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Edmonton-based indie studio Only By Midnight (@OnlyByMidnight) is hosting an open beta for their third-person arcadey twin-stick shooter Curved Space which can you get access to through the studio’s official Discord.
Read MorePreviously exclusive to Discord’s Game Store, King of the Hat (@kingofthehat) by Montréal-based indie studio Business Corp. Incorporated is coming to Steam later this year.
Read MoreLast Year: The Nightmare is an asymmetric multiplayer survival game that we wrote about earlier this year, and now we have a release date. Starting December 18th on Discord, gamers will be able to download the game. If you’re a console player, they also announced a console port coming sometime in 2019.
Last Year: The Nightmare has five players working together in attempt to escape and fight back the deadly killers controlled by a sixth character. Developer Elastic Games also promises regular content updates over time. You can check out the trailer and press release below.
It is with great excitement that we announce that Last Year: The Nightmare will be available on the Discord store on December 18! Here's a note from our executive producer, Justin Vazquez -> https://t.co/vGkWPiCY6U pic.twitter.com/6nabyBYpX6
— Last Year: The Nightmare (@LastYearGame) December 4, 2018
Halloween night. 1996. A group of teenagers awake to find themselves trapped in a dark, twisted reflection of their sleepy hometown of Forest Hills. As they make their way across the East Side High School campus, they realize they are being hunted by a supernatural force taking the forms of fearsome killers.
LAST YEAR: THE NIGHTMARE SCREAMS ONTO DISCORD STORE DECEMBER 18
ELASTIC GAMES ANNOUNCES RELEASE DATE AND VOICE CAST FOR HIGHLY ANTICIPATED MULTIPLAYER ACTION-SURVIVAL GAME
MONTREAL, December 4, 2018 - Elastic games announced today that its asymmetric multiplayer action-survival game, Last Year: The Nightmare will be available through the Discord store on Tuesday December 18, 2018. A distinguished voice cast was also revealed, unveiling the talent that breathes life to Last Year: The Nightmare. The game launches as part of the First on Discord program and will retail for 29.99 USD. Additionally, Elastic games has disclosed that they are planning to release Last Year: The Nightmare for consoles, in 2019.
Last Year: The Nightmare is a 6-player online action game in which five players work together and attempt to escape while fighting back deadly killers controlled by the sixth. The survivors must complete various objectives in the environment to win, while the murderers lose if they are not successful in annihilating the enemy team. Last Year: The Nightmare has been developed as a service game that evolves over time, with regular content updates to keep the experience fresh. This gives the game unlimited replay value, as players will always have a reason to relive the nightmare.
Last Year: The Nightmare also brings together an all-star cast that crosses the full spectrum of AAA gaming. Gamers of all walks of life are sure to recognize the talented individuals behind the digital characters we have all come to love. The caliber of the voice work on display is sure to impress, drawing from a variety of genres and categories of games. Among the talent featured in the game are Melissa Hutchison (TellTale's The Walking Dead), Zeno Robinson (Metal Gear Survive), Michael Johnston (Teen Wolf), Erica Lindbeck (Spider-Man), Noshir Dalal (Red Dead Redemption 2), Elias Toufexis (Assassin's Creed Odyssey), Ray Chase (Final Fantasy XV) and Jon Olson (World of Warcraft).
Supporting Assets and Links
To download supporting assets including new screenshots please visit: Last year: The Nightmare Press Kit
For more information on LAST YEAR: THE NIGHTMARE, visit lastyearthegame.com and join the official Discord server at discord.gg/lastyearofficial. You can also follow the social feeds on Twitter and Facebook.
About Last Year: The Nightmare
Halloween night. 1996. A group of teenagers awake to find themselves trapped in a dark, twisted reflection of their sleepy hometown of Forest Hills. As they make their way across the East Side High School campus, they realize they are being hunted by a supernatural force taking the forms of fearsome killers. Relentlessly pursued, the teens must band together to fight back, survive, and escape the terrifying anomaly they have come to know as The Nightmare.
About Elastic Games
Located in the Mile End district in Montreal, Elastic Games is a privately-owned game development company currently working on its debut title "Last Year: The Nightmare". With over 50 years of combined experience working on high profile products, Elastic Games is dedicated to deliver amazing and memorable player experiences by pairing indie creativity with triple-A production values.
That wasn’t a typo. With Discord now offering a platform to sell games, a team in Montreal have decided to release their multiplayer game King of the Hat first on Discord. King of the Hat features 14 character, 5 environments, local and online multiplayer.
“King of the hat is a fast-paced, hat based, multiplayer game. In this cutesy dystopian world everyone is born with a hat that hosts their soul, and can only die if their hat gets crushed. Jump around, whip your hat at your friends, crush theirs, and become the King of the Hat!”
Everyone's soul is trapped in their hat and you can only die if your hat gets crushed. Throw your hat, risk your life. Crush your opponents hat before they crush yours in this fast-paced, hat-based, fighting game. Coming First on Discord later this fall.
Also mentioned on their Twitter, incase you want to play the game on console - King of the Hat will be coming to Switch in 2019. You can pick up the game on Discord right here.
Switch in 2019!
— King of the Hat 'OUT NOW 🥳' (@kingofthehat) October 16, 2018
The new studio founded by ex-BioWare devs Humanoid Origin is looking to fill multiple roles.
Montreal developed Last Year: The Nightmare gets its official trailer this week, showing off some of the monsters and gameplay from Elastic Games 5 vs 1 horror game.
Halloween night. 1996. A group of teenagers awake to find themselves trapped in a dark, twisted reflection of their sleepy hometown of Forest Hills. As they make their way across the East Side High School campus, they realize they are being hunted by a supernatural force taking the forms of fearsome killers. Relentlessly pursued, the teens must band together to fight back, survive, and escape the terrifying anomaly they have come to know as The Nightmare.
The game is coming Fall 2018, and will be coming to Discord first. So you can check out the developers Discord right here.
Halloween night. 1996. A group of teenagers awake to find themselves trapped in a dark, twisted reflection of their sleepy hometown of Forest Hills. As they make their way across the East Side High School campus, they realize they are being hunted by a supernatural force taking the forms of fearsome killers.
