Jason Voorhees is a horror icon who's been hacking away at teenagers in the Friday the 13th film series for decades, but it's been more than 25 years since he's had a video game to call his own.
That will change later this year when an official Friday the 13th game is released, according to a new report from EGM. The site says the game will be an asymmetrical multiplayer horror game where one group of players will take on the role of survivors who must work together to overcome the deadly onslaught of Jason, who will be controlled by another player looking to cut down the survivors.
It doesn't sound too different from the upcoming asymmetrical horror/shooter Evolve, where a team of four hunters must unite to bring down one massive player-controlled monster. That game will release on Feb. 10, and its success (or lack of) will likely be something the yet unknown developers of Friday the 13th will be watching with great interest.
The game is tentatively called Friday the 13th and is shooting for an October 2015 release date. The game will make references to past films in the franchise as well as incorporate elements from the upcoming Friday the 13th TV show.
"With a new television series on the horizon and plans announced for the thirteenth installment of the film franchise, we felt the timing was right to finally explore Jason, Camp Crystal Lake, and the rest of the Friday the 13th story in interactive form," Sean S. Cunningham, the creator of the original film, tells EGM. "We have some exciting new ideas for a game that supplies plenty of replay value, while delivering the kinds of thrills and scares that fans of the franchise have come to expect."
Cunningham didn't elaborate further, only hinting to EGM that an experienced studio is handling the adaptation and to expect an official announcement in the coming weeks.
When the game does see the light of day, it will be the first official Friday the 13th game since the release of the Friday the 13th NES title in 1989.
