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NightCry Horror Game to Launch on PS Vita on January 31
posted on by Karen Ressler
Active Gaming Media announced on Friday that it will release Clock Tower game developer Hifumi Kōno and Ju-on/The Grudge film director Takashi Shimizu's NightCry (Project Scissors) horror adventure game for PlayStation Vita digitally. The game will launch on January 31 in North America and Japan. The company also plans to announce a release date for Europe.
The creators successfully ran a Kickstarter campaign in 2015 for the PC version of the game, and it launched on Steam with both Japanese and English audio in 2016. Prior to the campaign the game was slated for PlayStation Vita, smartphones, and tablets, but it has not yet launched for any other platforms.
The story of the game is set aboard a luxury ocean liner. In this enclosed space with no escape routes, the first of a string of brutal murders occurs. As the list of victims grows with no end in sight, the player must attempt to survive. Kōno called the 3D point-and-click adventure game will be the spiritual successor to his earlier Clock Tower game franchise.
Kōno's independent studio Nude Maker developed the game, Masahiro Itō (Silent Hill's "Red Pyramid Thing" and "Bubble Head Nurse") designed the creatures, and Kiyoshi Arai (Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn) served as art director. Nobuko Toda (Metal Gear Solid) was in charge of sound and composed the music with Michiru Yamane (Castlevania: Bloodlines).
Sources: Press Release, NightCry website
