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Get ready for more horror survival gaming with PQube and developer Electric Monkeys’ When The Light Dies, a gothic survival game with roguelite elements that’s set in a desolate, frozen wilderness. Taking a bit of inspiration from Poncle’s Vampire Survivors, according to PQube’ Harrison Lewis, the team drew heavily upon Dan Simmons‘ novel “The Terror”, a fictionalized account of the 1840s expedition to the Northway Passage.

When The Light Dies sees players step into a murky world of shadow and obscurity as a lone survivor fighting to keep the darkness and the horrors that lurk within at bay. You’ll be utilizing an arsenal of weapons to hold back waves of creatures closing in on you, but you’ll also have to contend with having to light firepits and refill your oil lantern to stave off the encroaching darkness. As the light levels drop so does your sanity,...

No film buff wants to see a promising, or prominent filmmaker pull a disappearing act a la Terrence Malick, (though it seems he isn’t keen to repeat another lapse like the one between Days of Heaven to The Thin Red Line), but whether they’re dealing with unforeseeable professional (endless pre-production woes, writer’s block) or personal issues, sometimes there is a considerable time between projects.

With John Cameron Mitchell, Charlie Kaufman, Rebecca Miller, Patty Jenkins, Kenneth Lonergan and more recently, Barry Jenkins recently moving out of the so called “inactive” period, we decided to compile a list of the top ten American filmmakers who, for the most part, we’ve lost sight of and would like to see get back in the director’s chair again. Most of the filmmakers listed below have gone well over half a decade without a substantial movement in this category. Here is...