For these of you who’re scared out of your wits, there’s one much less recreation to look ahead to in 2026. Ontos, the most recent title from Amnesia and Soma developer Frictional Video games, has been pushed again to 2027.
Within the X publish asserting the information, the studio described the sport as its most bold but “each when it comes to its scale and scope, and the depth and layers of its story and gameplay.” This means it might be significantly extra expansive than the studio’s earlier output, which has ranged from 10 to 11 hours.
Ontos was introduced final December with a trailer revealing the essential setup. You play as Aditi Amani, who’s invited to her late father’s messed-up laboratory on the moon base Samsara. “Samsara isn’t any odd outpost, however a spot the place actuality crumbles and the reality is buried beneath layers of deceit and ambiguity. As you delve deeper, guided by fragments of your father’s previous, it’s essential to face disturbing revelations in regards to the nature of existence and your house inside it,” the Steam description reads.
Gamers are tasked with exploring Samsara, a “huge interconnected labyrinth” whereas “manipulating complicated equipment and interesting with analog programs that require cautious coordination and hands-on interplay.”
Past the placing photos and grotesque sights which have been teased to this point, there’s plenty of pleasure about Ontos because of Frictional Video games’ earlier work. The studio’s blockbuster recreation, Amnesia: The Darkish Descent, had a huge effect and impressed many different slow-burn horror experiences the place confronting monsters immediately wasn’t an possibility. The staff adopted this up with Soma, a sci-fi horror nightmare that has been praised for its storytelling and meditations on human id.
It is a bit of a disgrace to have to attend even longer to play Frictional’s subsequent evil creation, however on the plus facet it means Ontos can escape one of many busiest launch calendars shortly. With Grand Theft Auto 6 launching this November, publishers are cramming releases into September and October to flee the affect zone of the upcoming Rockstar megahit.
It is gotten so caught that Capcom just lately introduced that Onimusha: Manner of the Sword could be delayed from September twenty fifth to September 4th, whereas different titles have gone in the other way, with Valor Mortis being pushed again from September twenty fifth to October thirteenth. There’s going to be plenty of good issues, and hopefully Ontos could have just a little extra headroom when it launches subsequent 12 months.
