Deadlight: Director’s Cut: The console zombie 2D platformer now on consoles

I have been provided with a code for Deadlight Director’s Cut, a title that I really had no idea about, which tend to be my favorite titles to review, especially when they are games in this particular genre. Deadlight is a 2D platforming game where you play as Randall in 1986 Seattle searching for family he was separated from. It is you against zombies and puzzles with weapons if sneaking is too passive for you, so let's see how Deadlight goes.  

Immediately out of the gate, I am reminiscent of the time spent with Limbo and Castlevania. It also has a nice level of difficulty by making ammo scarce and puzzles thought invoking when zombies aren't the only thing that can kill you. Visually it looks great, while the foreground is dark and the background is a detailed apocalyptic Seattle. While the gameplay was fun and visually it looked great, I am not sure if it was the story or the animation style had me skipping cut scenes shortly after starting. 

On top of the ability to now play Deadlight on the current consoles, Survival Arena changes things up by fighting off waves of zombies and while it was entertaining, progressing up the leaderboards kept me returning. The Director's Cut includes a digital art book and the original Developer Diaries to provide fans with more insight to the Deadlight series. Deadlight: Director's Cut is available now for $19.99 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.

Dementium II pre order poster announced to haunt your dreams

SouthPeak has recently announced that the first thousand people to pre order the survivor horror sequel for the Nintendo DS from Renegade Kid and send in a copy of their receipt to DementiumII@southpeakgames.com will win a Dementium II poster signed by the game's creators. The only restrictions for the offer would be that the title would have to be pre ordered from an authorized retailer, scan or take a picture of the receipt, and send to the above email address. This offer is only available to US and Canada residents and limited to one per household. Dementium II is scheduled for release in February of 2010.

Deadly Premonition is latest to be announced from Ignition

Deadly Premonition is a new third person survival horror game to be released exclusively for the Xbox 360. The role of the main character, FBI agent Franis York Morgan, in this title is to investigate the gruesome murders which have started occurring in the rural town of Greenvale. Deadly Premonition is slated for 2010. If your looking for angel winged babies and bleeding trees, check out the trailer below.

New L4D2 art and info straight from PAX

Valve has released some of the art from the playable Dark Carnival
campaign being shown at PAX this weekend. Along with showing off the new
campaign, a new boss infected monster has been introduced as well, the
Jockey. The Jockey lets you attack lone Survivors and wrestle control of
their movement away from them-into fire, off ledges, or straight into the
middle of a zombie horde. The zombie clown infected found specifically in
Dark Carnival along with a handful of new weapons, such as the electric
guitar, machete, and the American baseball bat are also being shown on in
the Valve and Microsoft booths.

Too soon to leave L4D,for dead?

To boycott or not boycott, what will it be? With Valve's announcement to the sequel of the original, Left 4 Dead, that had just been released short of a year ago, Valve fanboys across the web are letting it be known that they can complain as much as Capcom fans.

It is still too early to tell if the franchise warrants a sequel so soon but I am sure it will be known shortly whether gamers are ready for this multiplayer survival horror or if the outcome will be Bionic Commando-esque sales numbers.

I know that I for one will be buying the sequel on day one, buy my largest fear in itself would be that the number of people to play with will be cut in halves, one being elitists, the others being noobs and fans in hopes that it will surpass the original.