The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Gets A New Leatherface Skin Designed By Effects Legend Greg Nicotero

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This gives new meaning to the term «in-game skin.»

By Mark Delaney on

After five weeks of balancing patches and bug fixing, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is getting its first piece of new content in the form of a specially designed outfit for the star of the show, Leatherface. Giving new meaning to the phrase «in-game skin,» this new cosmetic option for the human-flesh-clad Leatherface has been handcrafted by Greg Nicotero, the award-winning makeup effects artist behind AMC's The Walking Dead.

GameSpot is able to share the exclusive first look at the skin here. For a deeper dive into how this new take on Leatherface came to be, horror obsessives ought to check out the developer diary now available only on Bloody Disgusting, which includes a chat between Nicotero and Gun Media's Wes Keltner about reimagining a horror icon.

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The «Nicotero Leatherface» pack will sell for $16 in-game and launches this October. It includes the new skin, a new chainsaw with custom sounds, and a new kill animation for all versions of Leatherface in the game. The killer's skills and perks remain unchanged, meaning this is a purely cosmetic pack.

Nicotero has established himself as a force in the horror world due in part to his makeup effects work on The Walking Dead, bringing the undead «walkers» to life and consistently inventing new ways to showcase a grotesque zombie-infested world for 11 seasons and a slew of spin-offs, though his career as a monster maker spans