Two Halloween games are in development, and John Carpenter is involved

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Two Halloween games are in development, and John Carpenter is involved

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The studio behind Evil *****: The Game is coming back to another famous horror IP for future games. In an

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, Boss Team Games revealed that it’s working on two games based on the original horror slasher film Halloween from 1978, with one being made in conjunction with writer and director John Carpenter himself.

“As a huge gamer myself, I’m thrilled to help bring Michael Myers to life again in this game, and my hope is to scare you silly,” Carpenter, who is “intimately involved” with the production, said. The game is also being built inside Unreal Engine 5. Halloween franchise producers Compass International Pictures and Further Front are also involved.

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People who’ve been following the director, who’s been behind some incredible horror movies and TV throughout his career, might know about his gaming habits already. He’s been very open about

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“play video games and watch basketball” and talking about how

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might be a cool project. You can find a lot of these anecdotes from Carpenter online, so it’s no surprise that a lot of his stories are making their way to video games.

There are other video games based on Carpenter movies. Toxic Commando was announced last year from Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment. It had a 2024 release window, although there haven’t been any updates since that initial reveal. Retro remaster and remake studio Nightdive also announced a remaster of 2002’s The Thing this summer.

Boss Team Games has two titles already under its belt. Its first, Cobra Kai: Card Fighter, is a deckbuilding fighting game based on the

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show, a sequel to the original Karate **** franchise. The second is Evil *****: The Game, an asymmetric 4v1 horror game in the style of ***** by Daylight, where one player takes control of a ****** to hunt down and ***** the other players.

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