Dear friends!
There’s a great deal of things happening around Klabater lately! Here’s another very cool announcement and this one is something completely new, even for ourselves! After exploring European historical settings in We. The Revolution and Help Will Come Tomorrow (to be released late April!) we now decided to tell you a truly american tale, the one that revolves around really dark episodes of American crime history...
This is the Zodiac Speaking is a dark, fact-based single player FPP adventure thriller, combining stealth & detective modes in a stylized world of California 1970s and based on the story of Zodiac, one of the most famous never-caught serial killers. Play as Robert Hartnell, a San Francisco journalist, who receives a phone call from the Zodiac, greeting him with the memorable ‘Hello, this is the Zodiac speaking’...
This is the Zodiac Speaking is a thriller with elements of classic horrors, stealth mechanics, detective mode and several endings to discover. The gloomy atmosphere of the game is achieved through the original, stylized graphics and epic cinematic music. The co-author of the script to This is the Zodiac Speaking is Lukasz Orbitowski, one of the best Polish writers, laureate of the prestigious Paszporty Polityki award and nominated for the Nike award. Together with Krzysztof Grudziński, Head of Punch Punk Games, they plunged into the dark and dangerous 70s to produce an immersive and mature story. Music for the game was created by A_GIM, restless innovator and experimenter of the polish electronic scene!
This is the Zodiac Speaking is being developed by Punch Punk Games, a studio already known for creating intriguing Apocalipsis game (published by Klabater, as well!)
We are so happy to work with Punch Punk Games again! Our last cooperation was Apocalipsis: Harry at the End of the World, a unique medieval-inspired adventure experience. However, With This is The Zodiac Speaking we enter a completely new field. We try our best to publish games that somehow relate to human condition in general but also focus on the fate of concrete individuals. 1970’s in USA was a period of radical social unrest and divisions, it is an ideal background for a compelling and mature story.
Play This is the Zodiac Speaking and:
- Discover the evidence-based story of the America's most famous never caught serial killer
- Experience the story from the perspective of a person who survived the attack of the psycho killer
- Unravel the details of the murders during psychological sessions and in detective mode
- Listen to the voices of victims and save their souls
- Discover the alternative endings
- Enjoy the atmospheric, film music
- Travel to the vintage 70's and feel the atmosphere of the past
This is the Zodiac Speaking is scheduled for 2020 on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.