Norwegian studio Rock Pocket Games has found a publisher for its first-person space horror game Moons of Madness, announced in 2017. The game will be released by Funcom, the creator of The Secret World and Conan Exiles, located in the same country. The release will take place "on Halloween" (that is, in late October - early November) 2019 on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The press release notes that thanks to the help of the publisher, the game has changed a lot compared to the prototype shown more than a year and a half ago. Together, the two Norwegian companies were able to take the original concept to new heights: expanding the gameplay and overall scope, and fully unlocking the potential of a chilling story. Moons of Madness and Secret World Legends (the relaunch of The Secret World) are also said to take place in the same universe.
βFuncom's support allowed us to implement all the features we had planned, including those related to the story,β said Ivan Moen, head of Rock Pocket Games. β Moons of Madness is our βdream gameβ. We've been working on horror in between developing other projects for different publishers, and now we can fully focus on it and put all our creative energy into it."
In Moons of Madness, the player takes on the role of Shane Newehart, a technician at the Invictus Research Base built by the Orochi Corporation on Mars. His level of security clearance is low, so he knew nothing about the mysterious signal from the Red Planet, which was obtained even before the erection of the structure (which was created to study this signal). Scientists have established that it was sent by intelligent beings. Shane simply continued with his assigned task of keeping the station powered up until the arrival of the Cyrano transport ship, which should deliver the workers on board the next shift. But soon critical systems began to fail, and the greenhouse was filled with a mysterious fog.
βThe rest of the team has not yet returned from the mission. You start seeing and hearing strange things. Visions, hallucinations - is it what it seems? Is it for realβ¦ or are you slowly losing your mind?
The authors promise "real space horrors." Players will have to explore the base, experiencing "a sense of isolation and paranoia", "overcoming obstacles using computers, electrical systems, research vehicles and solar panels." At some point, the hero will be able to leave the base and go "to the dark side of Mars", where "the very fabric of reality is torn at the seams."
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Recently, games created based on the works of Lovecraft or inspired by them are not uncommon. Cyanide's Call of Cthulhu mix of RPG and survival horror came out last year, and Lovecraft's Untold Stories roguelike left Steam Early Access in January. The detective adventure The Sinking City (which recently became an Epic Games Store exclusive) will be released on June 27th. Also this year, the release of the pixel RPG Elden: Path of the Forgotten, based on the mythology of the writer, is expected.
Source: 3dnews.ru