Talking with VGC, studio director at Supermassive Video games Will Byles disclosed that the studio’s subsequent large horror title is already in improvement.
Supermassive Video games first turned famend for Till Daybreak, even successful a BAFTA award for the narrative-driven slasher sport. Then got here The Darkish Photos Anthology, a sequence of smaller, episodic narrative horror tales for gamers to embark on.
Most just lately, nevertheless, was The Quarry; one other full-blown teen slasher within the type of a cinematic sport, effectively well worth the 4/5 we gave it in our evaluate.
When speaking about what’s subsequent for the studio — excluding the upcoming instalment in The Darkish Photos Anthology, The Satan in Me — Will Byles shared with VGC that the group had began work on the subsequent large sport for the studio.
“I can’t actually let you know very a lot in any respect about it, however we’ve got began. Once more, it’s the identical kind of horror style, we’re sticking to that. It’s equal in measurement to The Quarry… and that’s about as a lot as I can say with out giving an excessive amount of away.”
Byles continues, “Probably, we may be slightly bit like… I don’t understand how far we are able to stretch the teenager horror factor out additional, as a result of particularly once we attempt to stir it up, the variety of surprises you may add to that turns into restricted.”
“The Darkish Photos explores a whole bunch of variants of the horror style. What we’re now, and I can’t let you know precisely what it’s, is a little bit of a diversion away from that kind of customary, nevertheless it’s nonetheless very a lot basic horror.”
Whereas we’re going to have to attend for any additional particulars on what Till Daybreak and The Quarry’s subsequent non secular successor could also be, Byles’ feedback do insinuate a slight departure from the present Supermassive system of charming but terrifying teen slashers. What do you anticipate this might entail?
Moreover, when requested by VGC about how lengthy followers will probably be ready for the subsequent sport, Byles’ suggested the turnaround must be a lot shorter than the seven-year wait that there was between Till Daybreak and The Quarry. “Will probably be 2025, or perhaps 2026,” Byles shared.
Should you can’t wait till 2025 or 2026 in your subsequent repair of Supermassive Video games, the launch of the newest addition to The Darkish Photos Anthology — The Satan in Me — is true across the nook, arriving on November 18 this 12 months. In a latest dialog with sport director, Tom Heaton, we learnt slightly extra about what followers ought to anticipate from the sport.