Video Games
‘The Medium’ Rated For The PlayStation 5
It appears that Bloober Team’s The Medium is finally heading Sony’s way. Though no announcement has been made yet, per Gematsu, the psychological horror title has been rated by the ESRB for the PlayStation 5.
Originally hitting the Xbox Series and PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store back in January to great success, Koch Media and Bloober Team had announced that the game is slated to be receiving a physical version down the road. No platforms were mentioned at the time, though with this new rating, that might change.
If you haven’t played the game (we did, and we loved it), The Medium has players assuming the role of Marianne, a spirit medium. Marianne travels to an abandoned communist resort to uncover its disturbing secrets. Along the way, she must use her psychic abilities to solve dual-reality puzzles, survive encounters with sinister spirits, and explore two realities at the same time.
Black Tabby Games has dropped a little update on the progress for Scarlet Hollow, announcing that writing work on their planned expansion to the game’s first five episodes has finished, with the team pivoting to the art. Testing for the update is set to begin in “about a couple of weeks,” though if you’re a Patreon member, you can get early access to it.
The update adds around 70,000 words of new and remastered content, with most of it expanding some of the shorter sections. The update also tweaks certain aspects of gameplay, as well as adding more dialogue (obviously) between characters, and even revamps one of the endings to the fifth episode.
The team also confirmed that writing for Episode 6 is well underway, though no release date has been announced.
Currently in Early Access on Steam, Scarlet Hollow is an immersive horror-mystery with sharp writing, impactful choices, and meticulously hand-drawn art. What was supposed to be a quiet getaway in the rural mountains of North Carolina to meet your long-lost cousin and comfort her through her mother’s funeral, has turned into a nightmare of cryptids and other supernatural horrors. You only have to survive a week. But can you get to the bottom of these mysteries haunting Scarlet Hollow before they claim your life?
If you’re keen on learning more about the game, check out Aaron’s review of the first five chapters.