When it comes to video game adaptations of horror movies,Friday the 13th: The Gamestands tall above the rest as one of the best ones out there. While the asymmetric multiplayer horror game didn’t exactly light the world on fire, it’s still an impressive love letter to theFriday the 13thfranchise, featuring a slew of memorable characters and locations, plus plenty of fan-pleasingJason Voorhees skins. A new rumor making the rounds online suggests another classic slasher movie franchise is going to get theFriday the 13thtreatment next, though fans should keep their expectations in check.
According to the rumor,Friday the 13th: The Gamepublisher Gun Media could be involved with aTexas Chainsaw Massacrevideo game. This rumor started when it was discovered that visiting leatherfacethegame.com redirects users to the Gun Media website. However, it must be stressed that it’s entirely possible that someone completely unrelated to Gun Media purchased the leatherfacethegame.com domain and is having it redirect to Gun Media as a way to troll fans. Needless to say,Texas Chainsaw Massacrefans should take this with a grain of salt before they get too excited about the possibility of a Leatherface video game.
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While it’s entirely possible that thisTexas Chainsaw Massacregame is fake, at the same time, it wouldn’t be all that surprising if it turned out to be real. Gun Media found some success withFriday the 13th: The Game, so it would make sense for the company to pursue a similar project with a different horror franchise. Not only that, but anewTexas Chainsaw Massacremovieis coming to Netflix in the near future, and so a video game release would allow for some cross-promotion.
Something else working in favor of this “leaked” LeatherfaceTexas Chainsaw Massacregame is some comments byactor Kane Hodder. Hodder is best known for portraying Jason Voorhees in variousFriday the 13thfilms, and last year he confirmed that he’s been doing motion capture work for a new horror game based on a different horror franchise. Hodder stopped short of confirming which horror franchise he was doing motion capture work for exactly, but if this rumoredTexas Chainsaw Massacregame is real, perhaps it is it.
The final thing that makes thisTexas Chainsaw Massacrerumor at least somewhat believable is that the rightsholders to the franchise have shown a willingness to bring Leatherface to video games already. Besides theTexas Chainsaw Massacre80s video game, Leatherface has appeared inMortal Kombat Xand is a playable character inDead by Daylight. Most recently, theCall of Duty: WarzoneHalloween event featured Leatherface’s houseand the character was available as a skin players could buy for use in bothWarzoneandModern Warfare.
Whether or not thisLeatherfaceTexas Chainsaw Massacrevideo game is real or not remains to be seen, but fans should stay tuned to find out what horror game Kane Hodder has been working on and what’s next from Gun Media.
TheTexas Chainsaw Massacregame is only rumored at this point.
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