You may recall that around Hallowe’en 2023 I was pretty excited to report on a Scream video game in development that would take place within the movies’ storyline and be canon to the over all story.
Well, it’s been quiet ever since until now… and it’s not good news.
At the time, I reported that a report on the game stated: “The game will follow a story pattern, which will see players take on the role of a victim/survivor in a decision-based format. But the game will receive several modes and one of those modes will allow survivors to take on the role as one of the killers and play out certain narratives from the killer’s perspective.
New Scream video game to be a prequel to the 1996 original movie?
“[the game] won’t follow a timeline set within the Scream movies universe, It is apparently going to be going back before the events of 1996, and could serve as a prequel to the origins of the Ghostface mask.”
A Scream prequel? possibly telling the story of Cotton Weary, the night Sidney Prescott’s mother, Maureen, was murdered, setting the whole Scream story into gear? Oh, yes, please.
But, alas, the game was definitely in development but has sadly been cancelled before the killer’s even put the mask on.
According to Scream channel Beyond the Mask, who broke the original story and now has the update, Supermassive Games’ Paul Martin has confirmed that the game was in development and that it is now dead.
He confirms that a Scream game was pitched in 2023 and was ultimately scrapped due to licensing issues – in fact, they didn’t even try to get the rights as the game was to be set in the canon universe of the movies.
He says that, while it wasn’t his pitch, there was a big idea for the game with a story and plan in place but Supermassive didn’t want to commit.
Aghhhhhhh!
Reading between the lines, it would seem to suggest that a game where a Ghostface stalks random teens that isn’t beholden to any pre-existing lore is a much easier game to make than one that needs to stick to established timelines, stories, characters etc…
It’s such a shame because I’d imagine this would have been devoured by the fans and, as someone who rarely games anymore (dad of two), even I was stoked for a Scream game.
Thoughts? I know you have ’em and I wanna hear them all…
Watch the episode of Beyond the Mask:
Matthew Lillard talks Scream VII and his shock return as Stu Macher
Marc
Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….
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