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Creeping Dread and Isolation Accompany Gameplay Trailer for ‘The Voidness’ [Watch]
With The Voidness releasing in a matter of weeks, developer Steelkrill Studio has released a new gameplay trailer for the upcoming sci-fi horror game. Obviously, the game’s main mechanic of scanning the environment in order to see just what’s out in the blackness of space takes centre stage with the new trailer, along with the dread that comes along with finding out that you’re not quite alone in the void.
Releasing on March 17 for PC via Steam, The Voidness comes from the folks behind Trenches and The Backrooms 1998. You play as a space specialist named Francesca Lee, one of the eight astronauts sent into a void filled with darkness to study its existence. The only way to see in The Voidness when you’re out and about is by utilizing the mentioned gameplay mechanic of scanning the environment with your range finder device.
However, as you might expect, you’re not alone in the void. Trend carefully while in the void, as stepping on debris will make “them” hear you. “They” will also see you if you are within their line of sight. Upping the ante is the fact that “they” will even hear breathing you when you are in hiding. While that feature is completely optional, why wouldn’t you want to “up the ante” during your play?
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Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.