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Friday the 13th: The Game will arrive on the Switch in August on Tuesday the 13th
Jason Voorhees will get the chance to stalk teenagers on the go beginning in August. During the latest episode of Gun Media’s Tales From the Stream show, the publisher announced that Friday the 13th: The Game will be released for the Switch on August 13th… which is actually a Tuesday.
I’m sure fans will appreciate being able to play the game in August, but I think it’s funny that Gun Media could have released Friday the 13th: The Game on Friday the 13th if they had just waited until September.
The full episode of Gun Media’s Tales From the Stream has been embedded above, so be sure to watch the hosts play a Friday the 13th match on the Switch for the first time.
Posted in News, Switch
Tagged Friday the 13th
Sony adds Horizon: Zero Dawn, Resident Evil 7, Friday the 13th, more to PlayStation Hits line
With the PS5 on the horizon and this year’s E3 Expo in the rearview mirror, now’s the perfect time for Sony to add a new batch of games to their PlayStation Hits line of budget titles for the PS4.
All games in the PlayStation Hits line are priced at a very wallet-friendly $19.99, and five new titles will be added on June 28, including Friday the 13th, God of War III Remastered, Horizon: Zero Dawn – Complete Edition, Nioh, and Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. In case you missed it, five other games recently became part of the PlayStation Hits line in a Spring update that included Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, Lego Jurassic World, Mad Max, Persona 5, and Star Wars: Battlefront.
More than 40 games have become PlayStation Hits since the lineup’s distinctive red label launched last Summer. And if you’re interested, you can find a complete rundown of the entire collection over at the PlayStation Blog.
Posted in News, PS4
Tagged Friday the 13th, God of War III, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Nioh, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Friday the 13th: The Game slashes its way to the Switch this Spring
It looks like Jason Voorhees will soon be taking his talents to the Switch, as Variety has learned that Gun Media will release Friday the 13th: Ultimate Slasher Edition for Nintendo’s hybrid console this Spring:
“We’re happy to be bringing Friday the 13th: The Game to the Nintendo Switch with the help of our partners at Black Tower and Nighthawk. The Nintendo Switch offers a unique experience, in both social settings and on the go, that we feel work very well with Friday the 13th: The Game,” said Daniel Nixon, Gun Media’s Director of Communications.
With the exception of Friday the 13th’s Kickstarter-exclusive content, the publisher promised that the Ultimate Slasher Edition will include all previously-released downloadable content when it launches for the Switch in the Spring.
Posted in News, Switch
Tagged Friday the 13th
New Retail Releases: FIFA 19, Valkyria Chronicles 4, This Is the Police II, More
It’s Monday, and that means another big batch of new games will be available at your favorite retail establishment this week…
Leading the way is the latest iteration in EA Sports’s annual series of soccer simulations, FIFA 19. The game will launch its way towards the goal on the PS4, Switch, and Xbox One in a Standard Editions and a Champions Edition. FIFA 19 will also be available to download for the PC through EA’s Origin service.
Sega is bringing back a beloved franchise this week as Valkyria Chronicles 4 will also make its way to the PS4, Switch, and Xbox One. Featuring hand-drawn visuals and gameplay that melds together a turn-based strategy RPG and a third-person shooter, fans will also be able to download Valkyria Chronicles 4 for the PC.
Strategy RPG fans might also be interested in This Is the Police II for the PS4, Switch, and Xbox One. Players will manage a Sheriff’s Department in the “cold border town” of Sharpwood in a “harsh story where no one is completely innocent.”
Elsewhere on the shelves, Bandai Namco will re-release Dragon Ball FighterZ and Namco Museum Arcade Pac (which comes bundled with Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Plus) for the Switch. And Nintendo themselves will launch new Starter Editions of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Splatoon 2, Super Mario Odyssey.
Finally this week, Gun Media will resurrect the Friday the 13th: Ultimate Slasher Edition for the PS4 and Xbox One, which includes the original game and all previously-released downloadable content.
A complete list of this week’s new releases can be found after the break. (more…)
Here’s your first look at Friday the 13th’s Single-Player Challenges
Gun Media first announced Friday the 13th‘s single-player expansion before the game even launched, and they’ve been hard at work on it ever since. But it looks like fans won’t have to wait much longer.
Recently, the developer unveiled a new trailer for the game’s upcoming Single-Player Challenges mode. In the video, we see Jason stalk a pair of teens trying to fix a flat tire. While stealthily teleporting around the map (and receiving encouragement from his deceased mother), Jason uses environmental triggers to kill both teens to unlock a bonus Objective.
According to Gun Media, Friday the 13th’s Single-Player Challenges will include “numerous Objectives per Challenge, bigger levels, and multiple targets.” A release date for the free update wasn’t announced, but hopefully the long-promised expansion will be available soon.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Friday the 13th
Warp Zoned’s 2017 Golden Pixel Awards: A New Beginning for Video Games
When we looked over the gaming landscape at the beginning of 2017, we opined that game publishers had done their best to wipe the slate clean throughout all of 2016. Many of gaming’s most mysterious projects were finally released, Nintendo closed the door on the Wii U, the VR revolution was in full swing, and upgraded versions of the PS4 and Xbox One were on the horizon.
In these first few days of 2018, I think it’s safe to say the last 12 months definitely fulfilled that promise. Nintendo’s Switch roared out of the gate in March and the consolemaker filled the calendar with big titles on “Day One” and throughout the rest of the year. Night in the Woods, Persona 5, and Golf Story told new kinds of stories that gamers had never seen before. Cuphead delivered a decidedly retro side-scroller packaged within a unique visual playground packaged. And someone even managed to create a fun Friday the 13th game.
It was quite a year, and you can find more of our favorites from 2017 after the break. (more…)
Posted in Etcetera, Features, PC, PS4, Switch, Top Story, Wii U, Xbox One
Tagged Crash Bandicoot, Cuphead, Friday the 13th, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Injustice 2, Mario Kart 8, Night in the Woods, Persona 5, Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment, Splatoon 2, Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Xenoblade Chronicles 2
New Retail Releases: Middle-Earth Shadow of War, The Evil Within 2, Friday the 13th, More
There might never be one game to rule them all… but the One Right returns to video games this week in Middle-Earth: Shadow of War for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
We’re also getting closer to Halloween and that means a pair of horror games are on the horizon. Bethesda is back this week with The Evil Within 2 for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. And Gun Media will launch a retail edition of Friday the 13th: The Game for the PS4 and Xbox one.
You can read all about the rest of this week’s new retail releases after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Switch, Vita, Xbox One
Tagged Friday the 13th, Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, The Evil Within 2
Gun Media and Illfonic have sold 1.8 million copies of Friday the 13th: The Game
Though it got off to a bit of a rocky start, Gun Media and Illfonic might need to replace Friday the 13th‘s famous “Ch Ch, Ch, Chhh, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ahhh” audio cue with a nice “Cha-Ching.” Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, the developers revealed that Friday the 13th: The Game has sold 1.8 million copies since its launch in May.
Gun Media’s founder, Wes Keltner, spoke at less about the server issues that have plagued the game since its release, as well as plans for future updates:
“Our number one priority right now is stability and squashing bugs,” Keltner says. “That’s what all of our engineers are focusing on. We’ve also nearly doubled our team size to help with this issue. But our content/art teams are free to work on new content, and that’s what we’ve been doing. Players can expect new maps, characters, Easter eggs and other great updates in the near future. I think fans are really going to enjoy what we have planned, as some of this content comes directly from player feedback/requests, while some others are surprises we’ve had up our sleeves for several months now.”
The developers are also hard at work on a single-player expansion and a physical release for Friday the 13th: The Game, but it’s currently unknown when either will be ready.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Friday the 13th