Ubisoft plans teen horror game

By Tom Bramwell Published 4 August, 2004

And it's not a Mary-Kate and Ashley licence. In fact, it's a teen movie style survival horror game, with a couple of interesting ideas. Due out this September.

It's hard enough going to school in America these days, we'd imagine, without the constant threat of teachers turning into aliens, murderers with ghost outfits, hooked hands and William Shatner masks, and Courtney Cox bashing on your door for comment every fifteen seconds (or more now she's got Friends out of the way). But there is undeniably a lot of value in putting obnoxious big-breasted brats within blood-curdling distance of the horror du jour, so it's not too surprising to learn that we'll be playing a survival horror game about five American students stuck in a school this September.

Ubisoft is the brains behind this, it seems, having announced plans to join forces with MC2 to publish and distribute a game called Obscure in the UK this September on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC. It's a "real-time 3D survival horror" game that follows five students into their school, Leafmore, to investigate mysterious goings-on. Overnight. Presumably with little armament and easily torn clothes. Interestingly though, apart from the usual blend of item swapping, puzzle solving and demon clobbering, we can also expect to have a second player plug in or give up on the fly, which ought to make for an interesting change.

As soon as we hear more about Obscure, we'll be sure to pass it on. In the meantime, throw on your best plastic bosoms and scared expression and venture into the dark recesses of these three screenshots. Whilst walking backwards and saying, "I'll be right back."

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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  • Tiger_Walts #1 8 years ago

    You know in System Shock 2, the zombies appeared more often if you kept turning around, do demons spawn if you engage in a bit of NPC nookie?

  • Tweakmonkey #2 8 years ago

    So is it any good? I really like this genre of movie, and I like the idea of having a second player join in. Hope it has a sense of humour - could be the Scream of horror games if done right!

  • sickpuppysoftware #3 8 years ago

    Will it have b00b5

    They are the new m0t0r8ik35 don't you know

  • Tweakmonkey #4 8 years ago

    I think you're on to something there sickpuppy. Could there be a connection between b00b5 and releasing the game in Germany? ;-)

  • Daryoon #5 8 years ago

    Teen horror?






    ...LiveJournal?

  • 3william56 #6 8 years ago

    "five American students stuck in a school"
    Is one of them a dog? "I'd have got away with it if it wasn't for you darned kids..."

    Pfft - when do we get to play the psycho and off the irritating teenagers in new, exciting and subtly right-wing ways? Double points for chopping the teens who sh*g, drink, have tatoos, wear inappropriate clothes, smoke pot or defy the parents. A Friday the 13th or Nightmare on Elm St licence beckons, and even the Daily Wail can't scream Ban This Filth Now when it reinforces good solid middle class values...

  • Blerk #7 8 years ago

    1st of October, apparently.