Summary
Supermassive Games may unveil the next chapter in its interactive horror seriesThe Dark Pictures Anthologyat Gamescom 2024. The first season ofThe Dark Pictures Anthologywrapped up in 2022 withThe Devil in Me, and fans have been waiting for the next entry in the series since its well-received release.
The Dark Picturesgames provide players with hints by leading them to pictures that show brief video clips of scenes to come, similar to thetarot cards in The Quarry. Players are then tasked with making difficult choices that could potentially kill some of the controllable characters in the game. The final pictures to be discovered in each of the four games in the series' first season were used to tease a potential death in the following title. This was the case inThe Devil in Me, which also showed a trailer for the series' second season following its credits.
The first game slated forThe Dark Pictures AnthologySeason Two isDirective 8020, which puts a sci-fi twist on the series' well-established horror style, setting it in outer space. A post from Supermassive Games' official Twitter account on July 8 mentions the upcoming Gamescom 2024 event, stating that it will be “out of this world.” While the post doesn’t specifically state that Supermassive will be making an announcement aboutDirective 8020at Gamescom, the cryptic words are laid over the image of a purple planet that may be familiar to players who saw the trailer at the end ofThe Devil in Me. Gamescom is scheduled to run from August 21 until August 25.
The Dark Pictures Season 2 May Be Revealed At Gamescom 2024
Directive 8020isn’t the only project that Supermassive is currently focused on. The developer is also gearing up for therelease ofThe Casting of Frank Stone, a narrative-focusedDead by Daylightspin-off with similar gameplay asThe Dark Picturesgames, as well asThe Quarry and theUntil Dawnremake.The Casting of Frank Stoneis set to launch on September 3, so it may also appear at Gamescom 2024.
Fans wonder what new direction the series will take following the passing ofDark Picturesactor Tony Pankhurst. While Supermassive is often keen to include bits of dialogue and other Easter eggs alluding to its other games, Pankhurst’s portrayal of The Curator was the only thing tying the four games in the first season together as a cohesive story. A personification of death, The Curator greets players at the start of each game in his study, where he tells them a story of death that they must help complete. The character continues to pop up from time to time to comment on the story’s progress and to offer hints on how to keep everyone alive.
The Dark Pictures
The Dark Pictures Anthology is a franchise crafted by Supermassive Games, the same creative team that released Until Dawn. Similar to Until Dawn, the Dark Pictures Anthology includes a series of horror-inspired adventures that feature decision-making and an interactive narrative-driven experience. So far, the Dark Pictures has seen Little Hope, the House of Ashes, and The Devil in Me.
