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Wrong Organ's acclaimed space-freighter horror game Mouthwashing launches on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Switch on October 29, 2026, a year later than first planned and day one in Game Pass on Xbox.
Atooi's remastered Dementium II, the 2010 DS horror shooter, launches on Steam on October 20 with up to 4K or retro-resolution visuals, a single-screen redesign, controller support and Steam Deck play.
Screen Burn Interactive has detailed how the first first-person Silent Hill uses PS5 hardware: motion controls tune the CRTV handheld, adaptive triggers are weighted per weapon, and ray tracing carries the Otherworld. Out September 24.
Frictional Games' extended gameplay look at Ontos shows its centrepiece experiment: sixty rats strapped into a server rack simulating a man's consciousness, with you moving the probes. Set in a repurposed lunar hotel called Samsara, the SOMA spiritual successor leans on exploration, research and replayable experiments over action. Due 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
IllFonic's design director walks through the map's grain mill, silos, farmland, and two deep-cut film landmarks - the Rabbit in Red Lounge and Phelps Garage - a week before the 1v4 asymmetrical horror game launches September 8 on PS5 and Steam.
Konami Press Start airs September 3 at 8:00 a.m. PT for roughly 30 minutes, carrying news and new gameplay for SILENT HILL: Townfall, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Rev. NOiR, Project Zircon and eFootball Kick-Off! - plus developer video messages. Konami has stated in advance that no Silent Hill remake will be discussed.
Rebellion's first-person Alien shooter arrives spring 2027 on Xbox Series X|S, PC and PlayStation 5. The gamescom breakdown details the escalating mega-storm, four alien types that hunt in packs, 3D-printed weapon upgrades and objectives delivered as diagnostics rather than waypoints.
Saber Interactive has opened digital pre-orders and confirmed a Nintendo Switch 2 release alongside PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Steam on October 8, 2026. The developers also detailed how the Genesis Configuration puzzle box drives combat, traversal and puzzles.
The Until Dawn and Dark Pictures Anthology studio has begun a redundancy consultation covering up to 75 roles, following roughly 90 cuts in February 2024 and 35 in July 2025. Supermassive reported 172 staff at the end of 2025, and the cuts follow Directive 8020's soft launch and CEO Robert Henrysson's exit.
After a decade of fan demand and licensing limbo, the Friday the 13th icon arrives in Dead by Daylight on June 16, 2026 as The Slasher - the game's 10th-anniversary killer, wielding Omnipresent Evil and Improvised Carnage.
Vertigo Games and Exkee will release their ground-up remake of the 1993 FMV classic on June 4, using volumetric video to drop real actors right inside Henry Stauf's mansion.
Bandai Namco's Little Nightmares II Enhanced Edition arrives on Nintendo Switch 2 today, May 29, 2026, rebuilding the acclaimed atmospheric horror with higher-resolution visuals, ray tracing, and a choice between a 4K 30fps Beauty Mode and a 60fps Performance Mode.
Necrophosis: Full Consciousness is out now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam), and its launch trailer shows off grotesque new landscapes plus footage from the Subconsciousness DLC. The complete edition brings Dragonis Games' surreal first-person horror - inspired by the art of Zdzislaw Beksinski and the dread of H.P. Lovecraft - to consoles for the first time, casting you as a memoryless Consciousness exploring cursed dimensions with no weapons at all.
Spanish developer Duck Reaction and UK publisher Perp Games have announced Perceptum, a roughly three-hour psychological horror game scheduled to launch in 2027 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. You play a medium investigating a family's disappearance armed only with a pocket mirror, with influences from P.T. and The Conjuring and an early PC playtest already running on Steam.
Mob Entertainment has confirmed Poppy Playtime: Chapter 5 - Broken Things launches on consoles May 27, 2026, three months after the PC release. The new console release date trailer puts The Prototype - Experiment 1006 - back at the center of the marketing. PS5 and Xbox Series X|S target 60 FPS with optional 4K/30 and uncapped VRR modes, while PS4, Xbox One, and Switch all get the full uncut campaign at their respective performance profiles.
Saber Interactive and Boss Team Games dropped a new gameplay trailer for Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival on May 20, 2026, focused entirely on the Genesis Configuration - the puzzle box that powers protagonist Aidan's combat and Labyrinth manipulation. The trailer shows off three named abilities (Telekinesis, Pyrokinesis, and Hell Chains), Doug Bradley returns to voice Pinhead, and Saber is targeting a Fall 2026 launch on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
Resident Evil Requiem producer Masato Kumazawa says the fan backlash to Nvidia’s AI-yassified Grace Ashcroft from the DLSS 5 demo was actually ‘a positive.’ The intensity of the negative reaction, he argues, proves the original character design was successful enough to make players genuinely defensive of her appearance.
Supermassive's Directive 8020 swaps slasher tropes for The Thing-style space horror on May 12 — Lashana Lynch leads an eight-crew Cassiopeia as a real-time roaming alien hunts the ship and a new rewind mechanic breaks Dark Pictures' permanent-choice rule.
Kinetic Games confirms Phasmophobia's Player Character Update for May 5, 2026, adding 12 customizable investigators with no microtransactions, removing the death room, and ushering in an Alan Wake crossover starting May 12.
Supermassive Games’ Directive 8020 launches May 12, bringing sci-fi survival horror with a shapeshifting alien threat, five playable characters, and the studio’s first online co-op mode.
Big Bad Wolf and Nacon's Lovecraftian investigation game Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss launches today on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, sending players to the sunken city of R'lyeh in a first-person horror adventure built on Unreal Engine 5.
Korean indie horror game Narin: The Orange Room launches on Steam April 7 at $14.99, offering supernatural scares rooted in Korean folklore.
Team Ninja's full remake of the 2003 horror classic preserves the dread of the original while rebuilding every system — though some technical issues at launch have tempered the reception.