That said, we are not only focusing on the gore itself we intend to portray horror in a way that deepens the sense of immersion for the player. The game will explore life and death and the process of decay throughout everyday life, so inevitably some of the developments and visuals will be quite shocking. Players will need to find a way to “smoke them out to make them reveal themselves” and this will be “a major pillar of the adventure and the story”.

These creatures are called Yakushi and they’re “a kind of monster that have their roots in classical theater”. They can mutate into terrifying skeletal monstrosities of various sizes that prey on humans and tear them apart. The trailer was also filled with seemingly normal city residents that hide a deadly secret. The game will explore an original setting that blends the nostalgic sights of that city with pure fiction.” The city is a fictional location “inspired by 1980s and ’90s Hong Kong.

The game is seemingly set in a rundown Asian city where the featureless concrete highrises all look the same, alleys are filled with rubbish and graffiti, and abandoned cars block the streets whose only bright spots are the neon signs.

Toyama clarified he “can’t go into a lot of details yet”, but he did elaborate on the game’s trailer. Few details about the action adventure game have been revealed seeing as the game is not yet in full production, but in an interview with IGN Japan, Toyama did give us more details including that Slitterhead will “explore life and death and the process of decay throughout everyday life”, something expected to be fairly shocking to players. Keiichi Toyama’s new company Bokeh Game Studios announced their upcoming project Slitterhead during The Game Awards at the start of this month.

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