AMC’s new VR app brings a hful of The lking Dead experiences to enjoy with a Cardboard or Daydream viewer (or right on your phone screen), while Death Road to Canada offers a zombie-filled journey to survive Decap Attack Classic resurrects an old-school Sega game about a skull-tossing mummy. Elsewhere, Netflix finally released an app for managing its DVDs-by-mail service, Darts of Fury is an entertaining new take on the classic game.
AMC VR
The lking Dead is back on TV just in time for Halloween thrills, if you’re keen on being surrounded by flesh-eating beasts— really, who wouldn’t be?—then get yourself a copy of the AMC VR app. Available in both Cardboard Daydream flavors, the app delivers 360-degree video mobile VR experiences based on the zombie smash, as well as martial arts drama Into the Badls.
You can check out the free content with or without a VR viewer, although it’s certainly more immersive when the experience is strapped to your head. However, the early bits here are underwhelming. There’s an extended action scene from The lking Dead’s season premiere, but while tense exciting, most of it is viewed from a third-person perspective. It’s not the sharpest use of VR we’ve seen, but AMC says more stuff is coming.
Death Road to Canada
Speaking of Halloween-appropriate fare: If a game called Death Road to Canada ($10) doesn’t fit the bill, what will? rted from the version, this indie favorite finds you on a road trip up north amidst the zombie apocalypse. You’re headed there in search of safety, but the drive won’t be breezy: You’ll have to scavenge resources fight off undead attackers to survive the jaunt.
Each stop along the way finds you hunting for items bashing in zombies’ skulls, as well as interacting with survivors you may or may not want to bring along for the ride. There’s plenty of humor snark along the way, each quest is romly generated, providing a fresh experience every time. Try adding your family friends as customized characters for a hilarious twist.
Decap Attack Classic
Most of the Sega Forever revivals have been enduring hits like Sonic the Hedgehog Crazy Taxi, but Decap Attack is quite a bit more obscure. This 1990 Genesis game is a side-scrolling platform-action game with charmingly kooky 16-bit graphics a hero named Chuck D. Head. And you guessed it, he can “chuck the head” by throwing his detachable skull, boomerang-style, to take out enemies.
Decap Attack feels a bit clunky to play today, the answer lays somewhere between its age, the touch controls, what many consider imperfect emulation from the Sega Forever series. But it’s a free, ad-supported release, meaning it won’t cost you anything to grab this retro release have a seasonally appropriate flashback. And if you do dig it, you can pay $2 within to chuck the ads for good.
DVD Netflix
Netflixo still uses Netflix to rent DVDs Blu-ray discs by mail? More than 3.5 million people in the United States, apparently, according to stats firm Statista. Netflix’s original business model might be dramatically overshadowed by its streaming efforts, but the discs-by-mail premise still has its paying fans— now they finally, finally have their own app for managing their queues.
DVD Netflix is dedicated to just that purpose, you’ll need to have DVD service enabled on your account to even reach the main menu here. From there, you’ll be able to browse new releases, add movies to your queue, rearrange your picks, ensuring that you can keep on top of your movie-watching plans from wherever you are.
Darts of Fury
would never actually advise anyone to throw darts when they’re angry, but even so, Darts of Fury is a lot of fun. Yakuto’s free-to-play game doesn’t do anything tremendously new with touchscreen darts: You’ll still swipe upwards to toss ’em, with their destination dependent on the speed, angle, release of your motion. But how Darts of Fury packages presents the classic bar game makes this feel like a fresh take.
It’s super streamlined focused on head-to-head battles against online opponents, with each taking turns to try to be the first to notch exactly 101 points. You’ll rank up through leagues alongside other players, all the while earning currency to upgrade your gear, the game show-esque presentation is super sleek.
