New Horror Game Combines Classic Doom with Resident Evil

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New Horror Game Combines Classic Doom with Resident Evil

A new horror game is in development that closely resembles two of the 1990’s most important game franchises. 

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Fans of classic Doom and Resident Evil would do well to pay attention to a new survival horror game coming from a solo developer on Steam that seems to be drawing heavily from the two beloved franchises.

Blighten shows strong Doom and Resident Evil inspirations

It can be argued that Doom and Resident Evil are two of the most influential game franchises to come out of the 1990s, as both of them refined and legitimized their respective genres and are still going strong today with fresh installments like Doom: The Dark Ages and Resident Evil Requiem. Now, one solo developer is looking to bring together elements from both these iconic series into a new survival horror FPS named Blighten.

Before developer Blight Software turned it into its own full game, Blighten originated as a mod for Doom, and Blight........

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