Inspired by Silent Hill and other early 2000s horror titles, Hollowbody is a tech-noir (think Blade Runner) that has crashed into survival horror. Developed by Headware Games, Hollowbody will release on September 12, 2024.

In the tradition of the best of the genre, players will need to “push through the zone, solve environmental puzzles, manage resources” and fight for their lives as they try to find a way to escape. The game offers a blend of dynamic and fixed camera angles.

Headware Games sets the stage like this:

It’s a Shipper’s biggest fear. You’re grounded in the exclusion zone, twenty miles of death and decay sealed off by the towering, suffocating walls erected after the collapse.

Play as Mica, an unlicensed black market shipper who will stop at nothing to find her missing partner.

It’s been 12 days since Sasha left.

You talked about it, you argued about it and you even laughed about it. Anybody in their right mind knew going to that place was a death wish, a one-way trip to the end of the line. But Sasha wasn’t one to scare easily, she wanted answers and there was only one place those answers held any truth. Her mind was already made up, you just didn’t expect her to do it without you.

Twelve sleepless nights later and you finally get the call. Tax has found someone, A border security suit looking to make some extra credits on the down-low. He can get you clearance, a two hour window to fly into the zone, find Sasha and get the hell out of there.

You make your way across the exclusion zone but something’s wrong. The nav’s running in circles and you’re losing altitude. Before you know it a blinding white fills the sky. The dash goes dark and your hover drops out of the air like a lead balloon, slamming into the paved streets below.

You wake to the acrid smell of an electrical fire, rain pounding on the cracked windshield. You’re surrounded by the crumbling remains of what were once considered homes.

You need to find a way out. Call for evac, scale the walls. Something. Anything. Survive.

Hollowbody will offer full voice acting, strong world-building, “Carefully paced save points ensure tension is maintained whilst respecting the player’s time,” difficulty options that allow the player to choose between exploration and combat (much like Crow Country), and post-game secrets.

You can find Hollowbody on Steam.

Source: Headware Games

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