IMMORTALITY

Look, it would be foolish to pretend we’re not interested in the latest from Sam Barlow simply because he writes in these pages. But to avoid any accusations of cronyism, we’ll report only the facts. Not that Barlow is giving many of those away: after a cryptic build-up, Immortality’s debut trailer proves similarly elusive. It’s another FMV game, this time surrounding fictional film star Marissa Marcel, who made three movies that were never released before disappearing. What happened to her? And why was there a 22-year gap between her second and third films? Barlow isn’t saying. He has, however, assembled quite the writing team. The Queen’s Gambit creator Allan Scott is on board, while Mr Robot scribe Amelia Gray returns after co-scripting Telling Lies, alongside Barry Gifford, who co-wrote the screenplay for David Lynch’s Lost Highway. We bet they submit their words on time.