The upcoming new thriller from FMV maestro Sam Barlow, Immortality, has seen its launch date pushed again to August thirtieth. The sport was beforehand scheduled to launch on July twenty sixth. Whilst you’re ready for that further month to cross you possibly can at all times refresh your reminiscence by watching the trailer under.
Barlow and improvement crew at Half Mermaid introduced Immortality’s delay on Twitter. “It has taken a long time for Marissa Marcel’s work to seek out the sunshine of day, so we’re glad to spend a month extra to make sure the expertise is as polished as doable”, they mentioned. “We hope everybody anticipating the sport will perceive this needed evil and proceed to arrange to dig into essentially the most complicated thriller now we have tried to reply but.”
Immortality was first teased by Barlow simply over two years in the past, when it was nonetheless being known as Undertaking Ambrosio. A trailer and a few extra particulars had been launched a 12 months later. In typical Barlow trend, the sport could have you sifting via video footage to untangle the mysterious disappearance of not-quite-movie-star Marissa Marcel. Marcel was in three films over a interval of 30 years, however none of them had been ever launched. It’s meant to be a “peek contained in the second half of movie’s first century,” based on Barlow.
To make up for the delay slightly, Half Mermaid shared just a few new screens from Immortality. You possibly can see them within the tweet beneath. I’m fairly liking the look of this, as there’s one thing Lynchian in regards to the vibe it’s giving off.
Listed below are some new screens to maintain you pic.twitter.com/IZod1rcoYH
— IMMORTALITY (new Sam Barlow recreation, out August thirtieth) (@HalfMermaid) July 13, 2022
The whole lot about Immortality exudes Barlow, as you would possibly anticipate. That’s okay although, as a result of Alice Bee loved his final recreation in her Telling Lies evaluation regardless of discovering it a considerably voyeuristic expertise. “The 2 12 months timespan of the movies contains espionage, eco-terrorism, being pregnant, tooth falling out, bedtime tales, blackmail…” she mentioned, “there’s quite a bit occurring, mainly. It is like condensing an entire arc of Eastenders into just a few hours.” Speedrunning at The Queen Vic, I prefer it.
Following its delay, Immortality is now due out on August thirtieth on Steam. Not too lengthy to attend now.