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Frogwares Reveals Lovecraftian Open-World Horror Game ‘The Sinking City’
Well, shoot. I done goof’d. A few weeks back, I wrote about a new Call of Cthulhu game from Blood Bowl developer Cyanide Studios, which I mistook for the Call of Cthulhu game Frogwares announced two years ago. That was a hasty assumption on my part, and I apologize for that.
Frogwares still has a Lovecraftian horror game in the works, and they’re calling it The Sinking City.
The game promises to bring the Sherlock Holmes developer’s penchant for investigating things to the exciting and often unpredictable realm of open-world horror. Frogwares isn’t ready to share a release window or which platforms it’ll come to — it was previously announced for PC, PS4 and Xbox One — but they’re confident it’ll be “bigger than what we’ve ever made.”
Set in Massachusetts in the 1920s, The Sinking City follows a private investigator as he works to uncover the source of a seemingly supernatural flooding before it consumes the city.
We have an exclusive first look at A Man in the Woods With an Axe, a blood-soaked, genre-twisting homage to 1980s slasher films.
Spanning four decades, A Man in the Woods With an Axe begins in the summer of 1987 before pushing into the modern era, weaving together timelines and perspectives in a way that builds both dread and intrigue.
Drawing inspiration from genre standouts like Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Hatchet, and The Cabin in the Woods, the film blends visceral horror with moments of dark humor, creating a uniquely balanced experience that honors tradition while carving its own identity.
Writer-director Dillon Brown (Primal Darkness) aims to deliver everything fans crave from a slasher while boldly subverting expectations with a mid-film twist that redefines the story.
“This is an unapologetic love letter to the films that made me fall in love with horror,” Brown tells Bloody Disgusting. “But I didn’t just want to recreate that feeling; I wanted to challenge it. About halfway through, the film takes a turn that completely changes how you view not only this story, but the genre itself.”
Brown describes the vintage-inspired production as “far and away the bloodiest film I’ve ever made,” with practical effects helmed by Cody Ruch (The Mill, Pig Hill), an instructor at Tom Savini’s Special Make-Up Effects Program.
From Horror Dadz Productions, A Man in the Woods With an Axe is currently in production and targeting an early 2027 release.
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