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Homes are tightly knitted together in the multi-story structure, and, when the camera zooms in, we’re shown a woman standing on a veranda who’s clearly been infected by the parasites we’ve seen earlier. We’re shown a wide shot of a high-rise apartment block situated within what looks like an industrial area.

Perhaps the most exciting takeaway from Slitterhead’s reveal trailer, though, arrives at its very end. From what we’ve seen so far from the latter studio’s upcoming Ghostwire Tokyo, it too is adopting a more hands-on, conflict-leaning approach in its interpretation of the scare ‘em up for the modern age.Ĭreativity and risk are driving modern horror games – but where does the genre go next?

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Resident Evil has pivoted towards more action-inspired first-person terror in recent years, while Tango Gameworks’ The Evil Within breached the shores of open-world horror in its second series entry of 2017. The high-octane, action-heavy style of Slitterhead of course flies in the face of classic Silent Hill’s more pensive sensibilities, but, at this stage at least, this doesn’t feel unnatural given the direction of blockbuster horror in 2021. And he came back to face a new challenge in horror.” In practice, Slitterhead looks like Silent Hill turned up to 11 – with grotesque, shapeshifting monsters aplenty the dismemberment of bewildered civilians and police officers alike and a ninja-aping, motorcycle helmet-wearing, sword-wielding chap who goes to town on the ethereal beings, who may or may not be the game’s protagonist. In 2020, he went independent and founded Bokeh Game Studio. Clearly keen to tap into this lineage, the trailer spends its opening stretch outlining Toyama’s credentials, informing us that “in 1999, Keiichiro Toyama chose horror as the genre for his first directorial work. Unfortunately, very little has been announced in terms of Slitterhead's release date or the platforms it will appear on.There’s barely a minute of cinematic footage in Slitterhead’s reveal trailer, but it’s surely enough to get horror fans and, more specifically, Silent Hill fans, buzzing.

Little has been revealed about Slitterhead, but a teaser trailer and its content could definitely give young children nightmares, turning the body horror and gore up to 11.īeing Bokeh Game Studio’s first game, Toyama is bringing back a member from his past projects to work on the music and soundscapes of Slitterhead, including none other than Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka. We are delighted to reveal a teaser trailer for our first game, “Slitterhead”. He emphasizes that he wants players “to feel exhilarated when playing,' drawing inspiration from the popular sub-genre known as 'death game.' As the creator of Silent Hill, Siren, Gravity Rush, and many more games, Toyama goes back to his original horror roots with Slitterhead.