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‘Hello Puppets: Midnight Show’ Launches on Steam October 19th
Otherworld Interactive and tinybuild’s stealth horror game Hello Puppets: Midnight Show will finally see a release this month. After releasing the full trailer for the game last month, Otherworld Interactive has announced that Hello Puppets will release on October 19th for PC via Steam.
This dramatic prequel to Hello Puppets! VR (which is also available on Steam) reveals the origins behind the infamous terrors in the first game “through jump scares, intense encounters and a thrilling, mystery-filled narrative.”
The year is 1987. You play as Owen Gubberson, creator of a rapidly-failing Muppets knock off called “Mortimer’s Handeemen”. In a last-ditch effort to save his dying show, Owen uses a mysterious spell to bring his puppets to life. Unfortunately for Owen, his Handeemen aren’t how he imagined them: they’re sadistic, evil versions of themselves, and they’re loose in the soundstage. With “plans” for you. You have one night to reverse the spell and escape the Handeemen Sound Stage alive before the puppets slaughter you and escape instead.
Hello Puppets: Midnight Show features a dynamic “Hide and Seek” system against an advanced AI that haunts you and “forces you to study behaviors and adapt your playstyle”. The hiding mechanic also forces you to stay on your toes even while you’re hidden, requiring you to engage in high-stakes minigames and challenges. The Handeeman Sound Stage itself is large and complex, featuring plenty of tools to use against the puppets, hiding spots, and pieces of a larger narrative for you to discover.
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Psychological Survival Horror Title ‘Puppet House’ Announced for Later This Year [Teaser]
Tropes like haunted houses and possessed dolls are a dime a dozen in horror. But darn it, they’re by and large a lot of fun. Developers Vecube Studio and Spirit Games Studio certainly think so, as they’ve teamed with publisher Gaming Factory to bring us both in Puppet House. Slated for release later this year on Steam, this psychological horror title sees you roaming the mansion of a deceased ventriloquist (or is he?) in search of answers.
In Puppet House, you will take on the role of Rick Evans, a photographer whose interest in haunted places has led him to Field Town, and the home of Peter Hill, an famed ventriloquist who has long since departed this life. Everyone in the town talked about the place, many of them even tried to get inside. Articles have been written about disappearances and screams coming from the walls of the abandoned house, and Rick aims to clear the air about these stories.
From the initial sounds of things, Puppet House will rely on the atmosphere of the old mansion as you wander about the place. However, you soon realize that you’re not the only one in the mansion. As you make your way through the place, solving the various puzzles and avoiding whatever it is that you sense, you’ll happen upon notes and articles that bring you closer to the truth about Peter Hill and his mansion. However, as you might expect, some secrets are best left hidden.