Terrifier is getting a super meta video game

Key insights

• Terrifier: The ARTcade Game is a newly announced beat-em-up game based on the slasher film series of the same name.
• Inspired by arcade classics from the 80s and 90s, the ARTcade game is scheduled to be released in 2025 for PS5 and PC.
• The upcoming game has a pretty meta premise, as it will task up to four players with disturbing Terrifier movie sets.

More terrible is getting an official video game tie-in with a meta premise. Called Terrifier: The ARTcade gameThe newly announced project is currently in development for the PlayStation 5 and PC.

Although the first More terrible Damien Leone’s slasher film, which premiered in 2016, is based on the 2006 short film The 9th circlewhich first introduced Art the Clown. This fearsome villain with a penchant for gruesome murders later appeared in the 2013 anthology film All Saints Day before Mike Giannelli retired from acting. The role then went to David Howard Thornton, who played Art the Clown More terrible and its sequel in 2022, the latter of which grossed $15.7 million on a budget of $250,000.

Terrifier: The ARTcade game will be released in 2025

All the more ambitious horror 3 premieres in US theaters today, October 11th. The announcement will be made at the same time as the cinema release Terrifier: The ARTcade gamewhich is currently in development at Spanish studio Relevo in Bilbao. The project is described as a beat-em-up inspired by various arcade classics from the ’80s and ’90s, including Battle toads, Streets of Rage, Double dragonAnd Splatterhouse. Terrifier: The ARTcade game can already be added to the wishlist on Steam and will also be released for the PS5. Publisher SelectaPlay, a label owned by Spanish multimedia distributor SelectaVision, says the beat-em-up is currently targeting a 2025 release. No pricing details have been announced yet.

Terrifier: The ARTcade game has a meta premise

The game itself will have a fairly meta premise, asking players to step into the oversized shoes of Art the Clown in order to disrupt the movie sets being filmed about his many crimes. To this end, the iconic villain will wreak all sorts of havoc, terrorizing everyone from cameramen and makeup artists to stunt performers and police officers. To do this, he will use a diverse selection of weapons, power-ups and bloody finishers. Aside from hordes of soft enemies, each stage will feature a boss fight designed to test the player’s skills.

While The ARTcade game will feature a pixel art aesthetic, the promotional materials SelectaPlay has shared so far suggest that its depictions of violence will fit the game’s gore very well More terrible Films. Aside from completing the levels alone, players can also team up with up to three friends for a local co-op experience. The beat-em-up promises half a dozen modes with play sessions of varying lengths, ranging from quick battles to longer challenges.

Relevo’s upcoming title will mark More terribleis the second video game venture in recent memory. Art the Clown just received one Call of duty Operator package designed to encourage the release of horror 3.