Following its reveal for Nintendo's console during March's Indie World Showcase, we can exclusively confirm that developer Bloober Team is bringing Blair Witch to Switch on 25th June. Coming from the studio behind the Layers of Fear series and Observer, the Switch edition of this first-person survival horror--based on the iconic found-footage franchise--will be launching in less than a month, and the team has released a new trailer for the game.
Originally launching on PC and other consoles last year, Blair Witch picks up the series' story a couple of years after the events of the first film. You control Ellis Lynch, a former cop who joins the search for a missing boy in the Black Hills Forest. As you might expect, things soon take a turn for the creepy.
Blair Witch will include the “Good Boy Pack” at launch, an update which enables you to personalise your dog companion's fur, eye colour and collar, in addition to extra animations and a “Super Rex” mini-game. The game will also support both HD rumble and the console's touchscreen in the menus.
Blair Witch will be on Switch eShop in less than a month for $29.99 / 29,99€. We'll have some exclusive screenshots coming your way very soon. In the meantime, check out the new trailer above and let us know your thoughts on how Blair Witch is shaping up on Switch.
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I'm still waiting to see if the Japanese physical release will support English or not. I assume it will, but better safe than sorry.
LoF is great, LoF2 is pretty alright, never played Observer, but man I really did not enjoy the first 90 minutes or so of Blair Witch before I gave up on it.
Careful with this one. Xbox one x performance was abysmal. Cool game underneath but the framerate is very unstable and the graphics appear very blurry and low res on one x. I can’t even imagine how it’ll look on switch...
Always find it strange that teams waste time/resources to release games well after they are originally released (to some very mixed/poor reviews) on other consoles, without doing anything to fix the initial criticisms they received. What are they expecting ?... releasing a game that was dodgy on One X and now porting it over to Switch ... do they think theyre suddenly gonna get rave reviews when it was received so poorly before?
@denpa-ben Ugh. I’m sorry to hear that since I was pretty helped for this as Layers 1 is probably my fav of the horror FPS games. What didn’t you like about Blair?
Should have called it "Blair Switch" for this port.
Make sure you can find a nice quiet corner to play it in...
I thought this was getting a physical release? If it's digital only, I'll just play it on my Xbox One X...
@Snakesglowcaps Hi! Those problems are just a past. We've worked hard on patches and I can ensure that nothing disturbs the gameplay. The proof is the game's ratings, which have risen to the higher level since release.
@EmmatheBest I also like Blair Switch <3
@AG_Awesome Eh, I just thought it was kind of uninteresting/boring, and the main character was kind of an a-hole as I recall. Those 2 things combined didn’t make playing the game as immersive to me as LoF, Outlast, etc. Also (and I don’t know what I was expecting tbh), the dog mechanic wasn’t as cool as I thought it might be. There’s a lot of games out there, and I figured I should use my time on something I liked better.
@fluggy A lot has changed in the game since release! Check this, how Steam ratings have risen and how good is rating of the Blair Witch on PS4 (almost 5/5 stars) . I think Blair Switch <3 is worth getting interested in.
@Bloober_Team_SM Has LoF sold well on Switch? That’s where I played it but I had to pick up the sequel on PS4. Is LoF2 coming to switch as well? Although I think the first one is better, it’s a very cool series and I’ve recommended it to several friends.
@Bloober_Team_SM Also please tell me LoF3 involves a deranged musician <3
@denpa-ben I'm also a fan of LoF1 <3 Regarding LoF2 on Switch ... we'll see. Now we have a lot of projects underway. On the other hand .... Heh... We love Switch! Some of us are like total crazy about it We want to be on this console and also reach fans here. This is the famous Switch effect
If this game is successful I hope Nintendo see a reason to release a new Fatal Frame game again or maybe a remastered of one.
@Bloober_Team_SM
Great! I'll take royalties if you advertise it as "Blair Switch" lmao jk 🤣
I'm afraid I'll need this game spoiled to me: I can't go in and have the dog die after investing time and money in this game... I just can't have that.
@Shambo Nah he runs off in the end(ings)
@Jakiboy It's what I expected, but you never know, people will go quite far "for shock value"... Thanks for spoiling it, and I'm not being sarcastic.
it looks creepy and cool
but is the narrator in the trailer,the same guy who has done Eternal Darkness Trailer years back?
@Bloober_Team_SM hey guys, can you confirm if it’s getting a physical release in the UK?
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