Oil Rig Horror ‘Still Wakes The Deep’ Unveiled at Xbox Showcase

Nonetheless Wakes the Deep sees you fOIL horror on a rig.

Xbox’s June 2023 Showcase has revealed a model new narrative horror sport referred to as Nonetheless Wakes The Deep. It’s developed by The Chinese language Room, a British studio identified for Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture and Expensive Esther.

Whereas the builders’ earlier titles have largely been based mostly within the exploration style, they’ve shelved that in favor of the supernatural, with Nonetheless Wakes The Deep confirmed as a narrative-driven horror title during which gamers tackle the position of an offshore oil rig employee.

Already a harmful and doubtlessly lonely occupation, gamers are thrown within the deep finish (pun supposed) when the rig begins to break down and an “otherworldly horror” makes itself identified.

Set in December 1975, the sport appears to be like to tackle themes of isolation and survival, with The Chinese language Room saying: “Run, climb, and swim by way of the flooding corridors and storm-lashed outer decks. Face a terrifying, unrelenting foe. And pray that, in the future, you get to see your loved ones once more.”

The teaser trailer, which dropped at June 11’s Xbox Showcase, tells us little in regards to the story however quite a bit in regards to the setting, focussing on an remoted oil rig on the mercy of the weather and no matter entity gamers need to maintain at bay (sea what I did there).

When it comes to launch date, there’s nothing concrete for now. The Chinese language Room have promised an “early” 2024 launch date. For now, that’s all the knowledge we’ve got. We’d assume which means the primary quarter (January by way of March), however that’s only a guess and the devs might but want to regulate their schedule.

It’ll be accessible through Xbox Sport Move, in addition to on Steam and PlayStation. No matter platform you’re enjoying on, it ought to get your adrenaline going.

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