Polish Bloober Team‘s game now showcases in a video how The Medium will have both worlds work at the same time, affecting each other as well.

„In the new Dual-reality trailer of The Medium, first seen live during the Microsoft Xbox Series X game showcase event, players can explore both the physical and spirit world realities displayed at the same time in the body of Marianne, a medium hounded by visions, living and interacting, across two worlds: the real and the spirit world. Throughout the trailer, Marianne’s movement through both worlds is controlled by a single analogue stick, while using different interactions between each of the worlds to solve puzzles and explore various paths. Viewers can also catch a glimpse of how Marianne in the Spirit World has different abilities than the real-world Marianne, including an ability called Out of Body.

Launching on Xbox Series X and PC in the 2020 Holiday season, The Medium renders two fully-fledged and visually distinct worlds simultaneously with no loading screens. Having access to both worlds gives a unique perspective to the tension-fueled, psychological horror game as the dual-reality gameplay with this visual fidelity only being possible on next-gen hardware,” one of the videos’ description says.

You can pre-order the game on The Medium’s website, Steam, or Microsoft Store. If you do so on Steam, you’ll get the game’s digital artbook, as well as the dual soundtrack, half composed by Arkadiusz Reikowski (Bloober Team’s in-house composer) and Akira Yamaoka (known for his work on Silent Hill).

Bloober Team’s CEO, Piotr Babieno, has also revealed the budget and scope of The Medium: „For years, we were a developer who created games rather on lower budgets. We have been observing Platige productions for a long time, but at that time we didn’t have the financial means to cooperate. Our studio started to develop and take on more and more productions, the natural thing was that we wanted to create an AAA game.

The Medium project is big and we wanted to hire the best, so we turned to Platige. We not only gain from the business side, but we also receive creative support. Platige has experience with the film website. We also have such experience, but in this cooperation, we get not only material that makes this project look very good, but also a lot of substantive input, which we think will enable The Medium to become the hottest game of the year-end. In the case of The Medium, it will be over PLN 30 million (€ 6.7 million),” he said.

The Medium launches this Holiday season on Xbox Series X and PC, but it will also be on Xbox Game Pass.

Source: WCCFTech, Gematsu

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