GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. As The Long Dark emerges after years in early access, it introduces the first two chapters in a five-part story, called Wintermute. The game's ...

James Austin (he/him) is a writer from the most haunted state in the U.S., Maine. When he's not ranking things for Dualshockers, he enjoys playing and designing tabletop RPGs. The Long Dark is an ...

Many games include survival elements. You eat or drink to fill a hunger or thirst bar. Maybe you need certain clothes to stay warm or protect yourself from the elements. You could hunt or fish to find ...

What is it about the survival genre that inspires such grim scenery? You've got DayZ with its zombies and decaying cities, The Forest with its mysterious caves full of dead bodies and cannibals, and ...

I love the quiet of The Long Dark — the essential, soft and rounded naturalness of a world absent the things of man. It is encompassing, enveloping. Not silence, but ambience. The sound of wind. The ...

It is not so much an adventure in surviving hostile entities, like zombies, but in surviving an absence of the things we take for granted: food, shelter, warmth. The Long Dark is also about Canada and ...

Holly talks to Hinterland’s Ken Rolston about The Long Dark. Currently available in Early Access on Steam, The Long Dark is an upcoming exploration game that strips the element of survival down to its ...