The Scariest Game Of The Year Is This Demo For A Game That Isn’t Coming Out

It was a devastating gut punch when I sat down earlier this year to write about Paranormal Activity: Threshold only to discover it had been canceled and I'd missed the news. I'm not a huge fan of the movie series, though I do like the first few entries. Instead, my enthusiasm came from who was making the game: DarkStone Digital, creator of The Mortuary Assistant. I find The Mortuary Assistant to be among the scariest games ever made, and I credit much of its effectiveness to its impeccable sound design, something the found-footage series relies on, too. DarkStone Digital felt like a perfect fit for a Paranormal Activity game, and I couldn't wait to play it myself. But when Paramount refused to give DarkStone more time to polish the game, the developers, understandably, backed out. I've mourned it ever since, but this past weekend, I got to enjoy a portion of the canceled project, and now so can you. Out now on Steam as a free demo, Playable Archive is DarkStone's unfinished work, released as a "form of personal healing," studio owner Brian Clarke said in a press release. While Clarke never mentions Paranormal Activity by name, it's clear that Playable Archive is what's left of the…

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