Since its announcement in September of last year, we haven’t really heard an awful lot about Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise, but that might be about the change soon. Earlier this year, the game’s publisher promised that new information on the title would be shared soon, and now we can narrow down what “soon” exactly means.

Taking to Twitter, Deadly Premonition 2 director Hidetaka Suehiro a.k.a. Swery65 confirmed while talking about the game that “something will happen next week.” That’s as vague as it could possibly be, but we can at least be sure that a new update on the game will be shared in the coming days- here’s hoping for a gameplay trailer, at the very least.

In the same tweet, Swery also provided brief updates on other titles that he’s working on, stating that besides Deadly Premonition 2 and Hotel Barcelona, he’s also working on two other games- The Good Life (which is “going well”) and another new project for mobile devices.

Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise is out for the Switch later this year.

2. Business:
Remote work is fit and be working well for us.
I am working 3 project now. (other than "Hotel Barcelona")
The Good Life: Going well
DP2: Something will happen in next week
One more: New something for mobile

— Hidetaka SWERY SueHERO (@Swery65) April 26, 2020

In September 2019, it was confirmed that a sequel to the 2010 cult classic survival horror title Deadly Premonition was going to release exclusively for the Switch, with Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing In Disguise. It will also see Swery65 returning as director and writer, so expectations are certainly high. And though there hasn’t been too much info on the game since its reveal last year, we probably won’t have to wait too long to hear an update.

Speaking with Gamereactor, Ed Valiente – CEO of Deadly Premonition 2 publisher Rising Star Games – provided an update on the sequel’s development. Valiente confirmed that the game is now in a playable state – having played over an hour of it himself – and that Rising Star Games are working with both Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe very closely, since the game is going to launch exclusively for the Switch. Valiente also said that we would be hearing more about the game in early 2020.

Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing In Disguise is due out on the Switch some time in 2020. As for when we might hear something new about the game, speculation suggests that Nintendo might have a Direct presentation scheduled soon- read more on that through here.

When it comes to famous Japanese video game directors with quirky senses of humor and themes, you probably default to Hideo Kojima, which is natural, considering his big name, and that his new game is coming out soon. But when you get down to it, there’s one Japanese director who probably has ’em all beat on that quirky factor- and that’s Swery. And he’s a busy man, too.

In an interview with Wccftech, Swery mentioned that he was working on all these projects. First is his indie title The Good Life, as well as the post-launch content that will come after its release, while there’s also the much awaited sequel Deadly Premonition 2 that’s coming to the Switch sometime next year. There’s also the apparent horror project that he’s working on with fellowdDirector Suda 51. To top everything off, he also has a fifth project that’s going to be a secret for now.

So that’s five different projects across several different platforms Swery is involved with in some capacity. Does the man sleep at all? Well, either way, he’s a busy man nowadays.

Nintendo really brought the fire for their Direct today. We saw various announcements, some expected and some less so. But things took a turn to the very unexpected, and the very weird, when it was announced that the Switch would get a sequel to the cult classic Deadly Premonition, as well as the original itself.

First up we got the sequel announcement of Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise. Unfortunately, that’s about all we got from it outside a few brief scenes in the video. There was no mention of the original Director, Swery, but he confirmed via Twitter he will be writing and directing the sequel thankfully. So whatever it’ll end up being, it’s going to be quite the ride.

If you’re not familiar with the first game…well, it’s hard to describe. Despite some real janky gameplay, it might be a strong contender for the weirdest game in recent memory, with a bizarre storyline and meta-narrative heavily inspired by the works of filmmaker David Lynch. It was never released on a Nintendo console, until now. The game will launch today on the system as Deadly Premonition: Origins. If you want a physical copy, you’ll have to wait until November.

Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise releases in 2020, and as of now only a Switch version has been announced. Deadly Premonition: Origins is available digitally as of today.

Finally, we announced "DEADLY PREMONITION 2". I am feeling that "CLEAR AS A CRISP SPRING MORNING". Absolutely, I am Director / Writer for that. See you guys in Boston and Louisiana.#deadlypremonition… https://t.co/sDoZXFQRak

— Hidetaka SWERY SueHERO (@Swery65) September 4, 2019

Deadly Premonition director Swery says that a future game in the franchise could be set in Europe, and it is definitely a setting he is interested in.

“I’m in discussion with Tomio [Kanazawa, producer] about the future of Deadly Premonition,” he told the EU PS Blog. “It may not be Deadly Premonition 2 but it’s definitely going to be something. At the moment we’re talking about how it might be interesting to set the game in Europe.”

When Kanazawa was asked if the game could be set in London, he said, “No, the countryside. Hitchin, for example. I’ve lived in Hitchin for many years as I’ve been working with Rising Star Games. When I first started living there, there was no entertainment – I could find nothing. But I have come to love it over time – so I recommended it to Swery!”

Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut releases on April 19th.

[Eurogamer]