Konami provided a fresh — and terrifying — look at its upcoming remake of the survival horror classic sharing a new trailer and release date during Sony’s State of Play and offering an extended look at gameplay during Konami’s Transmission event. In the trailer, husband of the year James Sunderland makes his way through the haunted town, fighting monstrous nurses and generally looking sad, wet, and guilty. Konami’s presentation expanded on his patheticness featuring extended scenes of James fighting more monsters and interacting with the other people lost in the town.
However, developer Team Bloober seemingly realized the value of the tease, exercising restraint in not including any glimpses of the big daddy himself: Pyramid Head. You can watch the full Transmission presentation, which also features a short vignette on the movie, below. The remake was first announced in 2022 as part of that included multiple spinoffs and a new live-action movie (which is also based on ).
The updated version of the game, which originally launched on the PSone in 2001, is being developed by Polish studio Bloober Team, which is best known for horror games and . At the beginning of the year, , while also surprise launching a short, free spinoff called . Interestingly, though today’s two events confirmed the game’s October 8th release date, only Konami’s featured the confirmation that will come day and date to PC.
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