Amidst everything going on last week during IGN Fan Fest, Supermassive unveiled a new interview with Lashana Lynch (No Time To Die, The Woman King, The Day of the Jackal), who stars as Brianna Young in the upcoming entry in The Dark Pictures Anthology with Directive 8020.
In the interview, Lashana dives into her role as Brianna, a pilot assigned to the Cassiopeia reconnaissance ship who is thrust into a nightmare of twists and horrors. Lashana reflects on leading her first horror project, bringing a resilient, complex female character to life, and the motion capture work behind the game’s terrifying edge-of-your-seat experience.
Directive 8020 takes place in a timeline where earth is dying, and humankind is seeking a new home in the stars. The Cassiopeia is the initial survey ship sent to scout for a new habitable planet. Fully outfitted as a colony craft but flying with a vastly reduced crew, their mission is to test every procedure onboard without ever touching down on the planet they’ve been sent to orbit.
However, the crew awakens from their four-year hyper sleep to a hull breach, a murder, and some extremely suspicious crew activity. It soon becomes apparent that the ship is infected with an alien organism that can transform into any one of them. While you may be human, others in your crew may not be, and killers can hide behind familiar eyes.
Directive 8020 launches May 12 for PC via Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series. The game will be available in both physical and digital formats, with pre-orders now live across PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series.