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Fade in · September 23, 2026 · The lead · Review
New World: Bonds of Shadows Review: The Two-Player Film That Finally Justifies the Format
Shanghai 1941, a fake marriage, a hundred endings, and a first choice that asks whether you trust the stranger on the other screen. Our full review of ALT Lab's two-player interactive film, played on launch day.
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Review New World: Bonds of Shadows Review: The Two-Player Film That Finally Justifies the Format Sep 24, 2026 Sep 24, 2026 Data China's Box Office Data Authority Now Tracks FMV Games as Its Own Category Sep 23, 2026 Sep 23, 2026 News New World: Bonds of Shadows Is Out, and It Puts a Second Player in the Film Sep 23, 2026 Sep 23, 2026 Data FMV by the Numbers: Releases Tripled in Two Years, and Almost Nobody Noticed Sep 18, 2026 Sep 18, 2026 Preview Doctor Dekker 2 Wants You Back on the Couch: What We Know About D'Avekki's Fifth FMV Sep 18, 2026 Sep 18, 2026 Feature Forbidden Solitaire: The Year's Best-Rated FMV Horror Is a Card Game Sep 18, 2026 Sep 18, 2026 News The Breakout 13 Studio's Next Film Needs Two Players, and It Lands September 23 Sep 17, 2026 Sep 17, 2026 The Reel The Reel: Gold Diggers Goes Mobile in China, Kun Peng's Storytelling LLM, and a Ticketing Giant Enters FMV Sep 17, 2026 Sep 17, 2026 News Sam Barlow × Brandon Cronenberg: Precognition Is the Genre's Biggest Bet on 2028 Sep 16, 2026 Sep 16, 2026 Analysis What Dispatch's Millions Mean for Interactive Film Aug 17, 2026 Aug 17, 2026 News Revenge on Gold Diggers Is Coming to iPhone Aug 17, 2026 Aug 17, 2026 The Interview "We Don't Chase the Wind, We Make It": A Conversation with Kun Peng Aug 17, 2026 Aug 17, 2026 Feature How Chinese Interactive Films Conquered Steam Aug 16, 2026 Aug 16, 2026 Endings guide Revenge on Gold Diggers: How the 38 Endings Actually Work Aug 15, 2026 Aug 15, 2026 Pillar ranking 8 Games Like Black Mirror: Bandersnatch You Can Play Right Now Aug 14, 2026 Aug 14, 2026 Guide Break 13 Out on iPhone: Chapters, Free Content and Unlock Guide Aug 13, 2026 Aug 13, 2026 Pillar ranking The Best Interactive Movies on iPhone (2026) Aug 12, 2026 Aug 12, 2026 Companion guide Breakout 13: A Cultural Companion for Western Players Aug 11, 2026 Aug 11, 2026 Pillar ranking The Best FMV Games of 2026 Aug 10, 2026 Aug 10, 2026 Review Immortality Review: The Movie Star Who Vanished Three Times Aug 09, 2026 Aug 09, 2026
Scene 03 · EXT. SIXTY YEARS OF HISTORY — DAY
Sixty years of films that fight back
Kinoautomat 1967 → the AI era. The complete history of the form.