Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo

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Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo
Developer(s)Pendulo Studios
Publisher(s)Microids
Platform(s)Windows, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
ReleaseQ4 2021
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo is an upcoming adventure video game developed by the Spanish company Pendulo Studios and published by Microids. It is loosely based on the films of Alfred Hitchcock, particularly Vertigo. The story will follow a man named Ed Miller, who enters therapy to cope with the mysterious after-effects of a car crash.

Pendulo and Microids announced Vertigo in early 2018, during the development of their game Blacksad: Under the Skin. It was first shown at the Guerrilla Collective Showcase in June 2021. The game is set for release on Windows in late 2021, and on game consoles in 2022.

Gameplay[]

Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo is an adventure game that will take place in a three-dimensional game world. The player will control three characters,[1] with a focus on solving mysteries tied to flashbacks.[2]

Plot[]

Vertigo tells the story of Ed Miller, a writer whose life is changed by a car wreck.[2] Although he is left mysteriously uninjured, he claims that his wife and daughter, both missing, were in the car with him.[1] Traumatized and experiencing intense vertigo, he enters therapy in an effort to learn what happened.[2]

Development[]

Publisher Microids and developer Pendulo Studios first announced Vertigo in March 2018, during the production of Blacksad: Under the Skin.[3] Rock, Paper, Shotgun reported that Microids had licensed director Alfred Hitchcock's "name and likeness",[4] and Microids revealed that the game would be "loosely" inspired by his film Vertigo, primarily in aesthetic and theme.[5] Pendulo disclosed in November 2020 that development of Vertigo was already "quite advanced".[6]

The game was first shown at the Guerrilla Collective Showcase at E3 in June 2021, under the name Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo.[7][2] At the time, narrative designer Josué Monchan called the game "freely inspired" by Hitchcock's Vertigo, but noted that the film was "not our only frame of reference". He also cited the director's Spellbound, Rebecca and Psycho as influences, among others.[2] /Film reported that the team "studied Hitchcock's camerawork (including the famous 'Vertigo shot,' or dolly zoom) and tried to lean on the aesthetic of film mysteries and thrillers".[8]

Initially, Vertigo was set to launch across Windows and game consoles in the fourth quarter of 2021.[2] That August, the console versions were delayed to 2022.[9]

Reception[]

Pre-release coverage[]

Reacting to Vertigo's announcement at the Guerrilla Collective Showcase, Jeuxvideo.com named it one of the "10 indie games that caught our attention" during E3 2021.[10] In The Guardian, columnist Stuart Heritage wrote that Vertigo "excited" him because it is a non-literal adaptation of Hitchcock's work, pointing the way to film-adapted games drawn from "a director's aesthetic rather than simply aping the nuts-and-bolts narrative".[11]

See also[]

  • Hitchcock: The Final Cut

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Marshall, Cass (June 7, 2021). "Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo is a game now in this unexpected adaptation". Polygon. Archived from the original on June 7, 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Kleffmann, Marcel (June 6, 2021). "Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo: Psychothriller zwischen Realität und Fantasie angekündigt". 4Players (in German). Archived from the original on June 7, 2021.
  3. ^ Martín, María P. (March 13, 2018). "Microïds hará una adaptación de Vertigo". IGN Spain (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 13, 2018.
  4. ^ O'Connor, Alice (March 13, 2018). "Alfred Hitchcock's face licensed for a Vertigo game". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Archived from the original on March 15, 2018.
  5. ^ Wöbbeking, Jan (March 14, 2018). "Vertigo: Pendulo und Microïds arbeiten an einem Adventure zu Hitchcocks Kino-Oldie". 4Players (in German). Archived from the original on December 31, 2020.
  6. ^ Oller, Martin (November 28, 2020). "Pendulo Studios, los españoles que quisieron competir con LucasArts". MeriStation (in Spanish). Archived from the original on November 28, 2020.
  7. ^ "Guerrilla Collective: Microids unveils narrative game Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo through a first enigmatic teaser" (Press release). Paris: Microids. June 5, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  8. ^ Pearson, Ben (June 7, 2021). "A Vertigo Video Game, Inspired By the Alfred Hitchcock Movie, is Somehow On the Way". /Film. Archived from the original on June 7, 2021.
  9. ^ Pillon, Thomas (August 23, 2021). "Alfred Hitchcock Vertigo : Les versions consoles reportées à 2022". Gameblog (in French). Archived from the original on August 23, 2021.
  10. ^ Tiraxa (June 8, 2021). "E3 2021 : 10 jeux indés qui ont retenu notre attention". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Archived from the original on June 9, 2021.
  11. ^ Heritage, Stuart (June 9, 2021). "Vertigo the game: could it delete the horrific history of movie tie-ins?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on June 9, 2021.
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