The Texas Chain Saw Massacre developer Gun Interactive has introduced that the sport won’t obtain any future content material or assist after the discharge of a brand new patch later this month. The studio added that there might be extra patches launched sooner or later that can assist transition The Texas Chain Saw Massacre towards peer-to-peer matchmaking, and the sport won’t be delisted from storefronts.
This echoes the studio’s pledge to maintain The Texas Chain Saw Massacre from struggling the identical destiny as Friday the thirteenth: The Game, which was delisted and shut down in 2023 as a result of its license expiring.
Gun Interactive says that it feels The Texas Chain Saw Massacre “has reached its full potential” and that it has been capable of notice its future for the asymmetrical multiplayer sport, permitting it to see its imaginative and prescient for this venture towards its “pure” inventive finish.
“From the very starting, we have all the time had a transparent and concise imaginative and prescient for this sport. We wished to push the envelope on multiplayer asymmetrical horror, make clear this iconic movie to a more recent era, and place people into the attractive however macabre world of Muerto County and we really feel we have now achieved that,” the studio explained.
As for the long run, Gun Interactive hasn’t revealed what its subsequent venture is, however it’s urging followers to remain tuned.
One among a number of asymmetrical multiplayer video games primarily based on a horror film IP, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre stands aside from different video games by using a 4v3 construction for its gameplay, forcing survivors to maintain a watch out for the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface and his homicidal household. An genuine recreation of the basic slasher movie–right all the way down to Leatherface’s signature chainsaw–the sport was well-received at launch.
“As one of many yr’s scariest and best-designed experiences, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre has reset the bar for multiplayer horror video games,” Mark Delaney wrote in GameSpot’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre assessment. Whereas the sport will nonetheless stay on with the devoted followers who usually play it, the identical cannot be mentioned for Evil Useless: The Game, as after a quick run, it was pulled from digital storefronts by writer Boss Staff Video games.