5 games that prove Wii can be scary, too
The Wii is mainly known for its family friendly games, but the system has slowly been building up a small library of games that aren’t all-ages fare. There aren’t too many games with a “Mature” rating, or that fall into the horror, thriller and suspense genres, but that doesn’t mean… Continue Reading »
Horror games rack up big sales in 2009
It’s been a really good year for games about really bad guys, according to data from everyone’s favorite industry pundit Michael Pachter. According to the Wedbush Morgan securities analyst, horror-based video games account for more than $147 million in sales this year through September 2009. Horror games sales for all… Continue Reading »
Appletell Review: Pandorum for iPhone, iPod touch
FROM APPLETELL - I was expecting junky shovelware with Pandorum but instead ended up with an effective horror/survival game that’s big on action, puzzles and scares, and looks great all the while.
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Gamertell Review: Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil for Wii
Here we are with Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil. The game is 13 years old, although only 7 years older than the Game Cube remake it more closely resembles. Sadly, Resident Evil is showing its age. Not in appearance, mind youthe game actually looks quite goodbut in how it feels.… Continue Reading »
Gamertell Interview: Cast, director talk about online horror series, Fear Clinic
Fear Clinic is one of the first series that will be exclusively online and will play exclusively on Fearnet.com sometime in October 2009. The show is directed by Robert Hall (Sarah Connor Chronicles, Laid to Rest) and includes horror greats Robert Englund and Kane Hodder (Freddy and Jason, respectively), co-stars… Continue Reading »
Important Importables: Creepy Japanese games
Happy Halloween everyone! In honor of the spookiest holiday of the year and the fortunate (or is it misfortunate) coincidence that my column would land on this date, I decided that it would be a good day to honor some particularly spooky Japanese video games. All of the games below… Continue Reading »
Fond memories of Fatal Frame
I am a coward. At sleepovers in my childhood, I’d close my eyes during particularly scary portions of Are You Afraid of the Dark?, I’m 25 years old and still can’t listen to Reagan’s “possessed” voice in The Exorcist and I only was able to watch about a half hour… Continue Reading »
Download The Suffering for free at FileFront
There’s no better time to play horror games than now. Halloween is just around the bend so it’s high time we start shoving as many horror titles into our brains as physically possible. Case in point - The Suffering. The Suffering is now available through FileFront for free thanks to… Continue Reading »
Scary Deal: The Darkness for Xbox 360 only $5 on Amazon
In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve pretty much made it my mission to make sure each and every one of you are scared senseless this Halloween. The latest game I’m sending your way isn’t exactly scary but it’s fitting for this time of year. The Darkness was a really fun… Continue Reading »
Resident Evil: Degeneration slumping into stores December 30, 2008
Yes it’s a big let down that Resident Evil 5 won’t be coming out this year along with all the other big games but we will still get our yearly Resident Evil fix. It won’t be a game this time around but instead the animated feature Resident Evil: Degeneration is… Continue Reading »
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Important Importables
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