While the side-scrolling hack-and-slash gameplay might look pretty bog standard, as SWERY explains it, the title features unique death mechanics that not only allow players to level up and get stronger, but also allows them to fight alongside their past selves.

Hotel Barcelona has been described as a “kind of parody-horror-roguelike-slasher hybrid” but SWERY, who went on to epxlain that its world was inspired by 1980s horror movies. Along with hordes of standard enemies, players will also have to take on America’s most notorious serial killers who have gathered up at the eponymous Hotel Barcelona.

Hotel Barcelona is being developed for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, and is slated for release later this year. Interestingly, the title was originally being teased all the way back in 2020.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Keeper, Grounded 2, and the ROG Xbox Ally (which will allegedly receive a release date) make up day one, as previously announced. However, you can also look forward to Cronos: The New Dawn, Hotel Barcelona, Invincible VS, World of Warcraft: Midnight, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, Dying Light: The Beast, Starsand Island, PowerWash Simulator 2, Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade, Outbound, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants.

Day 2 is also just as packed. Previously confirmed titles include The Outer Worlds 2, Ninja Gaiden 4, and Overwatch 2, but Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Jurassic World Evolution 3, FragPunk, Mistfall Hunter, At Fate’s End and Age of Empires 4 are also present. Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles, My Hero Academia: All’s Justice, Silent Hill f, LEGO Voyagers, and High on Life 2 will also appear. If that wasn’t enough, you can expect to see Silent Hill f and Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater in action.

Before all this unfolds, Gamescom Opening Night Live will take place on August 19th at 11 AM PDT and promises its own stacked lineup. Then there’s Future Games Show on August 20th, featuring Phantom Blade Zero and Little Nightmares 3. Stay tuned for live coverage throughout all this.

Last year, IGN Japan had a livestream featuring two of the most enigmatic Japanese Directors out there: Suda51 and Swery. Both are known for the outlandish and surreal games with twisting narratives. They talked about a project the two were doing, something being called for now Hotel Barcelona. The appropriately mysterious title now has a release window…maybe?

The game was teased in the livestream to be a horror suspense title being published by Devolver Digital. The publisher took to Twitter after the announcement to seemingly debunk the game’s existence, leading many to think Hotel Barcelona was a joke or codename for something else. Well, Devolver has actually started posting about the game again, with Suda51 joining in to seemingly tease a delay from 2020 to 2021.

It’s hard to say exactly what’s going on here, but it seems that the game is a real thing at the very least (maybe anyway). Either way, if it is a 2021 release, it’ll probably be a good while before we hear anything about it.

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— SUDA51/須田剛一 (@suda_51) December 31, 2019