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11 stories tagged horror
After a decade of fan demand and licensing limbo, the Friday the 13th icon arrives in Dead by Daylight on June 16, 2026 as The Slasher - the game's 10th-anniversary killer, wielding Omnipresent Evil and Improvised Carnage.
Vertigo Games and Exkee will release their ground-up remake of the 1993 FMV classic on June 4, using volumetric video to drop real actors right inside Henry Stauf's mansion.
Bandai Namco's Little Nightmares II Enhanced Edition arrives on Nintendo Switch 2 today, May 29, 2026, rebuilding the acclaimed atmospheric horror with higher-resolution visuals, ray tracing, and a choice between a 4K 30fps Beauty Mode and a 60fps Performance Mode.
Necrophosis: Full Consciousness is out now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam), and its launch trailer shows off grotesque new landscapes plus footage from the Subconsciousness DLC. The complete edition brings Dragonis Games' surreal first-person horror - inspired by the art of Zdzislaw Beksinski and the dread of H.P. Lovecraft - to consoles for the first time, casting you as a memoryless Consciousness exploring cursed dimensions with no weapons at all.
Spanish developer Duck Reaction and UK publisher Perp Games have announced Perceptum, a roughly three-hour psychological horror game scheduled to launch in 2027 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. You play a medium investigating a family's disappearance armed only with a pocket mirror, with influences from P.T. and The Conjuring and an early PC playtest already running on Steam.
Mob Entertainment has confirmed Poppy Playtime: Chapter 5 - Broken Things launches on consoles May 27, 2026, three months after the PC release. The new console release date trailer puts The Prototype - Experiment 1006 - back at the center of the marketing. PS5 and Xbox Series X|S target 60 FPS with optional 4K/30 and uncapped VRR modes, while PS4, Xbox One, and Switch all get the full uncut campaign at their respective performance profiles.
Saber Interactive and Boss Team Games dropped a new gameplay trailer for Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival on May 20, 2026, focused entirely on the Genesis Configuration - the puzzle box that powers protagonist Aidan's combat and Labyrinth manipulation. The trailer shows off three named abilities (Telekinesis, Pyrokinesis, and Hell Chains), Doug Bradley returns to voice Pinhead, and Saber is targeting a Fall 2026 launch on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
Supermassive's Directive 8020 swaps slasher tropes for The Thing-style space horror on May 12 — Lashana Lynch leads an eight-crew Cassiopeia as a real-time roaming alien hunts the ship and a new rewind mechanic breaks Dark Pictures' permanent-choice rule.
Kinetic Games confirms Phasmophobia's Player Character Update for May 5, 2026, adding 12 customizable investigators with no microtransactions, removing the death room, and ushering in an Alan Wake crossover starting May 12.
Korean indie horror game Narin: The Orange Room launches on Steam April 7 at $14.99, offering supernatural scares rooted in Korean folklore.
Team Ninja's full remake of the 2003 horror classic preserves the dread of the original while rebuilding every system — though some technical issues at launch have tempered the reception.