“2024 will not be easy for Grasshopper. We will release the Shadows of the Damned remaster. And we are working hard on a new title!” enthuses Suda51. The title in question is Hotel Barcelona, a collaboration with Swery affectionately parodying the clichés of American horror films. Let us recall in passing that the first Shadows of the Damned benefits from the Suda51 seal, of course, but it is the Italian Massimo Guarini who got his hands dirty in the production.
Fear in the city
Still in the Suda51 galaxy, the Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP remaster-remake-onsaitplustrop is also targeting 2024 according to producer Yoshimi Yasuda, project manager at Dragami Games. “We want to create a title that many gamers on modern platforms can love. Oh, and also – although we can’t reveal anything yet, we are developing another title alongside Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP. I think we will be able to announce it by 2025.“Their retelling of the adventures of Juliet Sterling will unfortunately have to do without the original soundtrack due to copyright issues. We are still waiting for concrete images.
Finally, the great Keiichiro Toyama (Silent Hill, Siren, Gravity Rush) gave news of Slitterhead, his new project developed at Bokeh. “2024 will be a decisive year for us where we will really start to show our first title, Slitterhead. Since it will determine our future, it will be a particularly important year, so I would prefer to approach it with enthusiasm.“Snippets of gameplay were already shared last July as part of the dev diaries of Bokeh. In particular, we can play a dog to track odors or play a large shadow with clawed hands.
See you next year to see what happens in action on these exciting projects. To read an (English) translation of 4Gamer’s short interviews, you can turn to Gematsu’s summary article.