Blue Isle Studios' Slender Man-themed survival horror game Slender: The Arrival will port to Android and iOS devices just in time for the Halloween season.
Slender: The Arrival, a follow-up to the wildly popular indie game Slender (which was later retitled Slender: The Eight Pages), originally released exclusively for PC in 2013. Since then, the development team at Blue Isle has ported the title to a plethora of platforms, including PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo devices spanning two generations of consoles. The studio announced via an official trailer that it would round out the game's platform availability by bringing the exploration of the Slender Man mythos to mobile devices on Oct. 13, with pre-orders available now.
Blue Isle encourages players to "experience the horror all over again," with the mobile version of Slender: The Arrival set to include two new levels, additional collectables and various tweaks to update the gameplay.
Slender: The Arrival was made in collaboration with the creator of the Slender Man, Eric "Victor Surge" Knudson, as well as the creators of the Slender Man-based paranormal YouTube series Marble Hornets. The game serves both as a sequel and a remake of Slender: The Eight Pages. Like its predecessor, the game forces players in a first-person perspective and arms them only with a flashlight as they attempt to survive encounters with the paranormal figure known as Slender Man.
Slender: The Eight Pages released in 2012 exclusively for PC. The short, experimental game was developed by game designer Mark Hadley with Parsec Productions. The free-to-play indie title managed to carve out a new niche in the horror genre, captivating players with its simple premise, intriguing story and its capacity to induce some white-knuckle tension. The Eight Pages garnered enough success to warrant the development of The Arrival.
Knudson originated the Slender Man urban legend on the Something Awful internet forum in 2009 as part of a Photoshop contest. The ominous character, depicted as a tall, lanky humanoid with a pale, featureless face, commonly features in cryptid tales that have long circulated online. The Slender Man character grew to prominence due to his inclusion of various media throughout the early 2010s, including the Marble Hornets series, The Eight Pages and The Arrival.
Slender: The Arrival releases for iOS and Android on Oct. 13.
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