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Top 5 horror games
We’ve all been in the situation where a game has scared us stiff or or startled us to the point where we jump out of our skin. These are the titles that keep us going back for more and the ones that we...
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1001 Reviews: Dead Rising
It’s time to arm yourself and start swinging as we play Capcom’s action-horror Dead Rising. But with so many other zombie games out there, will this Xbox 360 original measure up? ROUND-UP: Developer:...
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Scare-Up: Outlast
We’re back once again with another Scare-Up episode, this time with Outlast. It’s one of the scariest horror games of this year thanks to how realistic the game feels and is the most impressive indie...
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Scare-Up: Slender: The Arrival
Halloween may be over but the scares carry on with a game that’s been hotly requested by our evil gang of followers. Phil steps aside this time for Kim to take the controls (for a while, anyway) as we...
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Scare-Up: Haunted Memories
Halloween may be over, but we aren’t going to let that stop us from playing more scary games! Our last Scare-Up session was with Slender: The Arrival played by Kim, and now it’s time for Phil to take...
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Homesick is ok – music to our ears
Last month we wrote about how the developers of Homesick, one of the first games we ever backed on Kickstarter, were sadly caught up in a copyright dispute over the use of music in their promotional...
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Scare-Up: One Late Night
We have yet another episode in our Scare-Up series, this time featuring a game recommended to us: One Late Night. We put Craig in charge of the controls – someone who rarely uses a keyboard and mouse...
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Among the Sleep pushed back
Earlier this year we reported on the success of an original Kickstarter project we’d backed called Among the Sleep. This amazing title was due for release in December this year but it seems as if...
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Scare-Up: Dead Space
For the next instalment of our Scare-Up series, we joined with Kevin from The Mental Attic, John from JohnHeatz.com and V from The Verbal Spew Review to play through 2008′s well-received horror game...
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1001 Previews: Stasis
We recently received an email about the Kickstarter campaign for Stasis, an isometric science-fiction adventure game. We have to admit that we hadn’t heard about the title before this – but since...
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1001 Future: Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned was the last instalment in the series in 1999. This time creator Jane Jensen takes us on a trip to France involving the Crucifixion, the...
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1001 Previews: Playing With Fear
As regular readers will know, we’ve recently been playing a number of horror games alongside John Heatz, Kevin from The Mental Attic and V from The Verbal Spew Review and scaring ourselves silly. So...
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When Slender Man Retires
Slender Man, as you know, is a tall white figure in a sharp suit that lies in wait in the forest for unsuspecting victims to cross his path. But what happens when he gets bored of all this chasing and...
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Stasis is on the move
Last month we wrote about Stasis, an isometric science-fiction adventure, and were lucky enough to have our questions on the title answered by The Brotherhood’s Chris Bischoff. We’re now pleased to say...
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Play-Up: Left 4 Dead with Kevin Kutlesa
The 1001-Up.com team have played a number of horror games recently. When we were invited by Kevin of The Mental Attic to play some Left 4 Dead 2 together, we couldn’t resist the opportunity to butcher...
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1001 Future: Sanitarium
How do you survive in a gothic insane asylum, surrounded by screaming and self-mutilating inmates? And how much harder would it be if you consciously couldn’t remember who you were or how you came to...
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Twelve days of Gabriel Knight
As any of our regular readers will probably know by now, I’m a big fan of adventure games: old, new, good, bad – give me a point-and-click and I’m a very happy girl. So what better way to say ‘Merry...
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Alien: Isolation picking up the pieces
Unfortunately last year we saw a much-loved and popular franchise get battered and almost damaged beyond repair:Aliens. Recently some details and footage have emerged about a new game called Alien:...
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Play-Up: Deadlight
It seems that the 1001-Up.com team like to spend time playing nothing other than scary games recently. I guess it really started with our Scare-Up series of videos last Halloween and the momentum...
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The Last Cargo delivers terror
When was the last time you played a game where the main protagonist was in a wheelchair? There isn’t very many, right? Well this is is the bold move of games developer Ehnenu, with their new fantastic...
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