7 Minutes in Hell is a new multiplayer horror game inspired by titles like Lethal Company that shadow-dropped on Steam today. It’s shaping up to be a creepy and funny multiplayer horror game you can play with friends this Halloween season.
It’s the latest game from Goose Goose Duck developer Gaggle Studios. Goose Goose Duck is a social deduction game similar to Among Us in many ways, but it features more role variety and game modes. It was first released in 2021, but went viral in 2023 after a member of teh Korean boy band BTS played it. Building off that success, Gaggle Studios is now making a game that riffs on Lethal Company’s formula, just as Goose Goose Duck takes inspiration from Among Us.
In 7 Minutes in Hell, players participate in a game show that bears the same name as the game. They have to navigate through eerie environments full of creepy enemies, pick up money and other collectibles they find, find an exit, and escape, all within seven minutes. Herbert Chan, games director for 7 Minutes in Hell, had the following to say about how the game stands out from similar titles.
“We’re huge fans of the genre, and 7 Minutes in Hell shares much of the same DNA. At its core, cooperative horror games offer a fun and silly experience with friends, punctuated by moments of intense terror,” Chan tells Digital Trends. “We’ll be delivering that familiar mix, but one of the new features that sets it apart is that the 7 Minutes in Hell game show has a campy host live-narrating and commentating on the player’s actions to a fictional online audience. Though this feature won’t be available in early access, we also plan on exploring integration with Twitch and other live-streaming platforms to allow audiences to vote and influence gameplay, creating a very unpredictable and interactive experience.”
I played a few rounds of 7 Minutes in Hell ahead of its reveal and found the game has a satisfying loop. With each subsequent run, my progress snowballed as I had more items to use, sponsors to choose from, and money to spend depending on what I brought back with me. While I didn’t get to try 7 Minutes in Hell with others, its proximity chat setup should create memorable moments where communication is cut off. A player can leave their teammates behind and escape by themselves, so I’m sure 7 Minutes in Hell will also offer up its fair share of hilarious moments.
You can pick up 7 Minutes in Hell on Steam. It’s in early access, and Gaggle Studios already has a road map confirming that new enemies, items, interactable, arenas, and mod support will all come to 7 Minutes in Hell between now and January 2025.
The Call of Duty franchise has held a special place in my heart ever since I played my first Black Ops game back in 2010. That game's campaign was something else, with twists and turns that culminated in a mind-blowing finale. We can all admit that compared to those older campaigns, the recent CODs have been lackluster at best, and a complete and utter disappointment at worst. The reboot of Modern Warfare did give me some hope, as the first two installments were actually quite good, but the third game left such a bad taste in my mouth that I wasn’t exactly expecting much from Modern Warfare 4.
After recently finishing the campaign, I can say that this installment is nothing like the recent releases and instead feels closer to the franchise’s roots. For the first time in a long while, the campaign comes across as well-crafted rather than rushed to hit a release date. It arrives three years after MW3, and you can see exactly where all that time went. It seems the studio finally made listening to player feedback a priority.
Epic Games has just announced the 2026 Epic AI MegaJam, which is looking to see how much game development can be squeezed into a very short window. This is running from November 12 through November 15.
Participants can work alone or in teams of up to five people, build in Unreal Engine or Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and bring along “as many AI agents as you want.” Epic explicitly encourages coding agents, AI-generated assets, audio tools, writing tools, and other AI systems. The official event page literally says "Vibe your way to $50k.”
It’s turning into a pretty good time to be a Monster Hunter fan who plays on a phone. Capcom has confirmed that Monster Hunter Outlanders will launch on Android and iOS on October 29, giving the series a new mobile-first game just as Monster Hunter Rise is also preparing to make the jump to smartphones through Netflix.
Outlanders is being developed by Tencent subsidiary TiMi Studio Group under license and supervision from Capcom. Unlike Rise, which appears to be the full console and PC game adapted for mobile, Outlanders is a free-to-play survival hunting game made specifically for phones.