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Inside/ Limbo Physical Double Pack Launches September 12
Playdead has partnered with 505 Games to bring Inside and Limbo to physical retail as a $29.99 double pack for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at select retailers across the U.S. on September 12, and September 15 in Europe, the developer announced. In addition to the full games Inside and Limbo, the double pack will include collector’s items such as a limited run poster and art card. Here is an overview of each game, via Playdead: Limbo is an eerie black-and-white 2D sidescroller that features elements of film noir, terrific horror and haunting imagery that adds increased depth to the game’s minimalist and ambient gameplay. Inside heaves unique challenges at players navigating a stark, yet gorgeous dystopian monochromatic 2.5D environment to guide the red-shirt wearing protagonist away from nea...
Believe It Or Not: Inside Soundtrack Was Made Using A Human Skull
If you didn’t believe that PlayDead’s Inside was eerie enough, hold on to your seats ’cause it just became a lot creepier. It’s not just the game’s environment and story that will give you goosebumps, it’s the development in itself as well. In an article on Gamasutra that deals with a deep dive into the audio of the game, composer Martin Stig Andersen revealed that the game’s haunting soundtrack was recorded with the help of a human skull. No, not a fake one that you use as a Halloween prop, an actual human skull. “I had the basic idea of trying to recreate sounds as they would sound if they were happening inside your head,” Andersen wrote in the Gamasutra post. “That was the curious thought that led me to acquire a human skull an...