Pocketpair Publishing – the indie publishing arm of the studio behind Palworld – has formally introduced horror recreation Useless Take together with Tales of Kenzera: Zau developer Surgent Studios. The horror title was introduced alongside a brand new trailer, which you’ll try under.
Whereas the brief teaser trailer doesn’t actually reveal a lot in the way in which of particulars, it does give us a touch about what sort of horror we are able to anticipate from Useless Take. There may be additionally a heavy use of old-school video artefacts, together with scenes stuffed with static, that even have hidden messages for gamers to uncover. The teaser caps issues off with a easy “coming quickly”, with no affirmation of a launch window.
In keeping with Surgent Studios, Useless Take’s story will revolve round gamers slowly uncovering the darkest secrets and techniques of the leisure trade which have been hidden behind a clear, glittery facade. Nevertheless, the studio doesn’t but appear eager on revealing extra particulars as of but, with CEO Abubakar Salim speaking about being delicate concerning the recreation’s subject material.
“We’re being secretive for a purpose,” mentioned Salim in an announcement included with the press launch asserting Useless Take. “The subject material of this recreation is delicate, and it hits near house. When it comes out, and it received’t be lengthy till it does, I need gamers to assume, ‘I can’t imagine they really did this.”
Pocketpair and Surgent Studios had introduced this partnership all the way in which again in January, with the writer revealing that Surgent’s new recreation shall be its first publishing venture. On the time, the sport was merely described as being a “model new horror recreation” with “an authentic strategy.”
Salim had additional expanded on the partnership by speaking about how Surgent Studios and Pocketpair are an excellent match collectively as a result of each corporations prefer to take dangers. He additionally mentioned that Useless Take shall be “brief and bizarre”. He additionally revealed that the studio was in additional talks to make extra titles based mostly on the Tales of Kenzera: Zau universe.
“We observed a sample within the leisure trade, and Pocketpair has given us the chance to make a horror recreation about it,” mentioned Salim. “Each Surgent and Pocketpair are nicely versed in taking dangers. This recreation shall be brief and bizarre, and we expect gamers shall be desirous about what we’ve to say.”
“We’re nonetheless in earnest dialog about additional tasks set within the Tales of Kenzera universe, however this shall be a standalone piece: a mile marker between the place we’ve come from and the place we’re going.”
Pocketpair, for its half, had later revealed that it had began getting pitches from indie studios in lower than 24 hours after asserting its plans to enter recreation publishing. “We introduced Pocketpair Publishing 15 hours in the past… My inboxes have been 0 earlier than then… I feel I may need underestimated how a lot curiosity right here could be,” wrote communications director and publishing supervisor John Buckley on X.
Useless Take is slated for launch on PC. It’s presently unknown whether or not it is going to be coming to consoles as nicely. Within the meantime, there’s a Steam retailer itemizing the place you may wishlist the title.
