Until Dawnby Supermassive Games earned a great deal of praise when it launched in 2015, and the studio has made many similar games since then, most notablyThe Dark Picturesanthology. But whileThe Dark Picturesgames are similar toUntil Dawn, Supermassive is now making a proper spiritual successor to the hit game withThe Quarry, a new narrative-driven horror game starring David Arquette and a number of other notable actors.
Supermassive first teasedThe Quarrywith a brief trailer that helped set up the premise, and has since released a longer trailer that gives fans a much better idea of what to expect from the game. InThe Quarry, set to launch on June 10, players will take control of nine different teenage camp counselors as they attempt to survive against a hostile threat that’s trying to kill them. The exact nature of this threat is not revealed by the trailer, so it seems fans will have to wait to play the game for themselves to find out more.
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UnlikeThe Dark Picturesgames, which are relatively short experiences,The Quarry’s scale will be more in line withUntil Dawn. And likeUntil Dawn, it’s going for a teen-slasher vibe, as opposed to the more experimental stories seen in theDark Picturesgames.
That being said,The Quarrywill still retain some innovations fromThe Dark Picturesgames, like support for co-op play. Up to eight players can go throughThe Quarrytogether, voting on important decisions and watching how the story plays out. There’s online play as well as couch co-op, with players able to each select their own counselor and control their actions directly. Not only that, butThe Quarrywill have a Movie Mode that lets players simply watch the game as though it were an actual movie.
Like Supermassive’s other games,The Quarryfeatures Hollywood talent in its cast, withDavid Arquette, Ariel Winter, Brenda Song, Evan Evagora, Halston Sage, Justice Smith, Miles Robbins, Siobhan Williams, Skyler Gisondo, Zach Tinker, Ethan Suplee, Grace Zabriskie, Lance Henriksen, Lin Shaye, and Ted Raimi all confirmed to be a part of the game’s cast so far.
Fans ofThe Dark Picturesgames may be worried that Supermassive is setting that series aside forThe Quarry, but those fears would be unfounded.The Dark Pictures: The Devil in Mehas already been announced, and even moreDark Picturesgames are expected to release down the road as well.
The Quarrylaunches June 10 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
