Last Year: The Nightmare Review by: Stephen Machuga For the better part of a year, since I saw it at Penny Arcade Expo in Boston, I have been somewhat fascinated with the 5v1 horror survival game Last Year: The Nightmare. I love asymmetrical games: Evolve, Left 4 Dead, Dead By Daylight. Anything where I can group up with some folks and take down a single overpowered character, or reverse it and play as the big bad guy and stomp some random player groups. Last Year, created by

When I first played the original State of Decay from Undead Labs, I was immediately hooked on its amazingly clever fusion of zombie slaying action and base building survival. Plenty of other games feature these same mechanics, but not quite in the same way. Controlling a full group of survivors instead of the lone-wolf made for quite a refreshing and engaging experience. Though I enjoyed my time with the original State of Decay, something was missing. This was an experience t

A New Pillow Fort Survival Game, Coming Soon to Steam and Switch! As a kid, did you ever build pillow forts, or worry if there were monsters hiding in the darkest parts of your room? Lifelong friends Jed and Maxx did when they were little. Now that they’re grown-ups and working in programming and VFX, a thought crossed their minds: why not take those nostalgia-rich childhood staples and make a video game out of it? So together with their friend Banks and a few other game deve

At one point or another, we have all been the last man standing in a seemingly impossible battle. An army is set before us. There is no other help coming. The only thing that stands between victory and defeat is you. And in the case of Let Them Come, you and your array of futuristic power are the first, only, and last line of defense. Releasing from VERSUS EVIL, Let Them Come is a traditional side-scrolling arcade shooter, where players must fight a monstrous alien horde in t

Survival Tips to Help You in: Escape from Tarkov by Nightmare Actual Escape from Tarkov is a very dynamic and tense game, even in its early stages of development. One thing you can expect from other players is the run and gun tactic. the run and gun tactic might work for some games but it will not give you an advantage in this game. EFT as the community calls it for short being a combat simulator in its essence, one can apply certain military applications to help you gain the

What is Escape from Tarkov? by Nightmare Actual Well according to Battlestate Games (The developer of Escape from Tarkov) they describe EFT as a hardcore story driven MMO/FPS with RPG and survival elements. As you play the game you get loaded into “raids” much like most MMOs out there today, as you progress through the raids you can accumulate experience to level up skills, to use in game. Once you finish all raids you unlock the totality of the map of Tarkov, which the level

Symmetry: Fight for Survival in Sleepless Clinic’s Latest Sci-Fi Title Sleepless Clinic is no stranger to sci-fi games; in the past year alone, the Polish indie studio has released one title and has two more in development. At PAX East, Stack-Up got a sneak peek at one of these upcoming titles. Symmetry is a resource management survival game in which a team of eight scientists crash on a desolated planet. Facing harsh environments with no hope of rescue, the scientists must p

Rain World Floods onto Steam/PSN March 28 Ever wonder what it feels like to be one of those small mammals in nature documentaries; the ones in constant danger of getting eaten by bigger, scarier critters? It’s a bleak thought, but at least the art of Rain World outshines the average nature show. Adult Swim Games featured its upcoming survival platformer at PAX East. While Rain World may not have received the same excitement as some of ASG’s other titles, (the Rick and Morty V