Saber Interactive appears to be like like it’ll as soon as once more be entering into the horror style as a brand new teaser closely implies a Hellraiser sport might be introduced on July 22.
The corporate posted a teaser video which reveals an outdated CRT TV surrounded by candles in the course of a room. The footage is grainy and sometimes interrupted by raster traces. Within the background, chains may be heard rattling, somebody is screaming in ache and there’s a bell that sounds suspiciously just like the one heard when Hellraiser’s iconic Pinhead is summoned.
Additionally they posted a hyperlink to a web site titled www.july-22-2025.com which shows a time: 01:00 UTC.
On the web site, there’s additionally one other sturdy trace towards Hellraiser when a brick wall with the road signal “55” briefly seems. That’s the variety of Cotton Home from the unique Hellraiser film, the identical location through which the Lament Configuration was solved and Pinhead was summoned in all of his BDSM glory.
There’s additionally the truth that the rights to Hellraiser have been additionally pulled from Lifeless By Daylight in April, which means Pinhead can not be bought as a playable character. Whereas there would technically be nothing stopping Hellraiser showing in DBD and being the main focus of an entire different sport, it’s doable the contract with DBD ended and the rights holder selected to not renew so that every one eyes may very well be on the brand new Hellraiser sport.
The reception to the tease up to now has been considerably blended, principally due to Saber Interactive’s historical past with different horror titles. Loads of individuals on social media have already posted their hope that this isn’t going to be one other multiplayer horror title, and level to Saber Interactive “abandoning” Evil Lifeless: The Recreation after 6-months.
Nonetheless, a number of the on-line backlash is misplaced as followers appear to be accusing Saber of inflicting Pinhead to be faraway from Lifeless By Daylight. Saber Interactive, after all, don’t personal the Hellraiser license and don’t have any management over who will get to make use of the rights. Presently, Clive Barker holds the rights to the unique film and characters. Outdoors of that, the rights to the franchise are extra sophisticated.
We do additionally know a robust contender for the builders. Mad Head Video games is a Serbian developer underneath Saber Interactive, and in 2023, Energy-Up interviewer Tahlia Norrish spoke to Affiliate Recreation Director Marija Milivojevic. Within the closing assertion, the interview stated that “Mad Head Video games is already within the works on their second title, based mostly on a well-known horror movie IP.”
Since then, a number of job listings have additionally confirmed the corporate is engaged on no less than 2 initiatives based mostly on current IP.
To my thoughts, that’s sturdy proof that Mad Head Video games is engaged on Hellraiser. But it surely goes with out saying that that is simply hypothesis on my half. Saber Interactive has a number of groups that may very well be dealing with the undertaking, and we’ll know for positive on July 22.
