Bloober Team, maker of the upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake, is getting out of your head. In a chat with Engadget, studio CEO Piotr Babieno said that this month's release of Layers of Fear—a UE5-ified remake of the original Layers of Fear games—marked the conclusion of "the era of making psychological horror games". Going forward, Bloober is going to instead focus on "mass-market horror," which it anticipates will bring in a much larger audience.
In plainer terms, that means Bloober is getting away from vibes-heavy, mid-budget horror walking sims and into more action-focused, player-driven stuff. In the past, the studio "focused on the story … focused on the mood … focused on the quality of graphics and music," but it didn't spend "a lot of attention on the gameplay mechanics," says Babieno. That's all about to change, apparently, as part of a process that will see the company transform into "Bloober Team 3.0".
