Friday the 13th: Jason Voorhees and his machete return to video games

It can’t be said that the indestructible legendary boogeyman Jason Voorhees has shown his silhouette on screen astronomically since the first cinematic installment in 1980, which will push the largely sanitized franchise between reboots and remakes. In November 2022, we even learned that a prequel series called Crystal Lake was starting at the Peacock.

According to website information RelyonHorror, the machete-killer (or rather everything that actually comes) is coming back, in video game form. The information was provided by the historical composer of the franchise, Harry Manfredini, who was interviewed by the site.

Their exchange, in particular, concerns the latter’s collaboration with the game released in 2017. Friday the 13th: The Game. The game, developed by the Gun Media studio, offered asymmetrical gameplay: thus, players could step into the skin of Jason, in search of new victims, or into the skin of his unfortunate victim, determined not to finish. a machete.

Here’s the trailer…

The new game is based on Friday the 13th There will be no sequel to the 2017 title, nor will it be developed by the same studio; The latter is still busy working on the adaptation of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. According to Manfredini, the upcoming game will have characters “more realistic”, and will not have asymmetric gameplay. Solo and/or multiplayer experience, no composer definition.

Until this new game Friday the 13th In a kind of land, you can always be tempted by a video game counterpart Chainsaw Massacre It will probably be released on August 18.