Silent Hill 2 remake developer Bloober Staff has revealed a change of plans for considered one of its upcoming horror video games. Mission R, a title primarily based on IP from The Strolling Lifeless homeowners Skybound Leisure, was introduced final 12 months, however in a brand new assertion, Bloober says it should now be publishing the sport in addition to growing it.
While you speak about excessive stakes tasks that would severely hit your fame, Bloober Staff took on one of many riskiest with its remake of Silent Hill 2. Certain, being primarily based on a beloved horror game meant that it was all the time going to draw consideration and promote copies. However with Bloober selecting to sprinkle in a few of its personal improvements reasonably than stick with a totally trustworthy remake, there was all the time a hazard that it might spoil a recreation that many imagine is ideal to start with. Nevertheless, it completely nailed it, putting a fantastic steadiness between recreating the long-lasting places and moments within the unique, including fashionable gameplay touches, and customarily placing its personal stamp on Silent Hill 2.
It’s now transferring onto its subsequent massive recreation, a new IP called Cronos: The New Dawn, nevertheless it’s additionally received another tasks within the background. One among them is Mission R, a horror recreation primarily based on a presently unconfirmed IP owned by Skybound Leisure. Skybound is the media firm that owns properties like The Strolling Lifeless and Invincible and has revealed video games such because the console model of The Lengthy Darkish and the ultimate episodes of Telltale’s The Strolling Lifeless collection. Initially, Bloober was going to be chargeable for simply growing Mission R, however in a brand new assertion at this time, the Polish studio confirms it should additionally now self-publish the sport via its Damaged Mirror Video games arm.
Bloober Staff’s president, Piotr Babieno, additionally says that Mission R will likely be “a totally new kind of recreation, totally different from people who Bloober Staff is thought for, though in fact it is going to be a horror recreation.”
That’s a fairly thrilling prospect, and to me The Strolling Lifeless feels just like the most definitely Skybound IP to attract from for a horror recreation and one which I can see Bloober tackling in a very haunting manner. I may be broad of the mark there, however we must always discover out precisely what Mission R entails sooner or later in 2025 as Bloober says in the statement that “advertising actions associated to this title will start subsequent 12 months.”
Given Bloober’s unimaginable efforts on Silent Hill 2, Mission R and Cronos: The New Daybreak at the moment are firmly two of my most anticipated new PC games. Nevertheless, whilst you await them to reach, listed here are some good single player games which you can dive into proper now.
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