Samantha and Josh in Until Dawn.
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Until Dawn gives the PlayStation 4 a frightening release in August

Until Dawn, the story-based horror title with lifelike graphics from Supermassive Games, debuts Aug. 25 on the PlayStation 4.

I’m usually not a fan of horror games, but this one seems more like a movie, with frightening anticipation of noises and bad things moving around in the dark. Eight friends stay overnight at a big dark home, and that’s a big mistake. The overall effect is spellbinding.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.