Three years for the reason that inception of studio Eyes Out, we lastly get our first have a look at their debut psychedelic horror title, SLEEP AWAKE.
Although the title was formally revealed final 12 months as a part of the Summer time Video games Fest, few particulars have emerged since then moreover a couple of screenshots and rumors.
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A Surreal Collaboration
Cory Davis, identified for his work on the infamously psychological and PTSD-inducing shooter, Spec Ops: The Line, teamed up with Robin Finck (9 Inch Nails/Weapons ‘n’ Roses) to type the brand new studio round three years in the past. They introduced the brand new collaboration with a Joshua Tree Sound Session, which… nicely, was fairly wild to place it kindly.
Now, it appears as if the torture goes to be centered very a lot in-game, with the weird and otherworldly trailer for SLEEP AWAKE.
A number of trippy and surrealist settings are depicted, together with a voice-over that repeats “I can not sleep. I have to stay awake.”, however other than that, the story is being stored beneath wraps.
A constructing referred to as the Somnological Institute is proven, maybe indicating that gamers are a part of some sort of dream-analysis experiment. The truth that such a spread of various environments is proven would additionally assist this concept of dream-hopping.
Simply as with actual sleep, the picturesque and aesthetically pleasing cloudscapes are solely half the image. The opposite facet is way darker and extra nightmarish.
The trailer definitely suggests an environment of horror, however I am fairly intrigued as to how this story will unravel, notably on condition that there seem like authoritarian figures and an nearly sci-fi backdrop away from the dreamscapes. Moreover, a number of the non-dream sequences appeared to point out the player-protagonist taking some type of hallucinogenic eyedrops.
There’s loads of thriller to uncover with SLEEP AWAKE, however what we do know is that it’s anticipated to launch in 2026 and might be obtainable on PC, Xbox X/S, and PS5.
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