Kinetic Video games has supplied a sneak peek at what 2026 will maintain for ghost-hunting horror sport Phasmophobia, and the studio is promising that the sport’s long-awaited 1.0 launch is coming subsequent 12 months, plus heaps extra.
In a growth 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 12 months, though the developer stops in need of offering a extra particular launch window.
Moreover, “what was beforehand generally known as Horror 2.0” may even be arriving alongside the total launch, bringing with it “a number of recent scares and surprises” that ought to give “even probably 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 12 months, which can assist you to “customise your Ghost Hunter in-game with free cosmetics and completely different seems to be”. You too can look ahead to an animation overhaul that is aimed toward making a extra immersive gameplay expertise by way of elevated realism of motion.
A rework for Phasmophobia’s Tanglewood Drive map can also be on the best way, 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, after all, alongside the Nintendo Swap 2 port of the sport that Kinetic introduced again in December, in addition to the Phasmophobia film that is at present in growth at horror manufacturing studio Blumhouse. Suffice it to say that it is a good time to be a Phasmophobia fan (or maybe that needs to be “phan”).
In the event you aren’t aware of Phasmophobia, it is a multiplayer ghost-hunting horror sport by which the aim is to seek out and doc numerous paranormal phenomena haunting a variety of various maps. You will use instruments and remark to determine what’s haunting the place, then report again to your teammates.
Phasmophobia is obtainable now for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection X|S, and a model of the sport is heading to Swap 2 as effectively (presumably at across the identical time because the 1.0 launch). Keep tuned for extra.
