The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (also known as House of Ashes) is an interactive survival horror drama video game developed by Supermassive Games and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is the third of eight planned installments in The Dark Pictures Anthology franchise, following Man of Medan (2019) and Little Hope (2020). It was released on October 22, 2021 for Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.

gameplay
Similar to its predecessor, the game is an interactive drama. The player controls 5 characters who are trapped under an underground Mesopotamian temple during the Iraq War in 2003, where they are chased and hunted by monsters awakened by chaos. The 5 characters include Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer Rachel King (played by Ashley Tisdale) with her husband, US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Eric King (played by Alex Gravenstein); Marine First Lieutenant Jason Kolchek (played by Paul Zinno) with Sergeant Nick Kay (played by Moe Jeudy-Lamour); and Iraqi Army Lieutenant Salim Othman (played by Nick Tarabay).[1] Throughout the game, players have to make different decisions that can have long-term consequences as they influence how the characters play each other and the course of the narrative. All five characters can survive or die depending on the player's decision. As a result, the game has multiple endings.