THE DARK PICTURES

Developer Supermassive Games Publisher Bandai Namco Games Format PC, PS4, Xbox One Origin UK Release 2019

After the breakout success of Until Dawn, it was always clear Supermassive’s future lay in horror games, and after a spell in the VR wilderness the Guildford studio is now returning to what it does best. The Dark Pictures is an anthology which, in essence, transposes the UntilDawn formula into other horror subgenres. Kicking off the series is Man Of Medan, which tells of four teens on a diving holiday, unearthing unspoken supernatural nightmares from the sea bed. Had this directly followed Until Dawn, this would be a no-brainer; coming after The Inpatient and BravoTeam, however, a little healthy scepticism seems appropriate.