Super Spooky News

In this week’s terrifying gaming news

Spooky Games

Dread XP hosted the Indie Horror Showcase featuring 60 indie horror games. Including a frightening typing game called Blood Typers, a game where you play a peeping tom called Tom the Postgirl and a deck building card game where everything is made out of hands called… Out of Hands.

Several hours after the presentation Moya Horror and Haunted PS1 announced that their yearly fright fest Eek3 would be airing withing the week but spookily it has been delayed due to technical issues.

That didn’t stop other horror games being announced though including a Death Note game with an Among Us social deduction vibe which is coming out next month and will be released day one Playstation Plus.

Concord Gone For Good

This year’s unprecedented disaster Concord, by developer Firewalk Studios has been quietly updating itself on steam ever since it was removed for sale. This led to speculation that the multiplayer character shooter was prepping to try again. These hopes have been smashed however as Sony has now officially shuttered the studio. Also in the firing line was Neon Koi who Sony acquired in 2022 to develop a mobile action title.

210 developers will be affected by the closures.

Nintendo’s Online Services Rise Again

Animal Crossing Pocket Camp is dead! Long live Animal Crossing Pocket Camp complete! A paid version of the online app will release on December 3rd and allow existing players to transfer their camps as well as new players to experience the game without microtransactions and other online features. The game will launch at $10 AUD but will increase its price on the 31st of January to $20.
Keeping the spotlight on themselves Nintendo also launched Nintendo Music a phone app that allows users of Nintendo’s Online Subscription to listen to soundtracks from their favourite games.

Playdate Dock Dead?

The little yellow handheld that could, the Playdate was originally announced to have a dock which would act as a speaker and a pen holder! After years of waiting the dock is not coming any time soon as Panic have been unable to find an acceptable manufacturer. At this point the products future is… uncertain!

New Ubisoft Games

Ever with their finger on the pulse, Ubisoft have released an NFT game. Champions Tactics is a web 3.0 game that will allow players to purchase champions for real money. The most expensive being $63K USD.

Ubisoft have also confirmed they are in the early stages of a new Rayman game with the series’ original creator Michel Ancel.

Upcoming Game Releases

Clock Tower: Rewind (PS5, PS4, Switch), Dragon Age: The Veilguard (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC), Horizon Zero Dawn – Remastered (PS5, PC), Shadows of the Damned: Hell Remastered (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, PC) – – November 1
Metal Slug Tactics (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, PC) – November 6
Planet Coaster 2 (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) – November 7