Later this year, Abandoned is coming exclusively to the PlayStation 5. While details on the game are incredibly slim right now, a teaser trailer for the survival game was unveiled today. It’s a teaser trailer in the truest sense of the word, as it’s really, really hard to extrapolate much of anything out of it, but we’ll give it a try anyway! Before we go on, watch the trailer below!

The Netherlands-based studio Blue Box Game Studios is crafting Abandoned, which centers around a character who has, ostensibly, been abandoned. Always nice to have a title that syncs up with the content, right? The game is described as a cinematic, first-person horror survival shooter, which could mean a lot of things. Based on the trailer containing a campfire and dangerous wilderness, it’s entirely possible that this may be centered around a “core” survival game experience that tasks the player with maintaining heat levels, dealing with thirst and hunger meters, and possibly fending off bears, wolves, or other dangerous woodsy creatures. And some supernatural stuff too, maybe.

As Jason Longfield, you awake in a strange forest, kidnapped and left there for a “dark purpose”. The goal is survival. Simple, right? The development team is shooting for realism with the worldly interactions, so apparently weapons will be really slow (no Call of Duty blasting away here) and will be influenced by fear and exertion. Ammo is likely to be a valuable resource, and it’s heavily implied that you’ll need to have the drop on your foes in order to come out the victor.

Abandoned is designed to get the most out of the DualSense controller, down to the gun trigger having a different feel when it’s loaded or empty. Abandoned is targeting 60 FPS and 4k resolution as well. The trailer does look very cinematic, but it really doesn’t give us any idea on what gameplay is going to look or feel like. At this trailer stage, that’s cool, but we definitely need to see more. A full gameplay video is coming “soon”, so that should give us a better indicator of what to expect here.

Abandoned is expected to launch in Q4 this year. You can read more at the official blog post here.

Does Abandoned look like something you’re into? What information did you pull out of the trailer? Let us know in the comments!

Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the long-awaited sequel to Ghostbusters II, premieres this fall. We already know it'll feature a ton of returning names on top of a main cast of newcomers. That doesn't matter though, because everyone’s favorite, sentient marshmallow man is back...in mini form!

Sony Pictures released a new clip for the film of one of its stars, Paul Rudd, making an otherwise ordinary trip to the grocery store. Unfortunately(?) for him, things take a turn for the maybe-worst when he encounters a bag of miniature Stay Puft marshmallows that come to life. That might seem scary, but the teeny things are so cute and weird that I would personally be totally okay with this. 

What is Ghostbusters: Afterlife? Unlike 2016’s Ghostbusters reboot, this is a direct sequel taking place 30 years after Ghostbusters II. The film is directed by Jason Reitman, son of Ghostbusters 1 and 2 director Ivan Reitman (who serves as a producer). The plot centers on a small family who moves to a rural town to live on a farm inherited from their late grandfather. Unbeknownst to the children, grandpa was connected to the original Ghostbusters, and you get a pretty good idea as to how after watching the debut trailer. 

The film stars Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, and Carrie Coon. Original stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, and Sigourney Weaver have been confirmed as well. Ghostbusters: Afterlife was originally scheduled to premiere last summer but, like basically every movie in the last year, it was delayed multiple times due to the pandemic. Afterlife is now set to release in theaters on November 11.

Ghostbusters is one of my all-time favorite film franchises, and I’m very intrigued with Afterlife. I didn’t completely hate the 2016 film like most fans did (it’s better if you don’t think of it as a Ghostbusters film. Strange concept, I know), but it didn’t scratch that ghostbusting itch. Afterlife has a better premise, double the Reitmans involved, and nearly all of the original performers are back. This will probably be fine. Hopefully. Please?

What do you make of Ghostbusters: Afterlife and are you excited to watch it? Hit us up with those hot takes in the comments!