News::Psychological thriller 'Allison Road' picks up a publisher

Allison Road's Kickstarter is canceled. Not because developers at Lilith Ltd can't reach their £250,000 goal or because they aren't up for the challenge after all -- Allison Road will now be published by Worms studio Team17. This deal allows Lilith to ditch crowdfunding altogether, which is a nice option now that the game has already benefited from the attention of a viral Kickstarter campaign. "Working with Team17 will give us the chance to make our game unhindered creatively, but at the same time will give us the resources, support and experience that only a 25-year-old studio can give," Lilith writes in a Kickstarter update.

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News::What's on your HDTV: 'Beasts of No Nation', 'Continuum' finale

Tonight we have our first listing that's also viewable in virtual reality, as the Democratic Party's presidential debate airs on CNN and via NextVR's streaming (click here for instructions on viewing via Gear VR headset, and it's also on Facebook, but in 2D). Bigger news still, is the release of Netflix's first original movie, Cary Fukunaga's Beasts of No Nation with Idris Elba. Sci-fi fans will want to check out the final episode of Continuum (finally airing here in the US), and on Saturday night Tracy Morgan will be back on SNL. Gamers (that aren't still powering through tracks on the new Rock Band) can check out the first episode of Telltale Games' Minecraft: Story Mode on any system or Yoshi's Woolly World on Wii U, while Aladdin and Team America: World Police top the Blu-ray drops this week. Look after the break to check out each day's highlights, including trailers and let us know what you think (or what we missed).

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News::The adorable dog in this PlayStation 4 game better not die

Sure, we already have Tokyo Jungle, Nintendogs, Valiant Hearts, Fallout and plenty of other franchises starring adorable pups, but there's always room for more. Home Free is about a dog living on the streets of various cities, searching for food, friends and shelter while trying to stay out of trouble. It features more than 12 dog breeds with customizable colors and markings, and the environments are all randomly generated, so they're unique to each player. As creator Kevin Cancienne puts it, "Shape the story of one dog's survival through your choices and actions. Experience the the world from the perspective a creature who will never quite understand why that world acts the way it does." (Seriously, Cancienne, if the dogs die in this game we're going to be heartbroken.) Home Free just got picked up for PlayStation 4 alongside a planned launch on PC and Mac in fall 2016. Cancienne launched a $50,000 Kickstarter for Home Free on September 30th and it was funded within five days; the campaign is still live now.

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News::Playdate: Putting your custom 'Super Mario Maker' levels to the test

When we asked for your Super Mario Maker levels you guys and gals responded in a big way. Don't believe us? We have a Gmail folder with over 300 responses to prove you otherwise, and more keep coming in every day. Sean and myself were absolutely floored by the creativity the Playdate community showed and honestly it was hard to narrow the field down to just 30 or so entires. Sadly we had to do just that because we only have two hours to broadcast. Did your masterpiece make the cut? Tune in starting at 6PM Eastern / 3PM Pacific and find out as we run through nothing but community-built death traps either on this post, the Engadget Gaming homepage or Twitch.tv/joystiq if you want to join in our chat.

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News::Play as Jason in the first official 'Friday the 13th' game since 1989

When Gun Media's Wes Keltner and Ronnie Hobbs announced Summer Camp, a slasher-inspired horror game set in a creepy campground, it was already more than an homage to Friday the 13th. The developers were open about their love of ghostly, hockey-masked murderer Jason Voorhees and they had even recruited Friday the 13th veterans to work on the game. This included actor, director and special-effects creator Tom Savini, the man behind the mask in Friday the 13th parts 7-10 Kane Hodder, and the film's original composer Harry Manfredini.

"Basically, we were a Friday the 13th video game; we just didn't have the license," Hobbs said. Five months after the announcement of Summer Camp, Friday the 13th creator and director Sean S. Cunningham reached out to the team with his blessing -- and, after a few meetings, the license to the Jason Voorhees franchise.

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