Dead Take Codes List: All Safe Codes and Key Puzzle Solutions

Dead Take: A Psychological Horror Puzzle Game That Pulls You In (Review)

When Dead Take was first revealed, I don’t think many people knew how to take it. Surgent Studios had only released Tales of Kenzera: ZAU at this point. And Dead Take was such a departure from the colorful Metroidvania, which created a bit of a whiplash effect. So I went into Dead Take expecting something a bit disjointed, something that said “we’re trying new things”. What I came away with was a game that made me understand what Surgent Studios…

This FMV Game Has Final Fantasy And Baldur’s Gate Leads Living Out The Horrors Of Hollywood

Dead Take, a horror FMV game from Tales of Kenzera developer Surgent Studios, starts with a disclaimer that its story of unbridled Hollywood ego taken to its most terrifying extreme is a “work of fiction not intended to reference or depict any actual people, places, events, or other entities in the real world.” This…Read more...

Dead Take codes list: All safe codes and key puzzle solutions

Dead Take, featuring gaming sweethearts Neil Newbon and Ben Starr, is out now, and if you’re playing this starry new horror game, you’ve probably already noticed that it has a fair few codes and puzzles that you’ll need to work your way through.As ever, part of the fun is in finding the keycodes and puzzle solutions for yourself. But if you’re at a real loose end and you can’t make sense of the clues, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with a ha…

Dead Take Review: Unravel The Red Carpet

Developer Surgent Studios • Publisher Pocketpair Publishing • Release July 31 • Reviewed On PC Stick with me here, but reviewing Dead Take puts me in mind of another review from this week: Tales of the Shire. It’s a wild Yin and Yang situation as one couldn’t be more cozy and the other might keep you up at night. It’s not just the difference in themes or tones, though. It’s in the games’ strengths and weaknesses, which feel like mirror opposites…

Dead Take review — Looking for the leading role

This isn’t a game I would have expected from Surgent Studios. Sure, anyone can make anything, but a psychological horror game seems quite far away from a mythologically inspired Metroidvania (our Tales of Kenzera: ZAU review here). Still, some of the star power behind Dead Take warrants a look. After rolling the credits moments ago, I have quite a few thoughts.Dead Take isn’t your classic walking simulator. The team frames this game as a Psychol…