GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. As The Long Dark emerges after years in early access, it introduces the first two chapters in a five-part story, called Wintermute. The game's ...

Many games include survival elements. You eat or drink to fill a hunger or thirst bar. Maybe you need certain clothes to stay warm or protect yourself from the elements. You could hunt or fish to find ...

James Austin (he/him) is a writer from the most haunted state in the U.S., Maine. When he's not ranking things for Dualshockers, he enjoys playing and designing tabletop RPGs. The Long Dark is an ...

I love the quiet of The Long Dark — the essential, soft and rounded naturalness of a world absent the things of man. It is encompassing, enveloping. Not silence, but ambience. The sound of wind. The ...

Between Rust, The Forest, Sons of the Forests, and dozens of others, I've played a lot of survival games in recent years. But The Long Dark sticks in my memory the most vividly. Hinterland has created ...

If you were stuffing your face with food this past holiday season, do spare a thought for what my character, Will Mackenzie, was doing at the same time in The Long Dark; stranded in the North Canadian ...