Blair Witch, the survival horror FPS based on the iconic found-footage movie (series, actually) with the full title The Blair Witch Project, is headed to Nintendo Switch this summer. As announced in today's Nintendo Indie World Showcase developer Bloober Team has confirmed the game, which launched originally on PC and other consoles last year, is set for a Summer 2020 release on Nintendo's system. You can check out the trailer above.
It's built in Unreal Engine 4, so given Bloober's track record with Switch you might have guessed it was coming. Published by Lionsgate Games, Blair Witch takes place a couple of years following the events of the film (the first one) and puts you in the shoes of Ellis Lynch, a former cop who joins the search for a missing boy in the Black Hills Forest. Cue bad things happening.
Bloober has form when it comes to first-person games of the horror persuasion, with titles like the two Layers of Fear games and psychological sci-fi thriller Observer under its belt. Here are some screenshots which will surely jolt some memories from 1999 for those who remember that far back:
While the original release's gameplay didn't wow critics last year, Blair Witch did manage to conjure very well that tense atmosphere people will remember from the first film. Add to that a dog companion for the main character which people also enjoyed and colour us intrigued to see how this game translates to Switch, and if the version we get will be tweaked from last year's releases in any way.
There are no details on pricing, plans for a physical release or a date just yet, but we'll be keeping an eye on this one.
Have you played this on another console or PC? Feel free to leave your impressions below and congratulate us on making it through this entire article without once writing 'Blair Switch'.
Dang, just did it.
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I'm excited. Thank god I waited for this to come out in the Switch.
I have this game downloaded on my One X with Gamepass but haven't played it.
I'm a sucker for survival horror games so
I would buy a physical copy of this game for Switch. If it's digital only then I'll just stick with the Xbox version...
Awesome!!! I can’t wait 😊
Thank you 🙏
Nice. I've had this on my Steam list for a while, bug I'll wait for the Switch port now.
BLAIR SWITCH PROJECT
You're welcome!
Haven't heard good things about this game at all...
I hope they bring layers of fear 2 as well. I LOVED part 1. And observer was fun too.
The movies were terrible. Sounds like the game is too.
@westman98 I heard the game was pretty disappointing.
@Kalmaro The game was quite a mess technically at launch so the word came out it was not too good. The issues are now gone, at least on PC and PS4, so what is left is a beautifuy, mind-bending and actually scary horror - more on the atmosphere side than gore.
I said yesterday I hoped to see Layers of Fear 2 announced, so I'm a little disappointed that we're getting this instead. With the original LoF being on Switch, I asumed it was just a matter of time until it arrived, perhaps it still is. Probably not anytime soon though.
@PlusFan Really now? I had it on gamepass so its basically "free". I may check it out now.
@PlusFan That's good to know. I'll definitely give it a go. I absolutely loved Layers of Fear it's the first and only game I've ever played that genuinely scared me at points. Even movies don't do that to me but that game gave me a sense of dread that I've never felt before. My skin was crawling throughout. I got Observer and played it for a few hours but came away from it disappointed. I just couldn't get into it at all. The horror sections didn't work for me.
@Kalmaro Please do, what harm can come... Although I'm not 100% sure how the situation is right now on Xbox.
@PlusFan Me neither. Fortunately, I have gamepass for PC so maybe in in luck!
Wait, this series is still a thing?
Digital only, or Retail also?
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