There's One Really Good Reason For Horror Game Fans To Pay Attention On August 20

Gamescom will be holding its annual Opening Night Live event on August 20, showing world premiere looks at new titles while also providing updates on some of the most anticipated games of the year. While many titles have long been confirmed to appear, including,,,,, and, there's now a really good reason for horror fans to tune in as well.

Opening Night Live's host, Geoff Keighley, took to X with a new horror teaser, stating that "" The live-action clip showed a young woman out in a wooded area, and while at first it seemed light-hearted and cheerful, it soon took a dark and disturbing turn as she begins finding corpses and is covered in blood herself, breaking the fourth wall to ask the viewer to help her.

It's not clear what the teaser is promoted from Keighley's clip, although when comments below the post stated that they didn't want live-action or pre-rendered cinematic trailers — something many have complained about for not truly being representative of a final product — but wanted "" (meaning gameplay), Keighley simply teased, "" indicating that there may be a gameplay reveal for this horror title.

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It didn't take fans long to look into what "" could be, with several comments pointing to the recent trademark for a new game called . As spotted by <a href=«https://twitter.com/Kurakasis/status/1823724772607582497?ref_src=» https: rel=«noopener noreferrer nofollow» target="_blank">Kurakasis

last week, the title appeared on the United States Patent and Trademark Office last week with the series' developer Techland listed as the owner. It's unclear, however, if this is the second DLC for 2022's or if it has grown and become its own full standalone title.

As for any story references, some comments under the YouTube version of the teaser stated that the sounds used at the end of the trailer aligned with some used in the