Little Nightmares 3 in development from Dark Pictures studio Supermassive
The Dark Pictures anthology studio Supermassive Games is developing Little Nightmare 3 for release in 2024 on PC, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch. It'll be playable solo, with an AI-controlled second character, or with a friend in online co-op.
This announcement marks a change of studio for the Little Nightmare franchise, after the first two games in the series were created by Swedish developer Tarsier Studios. But this isn't unexpected — Tarsier were bought by European megapublisher Embracer back in 2021, which stated at the time that Tarsier would now work on something else.
The rights to Little Nightmares remained with publisher Bandai Namco, meanwhile, which already tapped the UK-based Supermassive to work on the Enhanced Edition of Little Nightmares 2 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
A hands-off demo shown to Eurogamer revealed new characters Low and Alone, who are trapped in the Spiral, a «cluster of disturbing places», one of which is the sandy Necropolis. Little Nightmares 3 producer Coralie Feniello told me that newcomers won't need to have played either of the series' previous titles to understand what's going on — though existing fans will be rewarded with «nods» back to past games.
«The team at Supermassive are really engaged with the franchise, and they're also bringing us all their knowledge on horror and multiplayer. It's a great collaboration,» Fenello said. «We're making sure we're keeping the DNA from those first two games.»
Our masked duo of Low and Alone began in a sandstorm, before heading to the relative safety of some towering ruins. The sense of scale — all important in making your characters feel vulnerable and at risk in a giant world — seemed well
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