Hellraiser is being changed into a survival horror sport

The builders at Boss Group Video games have such sights to point out you: the studio simply introduced that it’s taking the terrifying world of the traditional Hellraiser movies and turning it right into a survival horror sport. The brand new title is known as Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival, and by some means it’s the primary gaming adaptation of the franchise, which has been round since 1987.

In keeping with the studio, the sport will mix “survival horror with a single-player, story-driven motion expertise.” And, sure, there will probably be a darkish and mysterious puzzle field. There are additionally some notable names on board. Doug Bradley, the unique actor for Hellraiser’s iconic villain Pinhead, will probably be reprising the position, and sequence creator Clive Barker is helping with the sport’s story. In an announcement, Barker stated that “I’m anticipating each the curious and the damned to expertise this new chapter within the Hellraiser mythos, the place each second balances getting ready to nightmare and revelation.”

Whereas this would be the first Hellraiser sport, it’s a part of a rising pattern of traditional horror franchises being tailored for the medium. The likes of Friday the thirteenth and The Texas Chain Noticed Bloodbath had been changed into asymmetrical multiplayer video games, as was The Evil Lifeless, which was developed by Boss Group.

Single-player survival horror looks as if a greater match for Hellraiser, nonetheless, although it’s unclear but when it may be out there. Proper now it’s listed as merely “in improvement.” It’ll be out there on the PC, PS5, and Xbox at any time when it does launch.