The latest game in Supermassive Games’ chillingThe Dark Pictures Anthologyseries of horror titles has been revealed with a terrifying trailer. The brief glimpse at the upcoming sci-fi horror game, titledDirective 8020, was included as a mid-credit Easter egg in the British developer’snew horror gameThe Devil In Me.
Developer Supermassive Games’The Dark Pictures Anthologyis a series of cinematic horror games published by Bandai Namco Entertainment that debuted with 2019’sMan of Medan. After receiving generally positive reviews from fans and critics,Man ofMedan was followed by sequelsLittle Hope, House of Ashes,and the upcomingThe Devil in Me. Each game in the series features a new cast and setting, and tasks players with trying to survive a series of terrifying scenarios heavily inspired by classic horror films. In addition toThe Dark Pictures Anthologytitles,Supermassive Games also developed recent summer campslasher gameThe Quarry.
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In a brief trailer included as a mid-credits scene inThe Devil In Me, Supermassive Games has revealed that season two ofThe Dark Pictures Anthologywill premiere with sci-fi horror gameDirective 8020. The one-minute trailer opens with a camera drifting through a seemingly empty spaceship, with drops of blood and shattered helmets floating in zero-g. A disembodied voice on the radio states that everything is under control before another voice interrupts the transmission, frantically describing being violently attacked as the screen flashes to the ship’s interior covered in a strange growth. The trailer ends with a planet visible in the distance as the first voice mentions arriving at “humanity’s future home.”
Closing with a heading announcing the game asThe Dark Pictures Anthologyseason 2 premiere,Directive 8020’s short trailer sets up the premise of what looks like a looming, alien threat that would feel right at home in any sci-fi horror movie. Moving to a sci-fi setting is a big departure fora franchise with recent entries set in more “grounded” locations like a Mesopotamian temple and a sinister museum, but it should allow Supermassive Games to deliver a new style of horror compared to its predecessors, which primarily focused on supernatural terrors. It is unclear at this point whetherDirective 8020is thenew horror game by Supermassivethat was teased byThe Quarrydirector Will Byles in an interview earlier this year.
After several years of dormancy, sci-fi horror looks to be experiencing a bit of a revival in the gaming industry. With titles like EA’sDead Spaceremake, the brutal andbloodyThe Callisto Protocol, and a reimagining of the sci-fi classicSystem Shockall nearing release, it’s a good time to be a horror gamer. If Supermassive Games can manage to successfully bring their trademark tense and terrifying gameplay to the sci-fi horror genre, then horror fans will be in for a spooky treat wheneverDirective 8020releases.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Directive 8020is currently in development.
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