Gaming
Funcom’s Halloween Multiplayer Hide and Shriek Goes Free to Play
If you’re looking for a free, spoopy game to play with your friends this Halloween, look no further than Funcom’s own Hide and Shriek.
Hide and Shriek was originally released as a small multiplayer spin-off game based in Funcom’s MMO The Secret World for $5.99, but Hide and Shriek turned free to play as of yesterday. The goal of Hide and Shriek is to either gain as many points as possible, primarily by completing various rituals or tricking other players into activating traps, or by scaring opponents three times in a row for an instant win. How do you scare rival players? Well, you have to find them first, because everyone is invisible. The only way to know where anyone is on the map is to look for telltale signs of activity: doors opening, magic traps activating, etc. Only the trickiest and sneakiest of players will win this friendly competition of scares.
You might wonder how you scare your opponents in Hide and Shriek, and the answer is with jumpscares. Yes, the tried and true method of having a scary face pop up on someone’s screen accompanied by a musical sting. It’s cheesy, but so is the game, so it kinda works. Also, players can customize their jumpscares and are given countless options to make anything from a horned skull with flaming eyes to a floating scarecrow head in a viking hat. And, if politics scare you, the game also comes with terrifying Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump masks.
Hide and Shriek is the perfect game to get into the Halloween mood. It’s the right amount of spooky and corny and is ideal for aspiring YouTubers looking for something to play for a Halloween stream. While the game is free, it comes with $3.99 DLC that gives players some extra masks to customize their jumpscares. Regardless, Hide and Shriek will provide players with the ultimate trick and treat experience (no or here). Good luck and happy haunting.
Since the excellent Baldur’s Gate 3 has been out in the wild for a while, interesting data can be gleaned, such as how players choose to play an innovative new RPG from home. Stats from developer Larian Studios and posted on the PlayStation Blog show that most people want to play as a stealthy archer like in Skyrim when given nearly limitless options.
According to a fascinating graph, Rogue/Ranger is the most popular multiclass build, with over 175,000 players using it to snipe unsuspecting enemies from range. The next two builds reveal similarly. 150,000 played Barbarian/Fighter because they loved pummeling things, and 109,00 played Barbarian/Paladin, which lets players talk to their victims before beatings.
More sense emerges as you descend. If the Paladin/Warlock/Sorcerer/Bard has high Charisma, any combination can be interesting. Charisma helps these classes cast spells and abilities and interact with NPCs outside of combat.
Playing a single class through Baldur’s Gate 3 feels great, which is what most players do. A pure Fighter or Wizard becomes so powerful by game’s end that we don’t blame you for not mixing things up!
Play as a Tiefling Oathbreaker Paladin, Dark Urge Origin (which you must resist), or Bard for real moral dilemmas. You could also play pseudo-Aragorn again.
Techland is continuing to release Dying Light 2 content as part of its long-term support. This is surprising since the meaty Good Night, Good Luck update was released a few months ago. It’s nice to know what’s coming, but no timeline was given.
IGN-exclusive roadmap trailers reveal more co-op missions, board quests, a tower raid, and replayable GRE anomalies. Executions and finishers may be added to the April Gut Feeling update, which overhauled melee mechanics. Graphical options, weapon repair, gear, and mod dismantling are always welcome.
Knives, polearms, and more enemy variants are coming, including a Nightmare difficulty. Changes to NG+ include firearms. Players can finally dress to their hearts’ content with new cosmetic options.
Has Techland’s Dying Light 2 support lured you back? Would you rather focus on something new?
Epic Games expanded the Fortnite V-Buck “pricing alignment” after laying off almost 900 employees, citing “inflation and currency fluctuations”. Fortnite’s premium currency will rise in international markets, including the largest.
Epic Games will raise the price of V-Bucks and real money content packs in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Eurozone countries, Hungary, Japan, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, and the US (including all US Dollar storefronts) on October 27.
Raising the price of this fictitious currency was successful when the company trialed it in the UK, Canada, and Mexico, so it was decided to announce it worldwide now. These USD increases range from $1 (1000 V-Bucks, previous $7.99) to $10 (13,500 V-Bucks, previous $79.99).
How do you view Epic’s timing and pricing increase?
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