Summary
Death Relives, a first-person horror game with an exciting mythological twist, has confirmed plans to launch on PlayStation 5. Announced over a year ago for PC,Death Relivesis a story revolving around the terrifying return of the Aztec god of life, death, and rebirth Xipe Totec. Developer Nyctophile Studios continues to work on bringingDeath Relivesto life, now with plans to launch the game not only on PC but also forPS5and Xbox Series X/S.
Nyctophile Studios is a small indie team currently based in Istanbul, Turkey.Death Reliveswill be the team’s first project. As part of its announcement, Nyctophile says it’s focusing onutilizing the latest technologies including Unreal Enginein the creation ofDeath Relives. Another priority for the team is providing the “best user experience” it’s capable of in its horror game. Nyctophile describesDeath Relivesas a “warm-up project” so it has long-term goals being given priority.
Over the past week, Nyctophile has started moving forward with its plan to haveDeath Relivesset for a PS5 launch. First, it hadDeath Relives' official game profile launch on PlayStation. After that, it had PlayStation publish thesurvival horror game’s trailer on the platform’s YouTube account, where it’s already drawing a lot of attention.
While the focus right now for Nyctophile is gettingDeath Relivessome attention within the PlayStation community, it is not aPS5 exclusive. It was first announced for PC and can currently be wishlisted on Steam. It’s also announced for Xbox Series X/S, though a profile for the game has yet to be issued on the Xbox platform. Nyctophile and Xbox will hopefully be able to remedy that soon.
October is going to be a key month forDeath Relives. While the survival horror game isn’t planned to launch until early 2024, October is a huge opportunity for spooky games to draw a lot of attention.Halloween is arriving soonand there will bring a lot of advertising for upcoming horror games. Having PlayStation begin to marketDeath Relivesis a great start. Hopefully, that momentum will be kept going forward.
As an indie project,Death Reliveswill need all the help it can get to succeed. The unique mythological story with Xipe Totec is a great hook, and Nyctophile is already sharing clips of how the Aztec god will brutalize the player on social media. Now it just needs to build up name recognition with PS5 and Xbox Series X/S players, too. Expect to hear Relivesin the months to come.
Death Relivesreleases in early 2021 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
