Still Wakes the Deep drops the first spooky gameplay
During the Xbox Partner Preview, The Chinese Room and publisher Secret Mode showed up to reveal the first gameplay for their narrative horror game Still Wakes The Deep, check it out.
Split into two parts, the gameplay video picks up after a catastrophic event has rocked the drilling platform, with protagonist Caz McLeary trapped beneath the crumbling exterior of the Beira D and desperately seeking a pathway to safety. Viewers are then whisked forward into the claustrophobic bowels of the oil rig, where Caz must negotiate crawlspaces and brave flooded passageways to avoid detection from an unknowable horror that’s come aboard…
The game is taking inspiration from a number of sources, including The Thing and Kes, you can more about why and what others they are using via the Xbox Wire.
The game is coming out sometime in 2024 for PC, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5, with the game launching into Game Pass for both PC and console.
