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‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ – New Execution Pack and Weapons Skins Coming This Week
The next update for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre video game is coming on Thursday, February 22, and we’re getting more than Shirtless Johnny and Bride Sissy this week.
In addition to those two previously announced costumes (which will be free to all players), a brand new Execution Pack and new Weapon Skins will launch on February 22.
The new executions will feature “turned up brutality,” Gun Interactive had recently promised, and a sneak peek teaser trailer today previews those gory new fatalities.
Expect a new map, new survivor, and new killer in the coming months.
The game features classic villains from the movies as well as new family members, and the events of the Chain Saw game take place *before* Tobe Hooper’s original classic.
Brandon Trush writes in his review for BD, “asymmetrical horror evolves to fit a terror classic.”
New ways to hunt are coming to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre with a new Execution Pack and Weapon Skins dropping on 2/22/24. pic.twitter.com/0XsGfc1pwP
— The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (@TXChainSawGame) February 20, 2024
Video Games
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.