A particularly intriguing announcement earlier this summer was Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo, published by Microids and developed by Pendulo Studios (Blacksad: Under the Skin). It's bold taking on a name that's so iconic in film, not to mention producing a game that'll seemingly have its own original spin on the story.
As you can see above there's a new story trailer that's been released ahead of the upcoming Gamescom online event. It shows us a good deal more footage than the previous teaser, setting up some core characters and the overriding mystery that'll seemingly drive the narrative. It also confirms that while PC will hit the original release target of this year, console versions (including Switch) are now due in 2022.
If you missed it earlier in the summer, the PR blurb below outlines some of the developer's goals for this one.
- An exclusive, original story about obsession, memory, manipulation and madness, freely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece, Vertigo
- Live a powerful narrative experience paying tribute to the visual and storytelling techniques of the thriller genre
- Investigate through the vision of three characters: everyone has a different story to tell
- Explore several timelines to cross-check the events and separate reality from deceptive memories
Let us know what you think, as always, in the comments!
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Looks pretty good.
This will definitely be one to keep an eye on. Alfred Hitchcock was truly a genius and a legend in the film industry.
This feels like a bad idea taking on such an iconic movie. Rope’s still my favourite Hitchcock though!
Spot on Jimmy Stewart impression!
They could have such made something that was spiritually inspired instead of using the name and likeness of a famous visionary director who died 41 years ago.
@SalvorHardin I mean, The Witcher’s based on books. It’s not inherently a bad idea to adapt other media into video games, this is just a bit ambitious for a narrative based game.
@Gwynbleidd Agreed. I like the idea, but there's no question they're punching above their weight. My kids have their Asterix games, which are fine but not classics.
Seems... interesting. To say the least. Idk how I feel about a game based on a classic Hitchcock movie though.
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