The Evil Dead Games – What’s Dead Can Never Die

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In the pantheon of horror franchises, few come close to the incredible legacy of Evil Dead. Whether we’re talking about the films or the Evil Dead games, they’ve been a part of our lives for over three decades.

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The original films from Sam Raimi catapulted him and star Bruce Campbell into the realm of household names. The film series made a surprising comeback in 2013 when Fede Alvarez made an incredibly brutal reimagining of the series. Finally, there was a short-lived but excellent tv series called Ash vs. Evil Dead.

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For those unfamiliar, the film series follows legendary Deadite slayer and buffoon Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) as he battles against hordes of the undead, evil spirits, and his possessed hand after accidentally releasing the evils from the Necronomicon.

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EVIL DEAD: THE GAME 2022 Back in the realm of video games, the asymmetrical multiplayer game came crashing through the undergrowth in 2022, pitting legendary but somehow useless hero As Williams against the unending horror of the Deadites once more.

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It follows the massive trend of asymmetrical multiplayer games based on horror film franchises. Games like Dead by Daylight, Friday the 13th, and the upcoming Killer Klowns from Outer Space all harken back to the thrill of the 80s and 90s horror films and feature the same mechanics.

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HAIL TO THE KING In 2000 Evil Dead: Hail to The King was released for the PlayStation One. Oh, how I miss the pointy polygons of the PS1. I assume everyone else does, considering the popularity of haunted PS1-style horror games floating around on itchi.io and Steam.

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The next game was Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick, which came out for PS2 and Xbox in 2003. This game is decidedly sillier than the first and, thus, much more in line with Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness.

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EVIL DEAD: REGENERATION The third console game, Evil Dead: Regeneration, is true to its title in that it doesn’t follow on from the previous two games. In this story, Ash is in a mental institution. The events of Army of Darkness have been stricken from history.

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The Evil Dead Games – What’s Dead Can Never Die

In the pantheon of horror franchises, few come close to the incredible legacy of Evil Dead. Whether we’re talking about the films or the Evil Dead games, they’ve been a part of our lives for over three decades.

For those unfamiliar, the film series follows legendary Deadite slayer and buffoon Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) as he battles against hordes of the undead, evil spirits, and his possessed hand after accidentally releasing the evils from the Necronomicon.

EVIL DEAD: THE GAME 2022 Back in the realm of video games, the asymmetrical multiplayer game came crashing through the undergrowth in 2022, pitting legendary but somehow useless hero As Williams against the unending horror of the Deadites once more.

It follows the massive trend of asymmetrical multiplayer games based on horror film franchises. Games like Dead by Daylight, Friday the 13th, and the upcoming Killer Klowns from Outer Space all harken back to the thrill of the 80s and 90s horror films and feature the same mechanics.

HAIL TO THE KING In 2000 Evil Dead: Hail to The King was released for the PlayStation One. Oh, how I miss the pointy polygons of the PS1. I assume everyone else does, considering the popularity of haunted PS1-style horror games floating around on itchi.io and Steam.

The next game was Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick, which came out for PS2 and Xbox in 2003. This game is decidedly sillier than the first and, thus, much more in line with Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness.

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EVIL DEAD: REGENERATION The third console game, Evil Dead: Regeneration, is true to its title in that it doesn’t follow on from the previous two games. In this story, Ash is in a mental institution. The events of Army of Darkness have been stricken from history.

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