Swery’s next game, The Missing, will be published by Arc System Works in 2018

Hidetaka “Swery” Suehiro, the creator of Deadly Premonition, a divisive horror title from 2010, has announced that his next game will be released sometime this year. The Missing is currently in development at Swery’s White Owls development studio, and it’ll be published by Arc System Works.

“I can say with confidence that Swery is one of the industry’s most unique game developers,” said Minoru Kidooka, the President and CEO of Arc System Works. “We share his vision for creating innovative, genre-bending games and look forward to working with Swery and his team at White Owls on The Missing.”

Like everything Swery does, The Missing is currently wrapped in riddles, and the short video message embedded above is all we have to go on. While holding a stuffed bear, Swery talked about how Arc System Works has been “very supportive,” and that the publisher has given him the chance to create “something entirely new.” He also promised that The Missing will “blow your mind” and offhandedly remarked, “I think it’s sick!”

Finally, a rapid-fire series of images might give us our first clue as to what The Missing is all about. There’s a clock, a satellite dish, a cow skull, a drop of blood, a tunnel, some flames, and a few others obscured by static. OK, I’m still lost.

But I’m sure it’ll all make sense when The Missing launches later this year.

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