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Supermassive Games Considering ‘Until Dawn 2’
A traditional sequel doesn’t really work for a game like Until Dawn, which features a branching narrative and an entirely expendable cast of characters. Developer Supermassive Games will need to get creative should they decide to turn it into a series, and while it may be too early to talk about what that would mean right now, at least we know they’re thinking about it.
The game has been a surprise success for Sony, despite they’re not allocating much in the way of marketing resources when it launched back in August.
Until Dawn executive producer Pete Samuels recently sat down with PlayStation LifeStyle to discuss the possibility of a sequel, and how they might go about approaching it.
“I think that you should expect the team to build on what we’ve done with Until Dawn, whether it’s in horror or in other genres,” explains Samuels. “We’re already working on one thing that does that, whilst exploring other avenues for our other teams in anticipation of them finishing their current projects.”
So they might do what Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream has done with their similarly cinematic interactive movies by taking what worked with Until Dawn and bringing it to a completely different game, potentially in a different genre. I wouldn’t mind that, but what about that sequel?
We do talk internally about what Until Dawn 2 could be, as it clearly can’t be a sequel in the traditional sense, with the same characters facing the same threat, not least of which because in different stories some or all of them are already dead! We’ve investigated other ways we could do Until Dawn 2 but it probably is a little early to be discussing that.
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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August
We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.
A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.
Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.
Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”
“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.
“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”
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