Saber Interactive

Nice.

Developed by Saber Interactive, provided to us by Sandbox Strategies.

And also, some of the abilities that you get to use with the Genesis configuration are just...

Nothing's better than using chains and hooks to have a good

Hey, say the line, man.

Millennials ruin AAA Western game dev? It's American game dev, really, because we have Saber Interactive, we have Larian Studios, we have Rockstar, and all of these companies are Western companies, but they're in Europe.

And I think that Europe has been slightly more inoculated culturally than America.

Like, American politics, Sandfall's the new one, right? Like, it's been totally one-shot by this.

This is Mike the Birdman here, and once again, I'm here to talk to you about something really cool we got for review.

Our friends over at Saber Interactive sent over a review copy of Hellraiser Revival on the PlayStation 5, although this is available for most major platforms, also including the Nintendo Switch 2.

Hopefully I can take a look at that copy someday.

But they did send over the PlayStation 5 version for me to take a look at.

I think there were other Clive Barker games before.

But this feels authentic to it.

And I know Clive Barker was very heavily consulted during the creation of this game, and I really think Saber Interactive kinda nailed it.

It really feels like a lost Hellraiser movie.

The original Stuntman game was developed by Reflections, most famous for the Driver series, and it used the same handling model.

I'm hopeful that Hollywood's developer Saber Interactive will replicate some of that feel, but either way, it's a game that needs to be arcadey and slidey in my view.

If it feels great to play and has a good variety amongst all its license levels, I think it could be a personal favorite of mine when it arrives.

No release date yet, but hopefully not too far off.

Clive Barker's Hellraiser Revival: il terrore cinetico in prima persona.

In arrivo l'8 ottobre 2026 sotto la direzione creativa dello stesso Clive Barker e sviluppato da Saber Interactive, Hellraiser: Revival trasporta il mito dei cenobiti in un survival horror in prima persona di brutale intensità psicologica.

La visione autoriale di Clive Barker e l'eredità filosofica dei cenobiti.

Il panorama videoludico dell'orrore ha spesso ridotto l'universo narrativo di Hellraiser a banali mostri splatter dotati di catene arrugginite, travisando la profonda indagine sul desiderio carnale, sul dolore e sulla trascendenza spirituale delineata da Clive Barker nella sua novella Schiavi dell'inferno.

Il nuovo capitolo interattivo Hellraiser: Revival, la cui pubblicazione è stata ufficialmente confermata per l'8 ottobre 2026 su PC e console dell'attuale generazione, segna lo storico ritorno del maestro britannico nel ruolo di direttore creativo e sceneggiatore principale del progetto.

L'opera è affidata agli esperti ingegneri di Saber Interactive, già noti per la maestria tecnica nella gestione di folle dinamiche e nell'ottimizzazione di motori grafici proprietari.

La trama scava nelle origini labirintiche del regno governato dal Leviatano, collocando il giocatore nei panni di uno studioso di occultismo trascinato all'interno di una dimensione carceraria multidimensionale, dove il confine tra estasi sublime e supplizio eterno viene costantemente messo in discussione dalle entità dell'ordine della fenditura.

Dinamiche survival horror in prima persona e la configurazione del lamento.

It's out now.

And Steve, you played Clive Barker's Hellraiser Revival, which is out even more recently for those same systems and also Switch 2, developed and published by Saber Interactive.

Yes, indeed.

Uh, this game is gnarly.

Yes.

Yes.

Yeah, Saber Interactive has been doing this with franchises.

They've been-

And, uh, man, like, that game has got such sights to show you.

Like, if you were a fan of the original Hellraisers or the source material, Saber Interactive have done an amazing job faithfully creating a authentic Hellraiser experience.

Nice.

Uh, it's, yeah, lots, lots of kinky BDSM sex stuff.

[laughs]

... uh, done by Saber Interactive, and this was announced in 2025, so I didn't know it was, you know, a, a good year or so.

Saber Interactive itself is quite famous for what, TimeShift and-

Yes, Saber Interactive, they've become very prolific in the double A space.

Yeah, but they also remastered some stuff, right? They did some of the Halos, the Crysis, the Tomb Raiders.

Oh, they did?

So they're- they've been amongst it, but that's the first time in a while since they've had their own, like, IP to do, isn't it? Like-

I get...