The Mortuary Assistant dev on laying his cancelled Paranormal Activity game to rest, resurrecting it as a Halloween freebie, and a potential return to his biggest game
Halloween feels like an especially appropriate time for Playable Archive's arrival. It's a genuinely spooky found-footage affair for one - a cleverly orchestrated 30-or-so minutes of scares from the developer of horror hit The Mortuary Assistant, released this week as a Halloween freebie . But more than that, the unusual tale of its creation is also one of death and resurrection. As its slightly…
Playable Archive, a spookily appropriate Halloween release, brings a 30-minute found-footage scare from the developer of horror game The Mortuary Assistant. The game is available as a freebie this week. However, the story behind its creation is just as intriguing as the game itself. The title Playable Archive is a play on the legendary Playable Teaser created for Hideo Kojima's cancelled Silent Hill game.
This small slice of developer Brian Clarke's much larger cancelled Paranormal Activity game is a fascinating glimpse into what could have been. Upon hearing about the game's release, I decided to speak with Clarke about the unexpected turn of events. I learned about how he laid his project to rest and how its legacy might live on, possibly even as a new Mortuary Assistant game.
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