Horror

Tired of Xbox Enhanced games? Rather dust off your NES and play some classics? Look no more. Haunted Halloween ’86  is so retro it even created a Nintendo cartridge that …
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Usually, with puzzle games, I can take them or leave them. They’re fun for a short burst; then I prefer to move on to something a bit more action-packed. That …
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Bulb Boy is a sort of point and click adventure game. I say sort of, because it’s a little more unusual than your standard pointing and clicking affair. Firstly, the …
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The original Outlast quickly became a well-received horror title, as exploring the horrifying asylum with just a camera and your wit, led to an intense experience of survival. The sequel, …
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The latest cult Steam success story, Dead by Daylight is getting an Xbox One release later this year. The asymmetrical, 4v1 multiplayer horror game, sees one player taking on the …
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Badfly Interactive’s Dead Effect 2 is a sci-fi, horror first-person shooter filled with zombies, space soldiers, deadly drones and a plethora of high-caliber weapons to fight them with. While this …
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Enigmatis 2 is not the kind of point and click adventure game that I’m used to. This is not a game filled with frustrating, obtuse item puzzles like the Monkey Island games, …
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Three or four years ago, I heard a rumour that Amnesia: The Dark Descent was going to be released on the Xbox 360, and I couldn’t wait for it to happen. …
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Outlast was developed and published by Red Barrels. It was released June 18, 2014 on Xbox One for $19.99/£16.99 and includes The Whistleblower DLC. A copy was provided for review purposes.

Throughout the history of video games, there have always been developers who set out to scare, shock, terrify and otherwise freak out an audience of gamers that is increasingly more resilient to zombies, vampires, blood, gore and all of the usual tactics. Red Barrels is one such developer, and with the excellent Outlast, they have succeeded in creating a game which is not only genuinely frightening, but which also benefits from an interesting story, and a level of engagement which really enhances the overall experience.

Set in the Mount Massive Mental Asylum, Outlast locks the player into a 5 to 6 hour long campaign which maintains a generally high level of intensity, with downtime offered only occasionally (and fleetingly) as main character Miles Upshur desperately navigates his way towards an ever more elusive escape.

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Telltale finally pulled through by the end, but certainly not the middle of August as planned. Just confirmed to IGN that we’ll be getting on the next episode of …
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