The Dark Pictures Anthology: Directive 8020
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In Time for Halloween, Directive 8020 Adds Online Multiplayer in Major Update on PS5
Here's The Thing. Developer Supermassive Games has just released a big new update for its latest Dark Pictures horror adventure, Directive 8020. The free update adds online multiplayer to the sci-fi narrative game, letting up to five players (a copy of the game each is required) enjoy the experience together without the need to be in the same room. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
Review: Directive 8020's UE5 Tech Sets A New Visual Standard For Interactive Cinema
A technically ambitious and well-realised game with only minor stumbling blocks. Supermassive Games continues its interactive horror legacy with Directive 8020, shifting the setting to a colony ship in deep space. Players familiar with The Dark Pictures Anthology will recognise the core mechanics, as they guide five crew members through a branching narrative driven by quick-time events and dialogue choices. This latest entry marks a significant technical leap, transitioning to Unreal Engine 5 a
Directive 8020's new Turning Points system transforms it from a simple sci-fi survival horror into a compelling, gory puzzle
Cheat fate.
Roundup: Here's What The Reviews Say About New Sci-Fi Horror Game Directive 8020
The Dark Pictures heads to space. Ready for some early-year spooks on Xbox? Well, Directive 8020 brings its sci-fi horror experience to Xbox tomorrow, and the reviews are now in for what is Supermassive Games' next entry in the Dark Pictures franchise. We're going to round up some of these reviews, then, so you can get a good picture of what you'd be in for with this latest big-budget horror game on Xbox. Let's get cracking! Read the full article on purexbox.com
Directive 8020 review: One giant leap for sci-fi body horror
An unmissable adventure for any fan of sci-fi horror.
Directive 8020 Review - Choose Your Own Horror Gets An Upgrade
Directive 8020 does a lot to hype up the horrors of space but I can't stop but feeling like the player is getting told too much. Replayability is easier than ever with the new Turning Point system.
Directive 8020 Review
The Dark Pictures Anthology's second season is off to a chilling and impressive start.
The Dark Pictures Anthology Has Never Been More Adrift | Directive 8020 Review
In the underappreciated 2008 comedy Role Models, Christopher Mintz-Plasse's character, the exceedingly nerdy Augie, is asked if he likes Coca-Cola. "I like the idea of it more than I actually like it," he answers. I always found it a funny, confusing answer, but this fifth entry in The Dark Pictures horror anthology, with its grating performances, rote stealth sequences, and signs of an aging formula, makes me realize I can relate; I like the idea of this anthology more than I actually like play
Directive 8020 review
Stop me if you've heard this one (or something like it) before: the Earth is dying, and humanity's last hope is a lone inhabitable planet, light years from home. A crack crew of humanity's finest is assembled for an eight-year space mission to survey the planet, but when they finally awaken from their four-year cryoslumber, an unknown organism has infiltrated their ship, turning their voyage of hope into a paranoid nightmare. And does the mega-corporation funding this whole endeavour know more t
Directive 8020 is using an episodic structure straight out of a limited TV series 'to be mindful of people's time'
"We always want to make it feel like you're playing a movie or a TV show."
Directive 8020 feels like the horror game Supermassive Games was born to make
Surviving aboard the Cassiopeia is harder than it looks.
Directive 8020 Promises Test Space Horror, But Has It Moved Too Far From Its Roots?
Directive 8020's latest gameplay preview gives us a chance to dive into the stealth gameplay. While the tension is high and the story is intriguing me I'm a bit worried about the barrier to entry compared to previous Supermassive Games titles
After an hour with Directive 8020, I worry the latest Dark Pictures game feels a little flat
Supermassive's "party horror" games, as I like to call them, have become a guilty pleasure of mine. This series famously began with Until Dawn in 2015 and peaked with House of Ashes in 2021, if you ask me. (Although I enjoyed the schlocky Quarry in 2022 as well.) It's a series pitched like an interactive horror movie, where you try to shepherd a group of ill-fated characters through a slasher by making various important choices for them, hoping they don't get shredded as a result.
7 Reasons to Get Excited for Directive 8020 on Xbox
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Elevate your mission in Directive 8020 with PlayStation 5 Pro enhancements, out May 12
Hi everyone, I’m excited to share how we’ve enhanced Directive 8020 for PlayStation 5 Pro, and how these upgrades help deepen the tension, clarity, and emotional impact at the heart of the game. From the very beginning, Directive 8020 was built around cinematic storytelling, player choice, and atmosphere you can feel onboard the deadly mission […]
Sci-fi horror adventure Directive 8020 from Supermassive Games arrives in May
Directive 8020 from the creators of The Dark Pictures Anthology and The Quarry has been announced for release on May 12th with a brand new trailer. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
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Until Dawn Developer Supermassive Games Cutting Up to 75 Staff, Following Mixed Response to Directive 8020
Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games has announced layoffs impacting up to 75 staff — the studio's third round of job losses in three years.
Players’ Choice: Vote for May 2026’s best new game
Last month was filled with spies, detectives, and rebels! Some big new releases included 007 First Light, Directive 8020, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, and Mina the Hollower. Which game was your favorite? How does it work? At the end of every month, PlayStation Blog will open a poll where you can vote […]
This week in PC games: Subnautica 2 early access, a Battlestar Galactica roguelite, and Directive 8020 disproving the old saying about space and screaming
Our infamously workshy news editor Edwin – he only posted barely twice the number of articles last week as I did, the skiver – is off doing something that isn’t the Maw this morning. See? This time he didn’t even have the gumption to hurl his own body into its waiting gullet, where through the pain of cracked bones and ruined ponytail, he’d endure the acidslide down into the Maw’s endlessly cavernous belly before hacking his way out with a crude axe fashioned from the beast’s own ribcage. Honest
Feature: These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (May 11-15)
Including six more Game Pass additions! Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for May 11-15! We've two particularly big releases over the next few days in the form of Directive 8020 and the early access (Premium Edition) of Forza Horizon 6, while the new Xbox Game Pass releases include Call of the Elder Gods and the long-awaited Subnautica 2! Here's what's coming to Xbox next week: Read the full article on purexbox.com
May Game Release Dates: These are the biggest games releasing this month
Forza Horizon 6, Directive 8020, Subnautica 2, and Lego Batman are due out in May
April Game Release Dates: These are the biggest games releasing this month
Forza Horizon 6, Directive 8020, Subnautica 2, and Lego Batman are due out in April