While it was revealed at E3 this year that Rock Pocket Games’ Lovecraftian cosmic horror game Moons of Madness would be released for Halloween, we never did get that concrete date. Until now. Publisher Funcom today announced that Moons of Madness will launch for PC via Steam on October 22, and for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on January 21, 2020.
The story for the game concerns a mysterious signal that’s been recorded coming from the Mars. The Orochi corporation sought to decode it, and determined that it was of intelligent origin. Orochi management immediately concluded that the discovery was too sensitive for public knowledge and moved to keep it hidden. In secret, the corporation began construction of Invictus, a state-of-the-art Mars research outpost designed to identify the true nature of the message.
You are Shane Newehart, a technician stationed at the Invictus and your security clearance means you are completely unaware of the existence of the mysterious signal. Your job is simply to keep the lights on until the transport ship Cyrano arrives bringing with it a new team to take over your duties. Soon you discover strange and unusual setbacks. Crucial systems are malfunctioning, the greenhouse is filled with a strange mist and the rest of your team has yet to return from their EVA mission. Things are starting to fall apart.