking satanic survival horror Agony had promised extremely graphic content from the jump when advertising itself on Kickstarter. The controversial graphic content was since snipped out for the… Continue reading "‘Agony Unrated’ is Officially Cancelled"
We’ll be blunt with this bad news: it looks like Friday the 13th: The Game is done. The game developers cannot add anything to the game, not so much as… Continue reading "‘Friday the 13th: The Game’ Gets Axed"