Silent Hill 2 - Cola Powered Gamer reviews a classic Horror game!

It’s not often that a genre-defining game that’s also a sequel becomes such a massive success. You might think of games such as DOOM 2 and Street Fighter II, but when it comes to horror, one title will always come up, Silent Hill 2. After the success that was Silent Hill on the Playstation 1, Konami quickly decided to create another game in the series. You will probably notice that I didn’t use the word sequel because SH2 isn’t exactly a direct sequel to the first game.

Developed by Team Silent, immediately after the completion of Silent Hill, in June 1999. The story was written by Takoyashi Sato, with the help of Hiroyuki Owako who wrote most of the lore and dialog. Silent Hill 2’s story was inspired by Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and elements of it, can be seen throughout the game. The budget for the game was small compared to today’s standards, and according to Sato, the budget was around 7-10 million dollars.

Horns of Fear - Third-person psychological horror coming to Steam 7th June, 2018

Lovecraft's Untold Stories isn't the only upcoming horror game to grace our screens this year, as we've recently been informed by Pixoala that they are soon to launch their third-person psychological horror ' Horns of Fear ', which will be available for PC as from 7th June. Now unlike the other game in this one you play as Jim Sonrimor, a journalist fascinated by the paranormal that upon a caller invite has found himself on a terrifying journey to unravel the mysteries hidden within a dark mansion.

Zepton - A Third person 3D Zaxxon - On Pico-8!

I'm constantly being blown away by the awesomeness that's coming out of the Pico-8 community. every time I think I've seen all this little restricted platform has to offer, something comes along to blow it out of the water! This time, after what seems a lifetime of testing on twitter, BBS user Rez has created a Zaxxon-ish clone, but also made it third person! quite a feat for a system with no actual 3D rendering pipeline baked in.

Hatred - Controversial shooter game play footage!

The 1st June release date for Destructive Creations controversial shooter 'Hatred' is fast approaching, and what better way to check the game out in all it's gorish glory is to watch this latest 18+ gameplay footage that had been made available yesterday. If you thought Postal was gory, that's nothing compared to this upcoming sick and twisted shooter. Hatred takes on Postal, as you search the city of New York and kill as many people as possible, from innocent civilians to law enforcement officers.

Dead Crusade - Aesthetic Games Inc updates with a creepy story trailer!

It looks as if Dead Crusade, a medieval survival RPG through Kickstarter needs a real kick up the backside! As there are only 19 days left and it's only raised $8,829 of a $250,000 goal so far, which doesn't bode to well. And thus, to give it that helping hand, Aesthetic Games have just released a big tease of the Dead Crusade story! Dead Crusade uses the Unreal 4 Engine, set in real world 14th century Europe during the Black Death pandemic and features plenty of gory game play.
Systems : PC, Mac, Linux Release : Dec 2015 Kickstarter Goal : $250,000

Dead Crusade - Aesthetic Games Inc aims to give you horror through the Medieval Ages (Kickstarter)

Aesthetic Games Inc have just announced through Kickstarter a brand new horror filled game using the Unreal 4 Engine, set in real world 14th century Europe during the Black Death pandemic. Featuring great graphics, single player, multi player and head chopping game play, this is a new take on the Zombie Apocalypse. A medieval survival horror RPG, where you travel through cities, countrysides and other interesting locations trying to stop the undead horde. If you liked Medieval Warfare and want more blood gurgling horror, then Dead Crusade is just what the doctor ordered.
Systems : PC, Mac, Linux Release : Dec 2015 Kickstarter Goal : $250,000

Tomb of Rooms - Third person horror game for 1-2 players, now in Pre-Alpha

Game Type : Co-op, Third Person, Horror
Developer : IdleCreations
Game Quote : Tomb of Rooms is a third person survival horror / dungeon crawler for 1-2 players split screen co-op. Players must ascend a tower full of increasingly difficult, randomly generated levels, using limited light and limited weapons. It is created by 1 programmer and 2 artists, and is currently in pre-alpha. As such, it is very much still in development, and may well have the odd bug here and there
Release : Pre-Alpha available for free, Depending on funds an update a month!
Systems : PC, Mac, Linux

Beyond Flesh And Blood - 3rd person action shooter set on a dystopian Earth (Kickstarter)

Game Type : Action, Third Person

Kickstarter Goal : £30,000

Developer, Project By : Pixel Bomb Games
Game Info Quote : Beyond Flesh and Blood is a story-lead 3rd person action/shooter game, with horror overtures and sci-fi gore. Bringing together dystopian themes of dehumanisation, political instability and environmental disaster, we've created an amazingly immersive experience where the objective is to tactically understand and utilise your environment in a battle against deadly enemies.

Release : July 2014
Systems : Xbox first, PC, Mac later

State of Decay - Zombie-survival open world game set for early access today!

Game Type : Third Person,Open World,Survival
Developer : Undead Labs
Developer Game Quote : The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world. You choose where to make your stand, designing and fortifying your home base, performing daring raids for food and ammunition, and rescuing other playable survivors with unique talents. The open, sandbox world develops in real-time, shaped by your actions, dynamically generating content based on your choices and the ever-increasing zombie threat.
Release : TBA (10:00 AM PDT/1 PM EDT/6 PM GMT Steam Early Access)
Systems : Xbox 360 / Xbox LIVE Arcade, PC

DayZ Standalone - Video/Info Gamescom Update!

Game Type : Fully Standalone Online Survival Zombie Apocalypse Game
Info : So far nearly everyone has heard of DayZ, the all time great online Zombie apocalypse mod by Mr Rocket. A mod in which you play with lots of other players in a vast infected landscape, while trying to survive with friend or foe or the deadly zombies themselves. But it's with great pleasure to show you all the latest and best footage and info so far from Gamescom, from the many different members that have visited the show!
Developer : Rocket Hall
Update : Gameplay Videos/Info

Black Soul - Third person survival horror with a demo

Turn the lights out and the sound up, and get ready for a new third person survival horror, called Black Soul. Developed by XeniosVision, is all about a story that takes place somewhere in the English countryside. But this is no relaxing holiday, as people have been turned into psychotic killers, by an unknown infection. And it's down to you, to help Ava and Sean to survive, and to find out the truth of this horrible infection, before you end up nice and dead! Black Soul has a very resident evil, silent hill feel, with plenty of puzzles to solve, and enemies to defeat. So if horror is your genre, then this game might be just what you need.

War Z - Updated Colorado map

Although I haven't played WarZ for sometime and especially as this Online Zombie Apocalypse game has been attacked by hackers left right and center. The developers are pushing out a new map update at some point during May 2013. This will be a graphical update to the cities of Colorado and as for any other updates to the map, we will have to wait and see. As for me, I'll probably be playing DayZ Epoch!

Grimlands, Kick Starting the apocalypse (free to play MMORPG)

Grimlands is a free to play MMORPG by Drago Entertainment. It is based in a post apocalyptic world and plays like a first and third person shooter. It is not a point and click MMO game play wise. The game offers a vast sandbox world to explore and will have a player based economy with PVE quests along with persistent and instanced PVP. The player will develop their character skills free of classes and levels. You can join a clan and fight over territory or be a lone wolf, the choice is yours.

DreadOut - A Third Person Horror Experience, with a Demo!

Here comes a game that will try to scare you to death, where all others may have failed. This is DreadOut, a third-person survival horror game set in Indonesia. You play as Linda, and using her many gadgets including a camera, aims to interact with the ghosts to help her solve the puzzles in a deserted town. But what about the scare factor? Wait till you see just how these ghosts appear. If you've ever played Fatal Frame, with the dead appearing right face to face through a camera, then you'll know what to expect with DreadOut.

ARMA 3 - Alpha Lite Giveaway

For sure we are an Indie/Retro gaming site, however sometimes I do like to settle down and play an AAA title, thus I have TWO Arma 3 Alpha Lite steam gifts to give away! Prepare yourself to play the most epic of military simulators, with all the warfare you can handle.

AVP : Evolution - Aliens for iOS

A new Aliens Versus Predator from the developers Angry Mob Games, has appeared for iOS devices and it looks pretty impressive going by the trailer and screenshots. Don't worry this has nothing to do with Gearbox or Sega, so they haven't screwed this one up. This is AVP Evolution whereby you play as both the Alien and Predator, in a face off as if it's straight from the movies.

Planet Explorers Alpha v0.51 Available - UPDATE

This is our first game update article on Indie Retro News and to start it off, we have a new Alpha 0.51 for Planet Explorers from Pathea Games, whereby you must explore, gather, build, create, fight, and ultimately, conquer the land.

WarZ - Patch Notes 2/19/2013

Another patch : 2/19/2013 was just released for this Online Zombie Apocalypse game, however there are no zombie glitch fixes and no promised weapons like the Chain Saw. The loot has been well and truly busted these last few days and our clan has become rather bored of the game and it's lack of developer involvement.  Oh and did I mention that the public servers are an absolute hack fest!

Planet Explorers - explore, gather, build, create, fight & conquer

A new game which is still in development, looks to tip the balance in the creation scale. This is Planet Explorers from Pathea Games, whereby you must explore, gather, build, create, fight, and ultimately, conquer the land.  Sure, we've had so many games of this type before, however the thought of massive enemies and advanced weaponry in Planet Explorers could be something special.

WarZ latest Patch released - Patch Notes 11/7/12

 The latest update 11/7/12 has been released for WarZ some servers are going down now for the patch, however some of you will get failing to patch so best wait awhile!. Use the WarZ launcher to update

Fixed some stuck areas related to water.
Fixed bug with missing hands in FPS view for new characters
Fixed bug when dying from thirst or hunger will result in you walking dead
Fixed bug with zombies having female sounds