HOTEL BARCELONA Debuts on PlayStation This September

HOTEL BARCELONA, this wild game in some feverish nightmare I think would mean everything’s awry. SWERY and SUDA51 — legends, maybe? — just letting their minds go nuts in this bizarre slasher deal, and it’s gonna pop up on PlayStation 5 come September. CULT Games and White Owls are bringing it to life. You up for some chaos?

Okay, so picture a hotel — not your ordinary motel off the highway — between Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Sounds remote, right? Fancy looks, but it’s no vacation spot. Trap central, luring in America’s nastiest serial killers. Like, why are they all here anyway?

And you’re Justine. Or maybe half of her? A federal marshal with this secret passenger up in the noggin, Dr. Carnival. Yeah, sounds cozy, doesn’t it? A violent nutjob sharing your brain. You two have to scrub the place of these killer types, all while surviving… maybe getting out? No pressure.

This is not your everyday 2.5D action vibe. It’s shouting ’80s horror flicks at you with kooky battles needing quick moves and, I dunno, intuition, maybe? It’s rich, like dripping with nostalgia or something.

Die, and what happens? You get these Slasher Phantoms, memories that are trippy echoes of you running around. Past lives doing damage. Kinda deep if you squint at it. Shield? Distraction? Friend? Who knows. But failure here is just power-up central.

Blood — not just special effects. Get more of it, power up. Fill that Skull Gauge, go nuts with Carnival Awakening. It’s a special move, big and scary like unleashing a beast.

There’s seven zones, all horror flick clichés. Each with its own monstrosity of a boss at the end. Sounds like something out of a VHS collection. Plan, move quick, and maybe just hope you’re faster.

Two legends, right? SUDA51 and SWERY. This is their first weird ride together. Their styles mix into something unforgettable, a real gore fest. I mean, what was I even saying? Oh right, HOTEL BARCELONA. Wild ride awaits.