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The Hellspawn of ‘Left 4 Dead’ Meets ‘Aliens’: GTFO

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6 years ago

June 18, 2018

At last year’s The Game Awards, 10 Chambers Collective–a collection of developers who previously worked on the Payday franchise–unveiled a gameplay trailer for their survival horror passion project: GTFO.

During the week of E3, the developers sat down for interviews and released more gameplay footage to the public. Much like the Left 4 Dead series, along with Payday, Borderlands, Evolve, and Dead By Daylight, the game focuses on 4 player co-op, with likelihood of success increasing with players sticking together. 10 Chambers’ project is certainly a product of multiple influences in its construction.

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Players take on the role of 4 customizable prisoners, barely equipped, plunged deep underground by the orders of an organization called WARDEN. Your team’s goal: retrieve the requested items for your designated WARDEN.

While some may handle the retrieval portion of the task easily enough, players may find difficulty in navigating the complex of winding tunnels to make it out alive.

The undead infest the mines players have to navigate; they range from grunt level zombies to invisible hunters, and grotesque body horrors with tendrils that can drag a player away from their crew.

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Dust and spores riddle the air, proving difficult for your flashlights to try and fixate on enemies and consoles in right in front of you.

Supplies will be scarce, especially ammunition for powerful weaponry. Crews must explore each section of the level to obtain supplies to venture further down; however, teams can run the risk of embarking to areas infested with hordes of (what appear to be) fungal zombies.

Stealth is a crucial in these scenarios, and engaging the undead unprepared can assure players a swiftly failed mission.

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Some equipment players can expect to find are glue guns, heat lasers, and sentry turrets to brace entryways for a confrontation with a horde.

Zombies clamoring over top of each other, busting down enormous doors in dork corridors and attacking from the corners of the dark gives GTFO the image and general vibe of what the game Aliens: Colonial Marines was supposed to be.

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GTFO‘s setting is entirely underground, and the maps (levels) will be made using the Unity Engine to randomize the layouts (as opposed to the maps being randomly generated during the matchmaking).

Characters are customizable and can be made into special classes such as reconnaissance, equipment specialist (technician), medic, and tank.

As for the story, 10 Chambers Collective is taking cues from the Dark Souls series and leaving clues in the game’s levels for players to find in order to piece together the story’s entire narrative.

10 Chambers Collective’s developers do not plan for there to be any microtransactions and intend to continuously patch and update the game with issues brought up in the community.

They’re aiming for a release date later in 2018, but Ulf Andersson (creative director) explained to IGN that the process may take longer.

While on the subject of zombies and survival horror, if you haven’t seen the new footage released for the long awaited Overkill’s The Walking Dead, you can check out our coverage on the game here.

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Netflix Releases First BTS ‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ Footage

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6 hours ago

April 30, 2024

Timothy Rawles

It’s been three long years since Netflix unleashed the bloody, but enjoyable Fear Street on its platform. Released in a tryptic fashion, the streamer broke up the story into three episodes, each taking place in a different decade which by the finale were all tied together.

Now, the streamer is in production for its sequel Fear Street: Prom Queen which brings the story into the 80s. Netflix gives a synopsis of what to expect from Prom Queen on their blog site Tudum:

“Welcome back to Shadyside. In this next installment of the blood-soaked Fear Street franchise, prom season at Shadyside High is underway and the school’s wolfpack of It Girls is busy with its usual sweet and vicious campaigns for the crown. But when a gutsy outsider is unexpectedly nominated to the court, and the other girls start mysteriously disappearing, the class of ’88 is suddenly in for one hell of a prom night.”

Based on R.L. Stine’s massive series of Fear Street novels and spin-offs, this chapter is number 15 in the series and was published in 1992.

FEAR STREET: PROM QUEEN IS NOW IN PRODUCTION 🩸 Welcome to Shadyside High. We're gonna have a killer time. pic.twitter.com/jDl0zRa2CH
— Netflix (@netflix) April 30, 2024

Fear Street: Prom Queen features a killer ensemble cast, including India Fowler (The Nevers, Insomnia), Suzanna Son (Red Rocket, The Idol), Fina Strazza (Paper Girls, Above the Shadows), David Iacono (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Cinnamon), Ella Rubin (The Idea of You), Chris Klein (Sweet Magnolias, American Pie), Lili Taylor (Outer Range, Manhunt) and Katherine Waterston (The End We Start From, Perry Mason).

No word on when Netflix will drop the series into its catalog.

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Live Action Scooby-Doo Reboot Series In Works at Netflix

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7 hours ago

April 30, 2024

Timothy Rawles

The ghosthunting Great Dane with an anxiety problem, Scooby-Doo, is getting a reboot and Netflix is picking up the tab. Variety is reporting that the iconic show is becoming an hour-long series for the streamer although no details have been confirmed. In fact, Netflix execs declined to comment.

If the project is a go, this would be the first live-action movie based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon since 2018’s Daphne & Velma. Before that, there were two theatrical live-action movies, Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), then two sequels that premiered on The Cartoon Network.

Currently, the adult-oriented Velma is streaming on Max.

Scooby-Doo originated in 1969 under the creative team Hanna-Barbera. The cartoon follows a group of teenagers who investigate supernatural happenings. Known as Mystery Inc., the crew consists of Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Shaggy Rogers, and his best friend, a talking dog named Scooby-Doo.

Normally the episodes revealed the hauntings they encountered were hoaxes developed by land-owners or other nefarious characters hoping to scare people away from their properties. The original TV series named Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! ran from 1969 to 1986. It was so successful that movie stars and pop culture icons would make guest appearances as themselves in the series.

Celebrities such as Sonny & Cher, KISS, Don Knotts, and The Harlem Globetrotters made cameos as did Vincent Price who portrayed Vincent Van Ghoul in a few episodes.

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BET Releasing New Original Thriller: The Deadly Getaway

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7 hours ago

April 30, 2024

Cameron McFarland

BET will soon be offering horror fans a rare treat. The studio has announced the official release date for their new original thriller, The Deadly Getaway. Directed by Charles Long (The Trophy Wife), this thriller sets up a heart racing game of cat and mouse for audiences to sink their teeth into.

Wanting to break up the monotony of their routine, Hope and Jacob set off to spend their vacation at a simple cabin in the woods. However, things go sideways when Hope’s ex-boyfriend shows up with a new girl at the same campsite. Things soon spiral out of control. Hope and Jacob must now work together to escape the woods with their lives.

The Deadly Getaway is written by Eric Dickens (Makeup X Breakup) and Chad Quinn (Reflections of US). The Film stars, Yandy Smith-Harris (Two Days in Harlem), Jason Weaver (The Jacksons: An American Dream), and Jeff Logan (My Valentine Wedding).

Showrunner Tressa Azarel Smallwood had the following to say about the project. “The Deadly Getaway is the perfect reintroduction to classic thrillers, which encompass dramatic twists, and spine-chilling moments. It showcases the range and diversity of emerging Black writers across genres of film and television.”

The Deadly Getaway will premiere on 5.9.2024, exclusively ion BET+.