Video Games
‘Moons of Madness’ Delayed Until March For PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Originally released on Steam back on October 22, 2019, the Lovecraftian Moons of Madness was originally scheduled to hit PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on January 21. Unfortunately, publisher Funcom and developer Rock Pocket Games have delayed the game’s console release to March 24.
The devs took to the game’s official Twitter page to explain the situation, saying that the team needed more time to optimize the game for consoles.
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.
It's with a heavy heart that we have to announce that the console release of Moons of Madness has been moved to March 24, 2020.
This is so we have more time to optimize the game for consoles. We understand and apologize for the frustrations this may cause.
— Moons of Madness Out Now on PC! (@Moonsofmadness) January 14, 2020
While not quite Snakes on a Plane or Red Eye, co-developers Liquid Static Studio and Snapping Turtle have something darker in mind with their upcoming job-sim horror game, Night Plane. Coming to Steam later this year, the game has you doing the expected work as a flight attendant, but with the added bonus of trying to find demons hiding amongst the passengers.
It’s 1999, and it’s your first day on the job. You must do the usual things as a flight attendant: welcoming passengers aboard, check tickets, and attend to their needs. However, shape-shifting entities may attempt to come aboard disguised as humans. So, your additional job in Night Plane is to question passengers, and find a way to remove any unauthorized non-human visitors from the plane.
That also leads to assisting passengers in unorthodox ways inside the plane, outside the plane, and in places not listed in your training manual. To make things even more complicated, you’ll need to make tough decisions with irreversible consequences. Naturally, the company will not be held accountable for any mistakes you make. You live with them.
Oh, and seeing as this is a plane, you may encounter some turbulence while in flight, along with power failures, lightning strikes and more. All of which, including your decisions, will lead to one of the multiple endings in Night Plane.
If you wish to get in on the fun prior to the game’s release, you can sign up for the playtest via the Steam page.