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Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit Trailer Leaked, Then Confirmed by Scott Cawthon

A new Five Nights at Freddy's spinoff game has been leaked, but in a rather surprising twist, the game's existence has also been confirmed by the series' creator. From the leaked trailer (which you…

January 24, 2024 | 08:27 EST

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Five Nights At Freddy's Movie Starts Filming In February

Blumhouse has announced that the long-awaited Five Nights at Freddy's movie will finally begin filming in February. The project has had a somewhat troubled production, but it's now got itself a new…

October 6, 2022 | 08:23 EDT

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Five Nights At Freddy's Comes To Nintendo Switch In 2019

The spooktacular Five Nights At Freddy's games will be heading to the Nintendo Switch (and other platforms) sometime in 2019 according to a news post on the Steam Community page of Ultimate Custom…

November 12, 2018 | 05:04 EST

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Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location Review - Not What You Expected

Whether you've ever wanted to or not, there is a high likelihood you have heard of Five Nights at Freddy's at some point. The ludicrously popular indie game turned horror sensation is not only…

October 10, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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Sister Location is Not Being Delayed, Obviously

Five Nights at Freddy's is well known for its convoluted "timeline" but also for the bizarre behavior of its developer, Scott Cawthon. Cawthon is an enigma in the gaming industry and doesn't seem to…

October 5, 2016 | 09:40 EDT

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Five Nights at Freddy's 4

The fourth game in the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise, Five Nights at Freddy's 4 shifts the series' characteristic claustrophobic horror action to a young child's bedroom. Like other games in the…

September 18, 2016 | 09:44 EDT

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Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location is a spinoff of the popular Five Nights at Freddy's franchise. Players will need to face a new set of animatronics, but things are a little different this…

September 18, 2016 | 09:43 EDT

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Five Nights at Freddy's

Five Nights at Freddy's is a hugely influential horror game released by solo developer Scott Cawthon in 2014. The game sees players take control of a security guard at a pizzeria. Said guard must…

September 18, 2016 | 09:43 EDT

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Five Nights at Freddy's 3

Five Nights at Freddy's 3 once again casts the player as a security guard hoping to survive against murderous animatronics (or, in this case, just one murderous animatronic). This time around,…

September 18, 2016 | 09:43 EDT

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Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is the sequel to the 2014 horror hit Five Nights at Freddy's. Like the first game, this followup tasks you with surviving five nights in a pizzeria haunted by murderous…

September 18, 2016 | 09:42 EDT

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Five Nights at Freddy's Novel to Be Released (Yes, Seriously)

Well it seems developer Scott Cawthon has stayed true to his word in saying Five Nights at Freddy's 4 would be the final game in the series. That is just a technicality however, as it doesn't seem to…

December 17, 2015 | 04:20 EST

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Five Nights at Freddy's 4 Review – Put it on YouTube

The Five Nights at Freddy's series is a bizarre spectacle. The first game came out last year, and the developer imagined it would nab a few players and remain a fairly obscure indie title. Then it…

September 5, 2015 | 01:00 EDT

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Five Nights at Freddy's 4 Jumps Out Early

Five Nights at Freddy's 4 certainly doesn't make things easy for journalists. A little more than a week ago, the official teaser trailer was released by Scott Cawthon. At the same time, Cawthon…

July 23, 2015 | 07:31 EDT

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Five Nights at Freddy's 4 is also 4 Times Bigger

A portion of the Internet seemed to go into hysterics when developer Scott Cawthon announced that the final game in his saga, Five Nights at Freddy's 4, would be released nearly two months before the…

July 21, 2015 | 10:07 EDT

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Ready for (More) Freddy? Five Nights at Freddy's 4 Coming August

Say what you will about Five Nights at Freddy’s, but at least you can say the games don’t hold out on you. After only a few short months, the trailer for the upcoming Five Nights at Freddy’s 4 was…

July 15, 2015 | 11:10 EDT

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Five Nights At Freddy's 4 Announced: May be final installment

In a move that surprised pretty much no one, Scott Cawthon, creator of the Five Nights At Freddy's indie horror series, has announced Five Nights At Freddy's 4: The Final Chapter on his website (…

April 28, 2015 | 01:10 EDT

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Five Nights at Freddy's 3 Review - Five More Nights

The Five Nights at Freddy's series hasn't had the best track record here at Techraptor. We've criticized the series' reliance on jumpscares and lack of reason to check the camera in the past, and I'm…

March 8, 2015 | 11:00 EDT

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Five Nights at Freddy's 3 available for Purchase on Steam

In case you needed the latest and greatest in interactive video laxatives, Five Nights at Freddy's 3 is now available for purchase on Steam for 7.99 (USD). [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch…

March 3, 2015 | 08:33 EST

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Could Five Nights at Freddy's 3 Be On the Way?

Five Nights at Freddy's was one of the surprise indie hits of last year and was quickly followed up with a sequel less than three months later. Now, developer Scott Cawthon seems to be teasing yet…

January 3, 2015 | 08:50 EST

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IMO: How Freddy's Shows Difficult Games are Good

Remember the first time you started this gig? The dude on the phone said that the animatronics were a bit wonky, yeah, but you never took to heart just how serious he was being. Started the night…

November 23, 2014 | 09:00 EST

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Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Review - Ready for Freddy

Only three months ago, Five Nights at Freddy's released for Desura and Steam. Now, three months later, the sequel has been released. One would expect this sequel to be nothing but a glorified…

November 12, 2014 | 03:00 EST

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Five Nights At Freddy's 2 - Prime for Green Light

My god was that quick or what? Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Greenlight page is up as of the 21st of October. The original was released only two months ago, and hot on it's heels comes the sequel once…

October 23, 2014 | 09:10 EDT

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Five Night at Freddy's Review

The horror genre has been pretty sparse as of late, with one of the only science fiction horror series recently turning more towards action adventure than survival, along with the Resident Evil…

September 15, 2014 | 11:00 EDT