Players can completely immerse themselves in HELL-A as the Dead Island 2 official soundtrack is available to listen to for FREE on 45 different streaming platforms including Spotify, iTunes, and YouTube.
Ryan Williams, composer and senior audio designer at Deep Silver Dambuster Studios, created the majority of the tracks, with experienced British music consultancy and creation company Feel For Music also contributing. In addition to his work on the Dead Island 2 soundtrack and game score, Williams has weapon design and cinematic SFX expertise too. His lifelong love of all things horror has been a driving force behind his creative output.
Tamarak Trail, the upcoming turn-based deck-building roguelike from Yarrow Games and Versus Evil, has received a new blog post offering an in-depth look at the game’s haunting musical score.
This blog post covers the foundations of the soundtrack, looking at the inspiration behind it, how composer Michael Noble and music producer Alyxandra Guevara went about making it to match each of the game’s environments, and their creative vision for what they wanted Tamarak Trail’s musical score to convey. Tamarak Trail’s setting was inspired by Canada’s unique folklore and forests, so it was important that the soundtrack be specific to this region as well. You’ll be able to hear the full soundtrack when Tamarak Trail launches this summer on PC, Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox consoles.
Paranormal Hunter, the co-op survival horror game set in haunted locations full of malevolent spirits from EALoGAMES, is now available on Steam Early Access, with support for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, Windows Mixed Reality, and gamepads.
Enter a twisted realm of paranormal phenomena, exploring derelict locations possessed by lingering spirits. Move through haunted locations brought to life with immersive VR support, either alone or with up to four fellow hunters in online co-op. Explore stages to begin a spine-chilling investigation requiring keen observation to track down cursed objects, and start a banishing ritual to cleanse the location – all while avoiding an evil spirit stalking the party.
Equip tools of the parapsychology trade like the ghost sensor and a spirit-repelling flashlight that stuns malevolent entities. Stay cautious and alert, as randomized elements ensure no two investigations play out the same. Stumble through dark corridors and abandoned buildings where every creaking floorboard and muffled murmur may indicate the presence of a sinister entity seeking revenge from beyond the grave.
Work quickly to track down the required objects for banishment as supernatural pursuers advance ever closer. Avoid the spirit’s deadly gaze, as a single unfortunate encounter sends humans into a crippling stupor,damaging dwindling sanity. Encounter too much terrorand risk meeting an early grave. Whether alone or solo, know that death isn’t the end, as Paranormal Hunter’s pick-up-an-play format encourages experimentation over multiple sessions with unlockable items ideal for return trips.
Experience terror like never before thanks to optional VR support and crossplay, allowing hunters to investigate together regardless of input device. The Early Access version launches with two playable stages and a terrifying third stage planned for a future update.
“Paranormal Hunter combines the haunting legacy of Japanese and Western horror imagery to create an immersive and genuinely terrifying experience for players in VR and non-VR settings,” Takatoshi Tatsumi, founder, EALoGames. “Few things are as dread-inducing as knowing you’re being pursued by something evil, and we’re excited to witness players face their fears with today’s Early Access launch!”
Paranormal Hunter is now available on Steam Early Access for $9.99, with VR support for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, and Windows Mixed Reality devices with English, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese-language support.
For more information, please visit the official website, follow Paranormal Hunter on Twitter and Facebook, and wishlist Paranormal Hunter on Steam.
On June 20, Avatar fans have double cause for celebration as Avatar: The Way of Water makes its long-awaited debut on 4K UHD, Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD and the original Avatar arrives for the first time on 4K UHD in High Dynamic Range to digital retailers and on Blu-ray disc.
Avatar: The Way of Water release will include over three hours of bonus content featuring the filmmakers, cast and crew.
The 4K UHD edition of the original Avatar has both existing and new bonus features including “Memories From Avatar,” where Producer Jon Landau leads a spirited conversation with cast members, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang, recalling warm memories from production and reflecting on the extraordinary success of the film. Plus “Avatar: A Look Back,” provides a retrospective where cast and filmmakers reflect on their extraordinary journey making Avatar, the groundbreaking technologies they used to create an unparalleled cinematic experience, and the profound effect the film had on audiences worldwide.
Full product fact sheets, including bonus materials and technical specifications for Avatar: The Way of Water and Avatar 4K UHD can be found online, click here for more.
Nominated for numerous Academy Awards® including Best Picture, Avatar: The Way of Water became the third highest-grossing film of all time worldwide and set a new benchmark for visual effects. Produced by Cameron and his longtime partner Jon Landau, the 20th Century Studios-Lightstorm Entertainment production stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Cliff Curtis and Kate Winslet. Joining the illustrious adult cast are talented newcomers Britain Dalton, Jamie Flatters, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Bailey Bass and Jack Champion. The screenplay is by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver, with story by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver & Josh Friedman & Shane Salerno. David Valdes and Richard Baneham serve as the film’s executive producers.
The original Academy Award®-winning Avatar introduced the astonishing world of Pandora and became the highest-grossing film of all time earning over $2.9 billion worldwide and receiving nine Academy Awards® nominations including Best Picture and Best Director. It won three Oscars®, for Best Cinematography, Production Design and Visual Effects.
As Conan Exiles: Age of Sorcery draws to a close, Funcom sounds the drums for the Age of War, the next season of free content updates and paid cosmetics coming to the game on June 22. To herald this new Age, feast your eyes on the bold new art for the game, giving a glimpse of the carnage to come.
Armed with steel rather than sorcery, an ancient empire marches on the Exiled Lands, hungry for gold. The Age of War narrative spans a full-scale military invasion of the Exiled Lands through three major updates, each accompanied by a Battle Pass overflowing with cosmetics.
In less than a year, Age of Sorcery has added a massive amount of new free content across three major updates, including the sorcery system, building revamp, attributes overhaul, new encounters, golem shaping, new characters and stories, and a huge Journey System redesign. Now, with the Age of War Roadmap, set your eyes on what’s to come.
In Age of War – Chapter One, collect treasure from across the lands and display it in your private vault, then create and customize your own clan emblem to display it on banners and shields.
After Age of War – Chapter One, Conan Exiles will see major additions such as improved and expanded purges, recruitable mercenaries, and upgraded enemy AI, finally culminating in a PvE raid where players strike back at the Stygian invasion. These are the biggest features coming in Age of War, but there is a lot more in the works that will be revealed later.
The first chapter of Conan Exiles: Age of War will arrive June 22 on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox X|S, Xbox One, and Xbox Game Pass.
Today, Gun Interactive—the multimedia development firm behind the upcoming The Texas Chain Saw Massacre—is proud to release the game’s Official Soundtrack, as well as Remains, a companion album by Gun CEO Wes Keltner and composer Jim Bonney. Now digitally available on Spotify and Apple Music, the pair of albums arrive one week in advance of the technical test for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, allowing fans to get a taste of what’s in store. “The Massacre”, the main theme song from the OST, is composed of pig screams, chainsaws, and scraped metal, as well as other equipment like the Soma Lyra drone machine. It also features Keltner performing on the Apprehension Engine, the custom-made musical instrument played by the likes of Mark Korven and Trent Reznor, and which was once described by Brian Eno as “the most terrifying musical instrument of all time.” Take a listen below!
Remains, the collaborative companion record from Wes Keltner and Jim Bonney, was musically inspired by desert rock and similar heavy genres, while thematically exploring the events that occurred prior to those of the film. As Keltner writes in a Community Hub blog post from last year, “This album is a direct reflection of what Kim Henkel wrote, influenced by the events that led up to [those of the film] and why the Slaughter family did the things they did…it’s about that town that they grew up in and around.”
Both albums arrive in advance of the Technical Test for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, which will be held on May 25th and continue through Memorial Day weekend. The test is an invitation to the gaming community from Gun Interactive and Sumo Nottingham to collaborate in the game’s finishing stages in advance of its August 18th launch. The purpose of this event is to document the technical performance and capabilities of the latest playable build for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, not to preview the finished product. As the Gun team notes in its Community Hub post, “A Tech Test differs from a Beta in that the Technical Test is more focused on stress testing the game and backend services, allowing our team to adjust server load and make any adjustments prior to launch.”
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre takes place in the months leading up to the events of the original 1974 film, and features authentic recreations of the locations, characters, and imagery of the source material. Players control either the Victims or members of the Slaughter Family—including the infamous Leatherface—in a vicious game of 3v4 cat-and-mouse that takes the tension and suspense of the film and repurposes it into thrilling, competitive action. The Victims and the Slaughter Family must both utilize their unique abilities to come out on top, as the former use stealth and smarts to escape their fearsome tormentors, while each member of the Slaughter Family wields brutal and murderous attacks to hunt their prey.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre will launch on August 18th, 2023 for PC, PlayStation® 5 (PS5™) & PlayStation® 4 (PS4™), Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One, and will launch into Game Pass on Xbox and PC. For more information, visit The Community Hub at the official The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Website, and join the conversation at the Gun Interactive Discord.
Storm King Comics announces Usher Down, the latest volume in the popular anthology series John Carpenter’s Night Terrors, a chilling ghost story set in perhaps history’s most fabled haunted house.
Written by Alex Van Helsing author Jason Henderson and illustrated by artist Greg Scott (Gotham Central, X-Files, Black Hood), with colors by Felipe Sobreiro and letters by Eisner and Harvey nominated letterer Ed Dukeshire, Usher Down kicks off the 2023 slate of the John Carpenter’s Night Terrors imprint. The release coincides with the 10th-anniversary celebration of Storm King Comics, the first comic book publishing company to be founded by a woman, producing legend Sandy King Carpenter, with multiple activations planned at this year’s Comic-Con International.
“Here’s the thing. Usher Down isn’t a haunted house story– it’s a haunted house expedition story like the ones Greg Scott and I are obsessed with like The Haunting, Rose Red and The Legend of Hell House” says writer Jason Henderson. “When you have a house that everyone holds in awe and you put together an expedition and anything can happen. That’s the stuff, that’s what we wanted to make and Storm King made that vision a reality.”
A young psychic joins a government expedition to explore the most legendary haunted house of all time, the fabled House of Usher. The house is real, frozen in time below ground-but what the explorers find there is demonic, alive, and may well have called them for its own dark purposes. Writer Jason Henderson along with artist Greg Scott and colorist Felipe Sobreiro take you underground in Usher Down, the seventh story in Storm King Comics’ anthology series, John Carpenter’s Night Terrors.
Storm King Comics was founded in 2012 by CEO Sandy King Carpenter. She and husband/creative partner, John Carpenter, released their first comic, Asylum, ten years ago in 2013. With over 100 comic and graphic novel titles published, Storm King has brought together some of the best creators in the world to craft original horror, sci-fi, and fantasy tales. Sandy King Carpenter has utilized her extensive background in entertainment—as a horror film producer and professional—to build a successful comic book company from the ground up. She has shepherded every title throughout the creative process, alongside managing editor Sean Sobczak.
Usher Down will be available on July 12, 2023 in comic shops and digitally online through GlobalComix. Copies will ship from Amazon, and become available in bookstores on July 25 . For more information, please visit https://stormkingcomics.com/.
The comic thriller celebrates its 30th anniversary with over 30 minutes of never-before-seen deleted scenes! Available for the first time on 4k ultra hd™ July 25th. When it comes to love, poet Charlie MacKenzie (Mike Myers) has had his share of bad luck. But when he meets Harriet (Nancy Travis), he thinks he’s found “the one” – until a series of coincidences lead him to believe that Harriet might be the serial honeymoon killer “Mrs. X.” Charlie and his cop best friend (Anthony LaPaglia) must find out the truth before it’s too late in this madcap comic thriller.
DISC DETAILS & BONUS MATERIALS
4K ULTRA HD DISC
Feature scanned from the original camera negative and presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision.
All-new Dolby Atmos audio + 5.1 + 2-Channel Surround
Special Features:
NEW: 30+ Minutes of Never-Before-Seen Deleted Scenes
Theatrical Trailers
CAST AND CREW
Directed By: Thomas Schlamme
Written By: Robbie Fox
Produced by: Robert N. Fried, Cary Woods
Executive Producer: Bernie Williams
Co-Producer: Jana Sue Memel
Cast: Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia, Amanda Plummer, and Brenda Fricker
SPECS
Run Time: Approx. 93 minutes
Rating: PG-13
4K UHD Feature Picture: 2160p Ultra High Definition, 1:85:1
4K UHD Feature Audio: English Dolby Atmos (Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Compatible) | English 5.1 DTS-HD MA | English 2-Channel Surround DTS-HD MA
Today, 2K Games and the LEGO Group announced LEGO® 2K Drive, the ultimate AAA driving adventure game, is now available worldwide for Nintendo SwitchTM, PlayStation®5 (PS5™), PlayStation®4 (PS4™), Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. Check out the high octane launch trailer packed with LEGO fun here.
From an incredible team of genre experts at Visual Concepts, LEGO 2K Drive combines the best elements of open world driving and fast-paced competitive racing, along with a diverse vehicle customization system. Made to be played solo or together, the game offers robust co-op and thrilling competitive multiplayer with crossplay, allowing players to group up together across platforms, on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.* Online, local co-op, and local wireless play with friends is also available on Nintendo Switch. More information on game modes, ways to play together, customization, and more, can be found here.
LEGO 2K Drive will launch with incredible value, with a vast trove of playable (and replayable!) content that will continue to grow post-launch with four unique, Drive Pass Seasons***. Additional details on the Drive Pass Seasons can be found here.
“We’ve arrived at the first step in the multi-title partnership between 2K and the LEGO Group and we could not be more thrilled,” said Tina Walsh, Head of LEGO GAME Marketing. “With LEGO 2K Drive, Visual Concepts and 2K have taken the LEGO games experience fans know and love and evolved it in an exciting new way, delivering a game that both existing and new LEGO audiences will want to dive into.”
“LEGO 2K Drive is a dream project come to life for our team at Visual Concepts, who are deeply passionate about driving and open world games,” said Greg Thomas, President of Visual Concepts. “Regardless of playstyle, there is so much packed into Bricklandia for fans to discover, and we can’t wait for them to experience our take on a world only made possible through LEGO magic.”
Three editions of LEGO 2K Drive are available:
The Standard Edition is available for $59.99** on Nintendo SwitchTM, PlayStation®4 (PS4™), Xbox One and PC, and $69.99** on PlayStation®5 (PS5™) and Xbox Series X|S in both physical and digital formats.
The Awesome Edition is available for $99.99** and includes a new vehicle, vehicle flair, and an in-game LEGO minifigure. Players will also receive the ‘Year 1 Drive Pass’ which is a bundle that includes the Premium versions of Seasons 1-4 of the Drive Pass, the Awesome Pizza Vehicle and 550 Coins.***
The Awesome Rivals Edition is available for $119.99** and includes multiple new vehicles, a vehicle flair, and in-game LEGO minifigures. Players will also receive the ‘Year 1 Drive Pass’ which is a bundle that includes the Premium versions of Seasons 1-4 of the Drive Pass, the Awesome Pizza Vehicle and 550 Coins.***
Today, Coffee Stain Publishing and Ghost Ship Games have revealed the launch date of the next batch of content for the hit co-op mining shooter Deep Rock Galactic, Season 04: Critical Corruption.
Arriving on Steam’s Experimental Branch in early June 2023, before launching on 15th June, Season 04 introduces a mutated variant of the Rockpox disease that spawned in Season 03. Among many secrets yet to be revealed, this ever-evolving plague has brought new enemy types lurking in the mines, a new Weapons Framework DLC with a trailer debuting soon.
Let’s Get Critical, Critical
Season 04: Critical Corruption sees the hazardous evolution of the Rockpox disease which first arrived in Hoxxes IV last season. Inhabitants of Deep Rock Galactic’s proprietary planet have succumbed to the disease, spreading the contagion in a rage. To be revealed in the coming weeks, the coming Season will bring new enemies, new ways to destroy them, and new ways to traverse the hazardous holes of Hoxxes IV.
A Plaguey Performance Pass
As always, the Performance Pass is back again, offering an all-new Cosmetic Tree featuring 100 levels packed full with gear, weapons frameworks, crafting materials and the always-valued company Scrip to unlock — all for free. Players who spend more than their share of time in the sick bay with Rockpox need to not worry though, anything missed from Season 03 will go into existing loot pools to find at another time.
To mark the launch of the Season 04 and its Performance Pass, a new Decontaminator Pack, comes to the game, featuring a brand new Weapons Framework to accompany previous DLC packs and armour. The trailer for the Decontaminator Pack launches on Friday, and can be found here.
Deep Rock Galactic is available now on Steam, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5
