Kinetic Video games has supplied a sneak peek at what 2026 will maintain for ghost-hunting horror recreation Phasmophobia, and the studio is promising that the sport’s long-awaited 1.0 launch is coming subsequent yr, plus tons extra.
In a improvement preview posted on the official Kinetic web site (on Christmas Day, of all days!), the studio confirms that Phasmophobia 1.0 is scheduled for subsequent yr, though the developer stops wanting offering a extra particular launch window.
Moreover, “what was beforehand referred to as Horror 2.0” may even be arriving alongside the total launch, bringing with it “a bunch of latest scares and surprises” that ought to give “even essentially the most seasoned Ghost Hunter” a run for his or her cash.
Along with the 1.0 launch, Phasmophobia can also be getting a model new character creator subsequent yr, which can permit you to “customise your Ghost Hunter in-game with free cosmetics and totally different appears”. You can too look ahead to an animation overhaul that is aimed toward making a extra immersive gameplay expertise by means of elevated realism of motion.
A rework for Phasmophobia’s Tanglewood Drive map can also be on the way in which, and whereas Kinetic acknowledges that the announcement of the map’s rework was met with “a little bit of trepidation”, the studio says it hopes its work on the Bleasdale and Grafton Farmhouse map reworks will reassure gamers that the goal is to “degree up the situation”.
All of that is, in fact, alongside the Nintendo Change 2 port of the sport that Kinetic introduced again in December, in addition to the Phasmophobia film that is at the moment in improvement at horror manufacturing studio Blumhouse. Suffice it to say that it is a good time to be a Phasmophobia fan (or maybe that ought to be “phan”).
When you aren’t acquainted with Phasmophobia, it is a multiplayer ghost-hunting horror recreation by which the purpose is to search out and doc varied paranormal phenomena haunting a spread of various maps. You may use instruments and remark to determine what’s haunting the place, then report again to your teammates.
Phasmophobia is offered now for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Sequence X|S, and a model of the sport is heading to Change 2 as effectively (presumably at across the similar time because the 1.0 launch). Keep tuned for extra.
