‘Nonetheless Wakes the Deep is the sport I joined The Chinese language Room to make’: A brand new launch date trailer offers us one other take a look at the horrifying Beira D oil rig

I am undecided what’s scarier: the thought of being trapped on an oil rig within the Scottish sea with some monstrosity or the truth that we’re now just a few months away from the discharge of Nonetheless Wakes the Deep after 9 months of ready—the passage of time can actually be a tricky actuality test. 

Because of a brand new trailer proven on the Future Video games Present Spring Showcase, we not solely now know that Nonetheless Wakes the Deep is scheduled to launch on June 18, 2024 however we additionally obtained to see a bit extra of the eerie oil rig. Rob McLachlan, lead designer for Nonetheless Wakes the Deep, defined in a post-show interview the significance of the Beira D oil rig and the way the group has made positive that this expertise will depart a mark. 

“Nonetheless Wakes the Deep is the sport I joined The Chinese language Room to make,” McLachlan says. “Our oil rig, the Beira D, has many antecedents in fiction, such because the Ishimura from Useless Area and the ship in Occasion Horizon. It’s successfully a spaceship hovering over the chilly North Sea.

“In such a small setting, there is a threat that the participant will get uninterested in or overfamiliar with the setting. So, to handle that, we made positive the rig evolves over time. Because the occasion progresses, the rig begins to shake, crack, and crumble. It begins to sink, it begins to tilt, and it begins to flood. I hope that folks nonetheless really feel after enjoying the sport that they are on that oil rig.”

We have already seen a couple of brief trailers for this upcoming psychological horror recreation. However this time, we do not simply get extra of a glance across the quiet hallways and rickety platforms, which I am positive we’ll all come to concern, however we additionally get to listen to a tragic monologue from the protagonist’s companion, who he left to come back work on the rig: 

“What had been you considering going to that place? I want you hadn’t gotten your self into this mess, however you probably did, and also you cannae run perpetually. I do know you had been simply making an attempt to do what’s proper by me, so now I would like you to do what’s proper by us… I would like you residence; the women need you residence, however in the event you do not cope with this, then we’re finished for good.” 

It is a fairly robust tablet to swallow, particularly contemplating you are combating in your life on Beira D making an attempt to rescue your fellow staff from some reality-defying horror. However I am glad to listen to some heartfelt dialogue. As an alternative of enjoying horror recreation after horror recreation the place the premise simply boils right down to “run from scary monster,” it is good to have a slight change in tempo and a extra significant story that may be boiled right down to: run from massive monster and confront your emotions. 

Wanting previous the tear-jerking phrases, this trailer additionally offers us a pair extra glimpses into the Beira D rig, in what seems to be just like the aftermath of an assault. Showers are left on with steam clouding the home windows, washing machines are ajar with garments draping out, Christmas decorations cowl the canteen: All of it seems to be just like the folks engaged on the rig disappeared instantly, however the unlucky actuality is that one thing worse most likely occurred to them. 

However apart from the grotesque pile of mutated human flesh and physique elements caught to the ceiling of the engine room there’s not many clues as to what occurred, so I assume we’ll simply need to test it out for ourselves when the time comes.