From the makers of Slayaway Camp
Movie production label New Line Cinema is evidently DTL (Down to License). It hasn’t been long since the multiplayer-centric realisticFriday the 13threleased, and we’re already going to get another Jason Voorhees-based game. This one has no interest in evoking actual frights, though.
The makers ofSlayaway Camp, Blue Wizard Digital, have an officially licensed game calledFriday the 13th: Killer Puzzleset for an April 13 global release on PC, iOS, and Android. It’s actually already available on iOS in the United States, as it recently soft-launched here.
Functionally, it doesn’t seem too different fromSlayaway Camp. It’s the same sort of sliding block puzzle game thatSlayaway Campcompetently adapted to a horror film theme. However, where that game had to slyly make knowing references to several horror properties,Killer Puzzlegets the legitimacy of really including Jason.
Still, this is steeped in the same cartoonish innocence that helped makeSlayaway Campsuch a pleasure.Killer Puzzledrops the blocky aesthetic and seems to aim for more authentic character models while still eschewing any sort of photo-realism.
However, the most promising thing aboutKiller Puzzleis that Blue Wizard Digital has already proven that it can make this game. This will probably turn out to be a nice little piece of fan service that horror lovers and puzzle enthusiasts can enjoy in equal measure. Except this time it’s Jason instead of Skullface.
There’s an official Friday the 13th game coming from the makers of Slayaway Camp[Eurogamer]
