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[Indie Horror Game Theater] Unreleased ‘PlayStation’ Horror Game ‘Misshapen 歪’ is Out on PC Now, and it’s Pretty Weird
Indie Horror Game Theater showcases some of the weird, wonderful, and downright creepy indie horror titles on itch.io, Steam, and more.
While today a puzzle game with weird physics implemented into them doesn’t sound too out of the ordinary, a game like Misshapen 歪 still manages to be something truly odd, and more than a little creepy.
Misshapen 歪 was supposedly an unreleased, unfinished, title for the original PlayStation, and the early build of it was recovered by the police after its creator was murdered in Japan in the 1990’s. Later it would be recovered and put on the internet (so the story goes) It features the ability to cause rapid cellular growth in your underdressed foes and use those growths to reach hidden areas and seemingly heal its barren world. As you can see below, it’s certainly on the eccentric side.
Turning strange men into mad bubbles of flesh while you try to rescue trees is an interesting pitch. Have to wonder how much cheese and other questionable substances helped create that.
Beavl and Nonsense Arts are now building the game for PC and Mac with the Unity engine, and it’s available to play it an early form over at itch.io for the grand old price of free.
Physical media fanatics can rejoice when it comes to The Chinese Room and publisher Secret Mode’s upcoming narrative horror game Still Wakes the Deep. Alongside the digital version of the game that’s set to launch on June 18 on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series, PlayStation owners will also be able to snag the physical version of Still Wakes the Deep on the same day.
Described as a welcome update for console players “whose greatest fear is the death of physical media,” the Still Wakes the Deep physical edition will be available from online and retail stores in North America and Europe. No word on if the Xbox Series will be getting the same treatment.
Sadly, there doesn’t appear to be any additional goodies with the physical disc. But, given that this guarantees you’ll have a copy of Still Wakes the Deep that you can pop into your console and play without the need to download it again, that’s a small price to pay.
Still Wakes the Deep takes place in 1975, where disaster has struck the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. You are one of the oil rig workers on the Beira D rig, fighting for his life through a vicious storm, perilous surroundings, and the dark, freezing North Sea waters. All lines of communication have been severed. All exits are gone. And something has snuck on board, leaving you to not only restore function to the rig, but also deal with the unknowable horror.
And keep an eye out for the upcoming mini documentary on Still Wakes the Deep, which is scheduled to arrive around April 30th.
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