Bloober Team, the developer behind the likes of Layers of Fear and Observer, will be bringing its dual-survival reality horror The Medium to Xbox Series X/S and PC on 10th December.
The Medium (which was initially announced for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii U back in 2012 before dramatically changing course), casts players as the psychically gifted Marianne – a woman who’s been haunted by visions of a child’s murder for years – who travels to an abandoned hotel resort in a bid to find answers.
Notably, it’s Bloober’s first stab at third-person horror (as it discussed in more detail when we spoke earlier this year) and its semi-fixed camera, combined with a soundtrack created by legendary composer Akira Yamaoka, gives the experience something of a Silent Hill vibe.
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That’s compounded still further by its central gameplay mechanic, in which Marianne is able to hop between two planes of existence – here, the spirit world and the real world – to see events from different perspectives at any time, enabling Bloober to go big on its familiar brand of spatially impossible, psychedelic horror in the process.