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culture3 hours ago•18 min saved

Netflix’s Unhinged: A TV Horror Experience You Play With Your Phone

Netflix broadens its gaming lineup with Unhinged, a standalone narrative horror title from Night School Studios that runs on your TV and is controlled via a connected smartphone. The game uses the phone as a flashlight, texting/calling interface, and audio bridge to create a tense, home‑invasion–style story that unfolds in 20–50 minutes, designed for horror fans and casual players alike. Starring Sadie Sink and Zoë Kravitz, it releases June 30, 2026, signaling Netflix’s push into TV‑based interactive storytelling.

via Rolling Stone|

#culture #horror #narrative-games

gaming2 years ago•2 min saved

PlayStation CEO Defends Narrative Games and PS Plus Over Game Pass

Sony's PlayStation will continue to focus on delivering graphically beautiful narrative-rich games, which have been the bedrock of its first-party business and have helped the PS4 stay ahead of competitors. Jim Ryan, Head of PlayStation, emphasized that while live service games have their appeal, PlayStation will not solely invest in them and will continue to prioritize its current strengths. The success of narrative-driven games like The Last of Us and God of War has resonated with the PlayStation fanbase, and future games like Marvel's Wolverine are expected to follow this format.

via Tech4Gamers|

#gaming #jim-ryan #live-service-games

gaming3 years ago•5 min saved

The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of 'Cart Life'.

Indie game Cart Life, which won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the Game Developer Conference’s annual Independent Games Festival in 2013, disappeared from Steam in 2014. Creator Richard Hofmeier pulled the game due to unresolved problems and bugs. Now, Hofmeier and AdHoc Studio plan to revive the game, not as a nostalgic cash grab, but as an earnest attempt to preserve it. The game, which focuses on three street vendors struggling to make ends meet, is hard because life is hard. It's a unique experience that allows players to be messy and constantly subverts their expectations. The game is set to be released later this year.

via WIRED|

#adhoc-studio #cart-life #gaming