Saber Interactive, the online game firm behind Warhammer 40,000: House Marine 2, has introduced a model new Hellraiser recreation alongside a trailer that’s not for the faint of coronary heart.
Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival is a story-driven, single-player survival horror motion recreation set within the Hellraiser universe. It is developed by Boss Workforce Video games, creator of the not too long ago delisted Evil Lifeless: The Game, and is due out on PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X and S, and PC by way of Steam.
Hellraiser, for the uninitiated, is a cult traditional horror franchise made up of 11 movies and numerous comedian books, all primarily based on The Hellbound Coronary heart novella by English writer Clive Barker. The star of the present is Pinhead, a ‘Cenobite’ who harvests human souls to torture in sadistic experiments. And you’ll see that in motion within the trailer, which — content material warning! — comprises as a lot intercourse because it does physique horror.
The trailer is definitely consistent with the look and really feel of Barker’s unique Hellraiser film, which started life within the late 80s. We see one character use the franchise’s notorious puzzle field, the Lament Configuration, to open a gateway to hell, and the Cenobites made well-known by the flicks stroll by way of to do their factor. In a transfer positive to thrill followers, actor Doug Bradley returns to the function of Pinhead for the primary time in practically 20 years.
Barker can be concerned on this new Hellraiser online game, serving to out with the story. “Engaged on the primary true Hellraiser recreation has been a enterprise deep into the recesses of my darkest imaginings,” he commented.
“The dedication that Saber and Boss Workforce Video games have proven is nothing brief of exceptional. They’ve immersed themselves within the Hellraiser universe, capturing its essence — the seductive pull of struggling, the wonder inside the grotesque — and cast a story that invitations gamers to step past the edge. I’m keen for each the curious and the damned to expertise this new chapter within the Hellraiser mythos, the place each second balances on the brink of nightmare and revelation.”
Right here’s the official blurb:
Uncover the story of Aidan, who should unlock the darkish powers of the Genesis Configuration, a mysterious puzzle field, to assist his girlfriend from a hellish abyss. As Aidan, you’ll harness the field’s infernal skills to outlive your pact with the sinister Pinhead and battle towards the twisted cult that worships him and the Cenobites. Fail, and your struggling will likely be legendary, even in Hell.
There’s discuss of harnessing the skills of the Genesis Configuration together with “earthly” weapons to “inflict bone-breaking, flesh-searing ache (or pleasure?) upon your enemies.” You combat hell’s wretches, deviants, cultists, and monks.
Hellraiser was thrust again into the general public consciousness in 2022 with a franchise reboot movie. IGN’s Hellraiser overview returned an 8/10. We mentioned: “Hellraiser is a reinvigorated reboot that will get the blood pumping, beginning with Jamie Clayton’s worthy Pinhead efficiency that units a recent tone with immense reverence paid to Clive Barker’s works.”
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