Here’s A First Look At Ben Starr And Neil Newbon’s Unsettling Performances In Dead Take

Following the success of its debut title, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, Surgent Studios has opted to discover a completely completely different style with its subsequent recreation: psychological horror. With Dead Take, the studio units its sights on making a tense and atmospheric expertise that duties gamers with splicing collectively live-action footage as they discover a Hollywood mansion and the darkish aspect of fame. It is a exhausting pivot and a tall order, however a primary have a look at the sport’s lead actors moving into their roles positively conjures up some confidence.

GameSpot can solely share a have a look at lead actors Ben Starr (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Remaining Fantasy XVI) and Neil Newbon (Baldur’s Gate 3, Detroit: Change into Human) as seen within the recreation’s live-action segments. Each clips are offered as footage from audition tapes, and see the characters nervously introduce themselves earlier than disturbing supernatural parts lower in. As somebody who has, but once more, fallen into a significant Baldur’s Gate 3 pit, listening to our beloved Astarion placed on a deep American accent positively stunned me–but not as a lot because the clips’ last moments.

In Dead Take, gamers tackle the function of Chase Lowry (Newbon) as he tries to uncover what occurred to his shut pal Vinny Monroe (Starr). As Chase explores the luxurious-yet-eerie Los Angeles mansion Vinny was final seen at, he’s compelled to wade by footage of the pair in an try and make sense of what occurred. It is value noting, nonetheless, that previous to Vinny’s disappearance, each he and Chase had been auditioning for a similar function in a critically-acclaimed filmmaker’s subsequent film, hinting that there may need been a little bit of animosity between the pair. And but, jealousy is not the one darkish power at work, as there appears to be a wierd supernatural aspect to the sport as effectively.

“The home is watching. It appears to hang-out your steps,” Dead Take’s Steam page reads. “Piece collectively what actually occurred final night time as you uncover a aspect of the leisure trade solely mentioned in whispers. The cruelty. The sordid gossip. The auditions gone incorrect. The shadowy determine with the facility to make or break your profession. There’s just one option to assure your success: feed me one thing actual.”

Although Surgent Studios has but to announce a launch date, Dead Take is listed as “coming quickly” on Steam. In the sport’s most up-to-date press launch, the studio said that it’ll reveal the remainder of Dead Take’s solid, together with “a notable line-up of cameos,” within the coming weeks.