Last weekend felt horror-themed. While recovering from the flu, I revisited Dead by Daylight to experience being chased by Jason himself, played the new Valor Mortis demo at Steam Next Fest, and wrapped up the latest Witchfire update. Some thoughts.
Dead by Daylight Celebrates 10 Years
The 4v1 online multiplayer game Dead by Daylight celebrates 10 years this year, and the latest update delivers the most iconic slasher horror character, Jason from Friday the 13th, the one character that has eluded the game for years but has finally made it to the Fog.
It’s been years since I played, and this game is still going strong with a roster of characters that made it the home of anything horror. From Castlevania‘s Dracula to Nicolas Cage, it’s a weird pot of horrors that can go from light to the most fitting franchises. Stranger Things‘ Vecna can be the killer in one game, then Resident Evil’s Wesker in the next, then Jason, who many consider the best Killer in the game right now.
I won’t go into specifics, but he does have the ability to show up in the most unexpected places, then throw a spear at those caught off guard. Jason being a ranged Killer was a surprise, but it works rather well, and it looks like the Killer community is loving him as most games right now have a Jason on the Killer side.
It’s great that Behaviour Interactive is still at it, and it looks like they’re not slowing down anytime soon. They’re planning character model improvements plus more Chapters, including a community-picked one, the Terrifier Chapter, and even one based on The Casting of Frank Stone, the interactive horror game set in the same Dead by Daylight world.
I’ll continue to play more games, as I’m finding the fun in it again. It feels like riding a bike when playing older maps, but when I jump into a new one, I feel like a headless chicken.
Valor Mortis Demo
Valor Mortis was featured in the 2026 Xbox Games Showcase and was my first exposure to the game, as that gameplay trailer was all the information I had going into the demo at Steam Next Fest. I didn’t know I was getting into another soulslike game. The setting of a dark, supernatural 19th-century Europe during Napoleon Bonaparte’s war was what caught my eye.
I didn’t expect to be timing parries, dodging unblockable attacks, and running toward hanging lanterns to replenish healing items and health, only to have the whole area around me reset, reviving all the monstrosities I’d just killed.
It’s typical Soulslike fare, but in a first-person perspective, which I kind of enjoyed based on the two playable levels in the demo. The bosses were the typical soulslike encounters, with multiple phases and attack strings that must be mastered to some degree in order to come out alive.
I’ll be keeping an eye on this one, as it’s set for an October 13 release. It was supposed to be earlier, in September, but the devs quickly found out that September is a crowded month, so they opted for a later date, one that isn’t as crowded and doesn’t fall near the bomb that is Grand Theft Auto VI coming in November.
Witchfire 0.9 Update
For a couple of weeks, I was given the opportunity to play the latest build of Witchfire before the 0.9 update went live. It’s such a fantastic shooter. A melting pot of ideas, as it’s a roguelike with extraction elements, RPG elements for build crafting, and shooting that’s as satisfying as any Bungie game.
It’s near complete; all that’s left, in my eyes, is more narrative elements, the final encounter, and more endgame additions. Buying it now already makes it worth the asking price. That said, as mentioned in my piece about the update, it also doesn’t hurt to wait a bit longer for the full 1.0 experience as it’s literally one major patch away from full release.
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About the Author – Carlos Hernandez
Carlos Hernandez is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Too Much Gaming, where he writes about video games, reviews, and industry news. A lifelong gamer, he would do anything to experience Final Fantasy Tactics for the first time again and has a love/hate relationship with games that require hunting for new gear to improve your character.
