Over two years on from the last time we got a look at the game, it recently re-emerged with an extensive new gameplay trailer, and developer Neostream has accompanied it with an update on the game’s Kickstarter page that addresses its long absence, the state of the project and the development team, and more.

For starters, it looks like many of Neostream’s staff have moved on, though the developer says Little Devil Inside’s original core team still remains at the studio, and is fully focused on making a great game.

“Along the way in all efforts to making a great game, many great people have come and gone,” the developer wrote in its message. “People with respectable but different purposes and pursuits. In sharing these differences and thoughts, we were sometimes touched and moved and sometimes in conflict. We are responsible for not being able to embrace the differences. And of course, sincere apologies to you all.

“So now, we’re back to a smaller, bonded team with a single, common purpose – just to make a great game. And all our core founding and starting members still here with the duty and conscience to fulfill what we set out to do. We know this doesn’t and shouldn’t justify for all the delays and lack of news but we’re still here, have been and always will be. Equipped with one tide turning fact – having gone the long way around, we are stronger. Much stronger.”

The update goes on to confirm that Neostream has started discussions with potential publishers in earnest, and that the footage showcased in the recent aforementioned gameplay trailer was all made using Unreal Engine 5.

“We have genuinely started discussions regarding publishing and once this clears out, hopefully we’ll be able to answer what everyone wants to know,” Neostream wrote. “Here, we’ve just strung together a series of gameplay clips representative of what we have been working on in the UE5 engine.”

Little Devil Inside is in development for PS5, PS4, and PC. There’s no word yet on when the game will release.

The visuals have seemingly seen improvements, with gorgeous atmospheric fog on the world map. After stopping at a gas station, Billy runs afoul of a bear in a dead mine and fights for his life. The trailer then cuts to a “Sample” extraction in the forest before switching to road travel at night, where Billy’s car accidentally hits a deer.

It then shows a campsite where he’s cooking food (unknown if this is said deer). Some brigands arrive, and you can fight them or eat together. Another location is Mr Wool’s Ranch, with the owner wearing a sheep suit because, well, he likes sheep. You can also equip it, which is handy when hiding among the sheep and ambushing an approaching monster.

More combat is seen against various brigands before cutting to what seems to be an abandoned orphanage. A monster lurks, however, and after Billy steals the key, it gives chase throughout. Other regions, like the desert and snowy mountains, are also showcased.

It ends with Billy venturing into the Black Forest and happening upon some undead. He can ignite or behead them, which would explain the severed head in the beginning.

Little Devil Inside is in development for PS5, PS4 and PC. There are no further details like a release date, but perhaps it’s a sign of future updates. Stay tuned in the coming months.

It seems, however, that we might get some information soon enough. Twitter page @PlaystationSine routinely tracks the PlayStation Network database and updates made to it, and it seems an update for Little Devil Inside recently went up on the PSN backend. According to the page, the game is targeting a Winter 2022 release.

If that is indeed the plan and Little Devil Inside hasn’t been delayed again, then it should be interesting to see when we get an official update on the game in the coming weeks and months. If Sony does indeed have a PlayStation Showcase planned for September like many have speculated, we might see something there.

Little Devil Inside is in development for PS5, PS4, and PC.

https://twitter.com/PlaystationSize/status/1549364140942172160

Winter 2022

— PlayStation Game Size (@PlaystationSize) July 19, 2022

Featured in the latest State of Play, we got an extended look at the game. Here we got to see the unique traversal and map system, where you zoom out to see miniatures on a map and then zoom in for certain vignettes as well as battles. The combat system looks interesting with a combination of attacking and dodging with the ability to toss enemies impaled on your blade. We also get a peek at some survival elements, such as cooking and making a fire. Despite a decent look, though, there is still a lot unknown here as it’s unclear what exactly the plot of the game is outside you being a mercenary, but that will probably be covered more in time.

Little Devil Inside has been announced for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC. It’s due out in 2022.

Regardless of what you think of the games themselves, you can’t deny that Sony came out swinging with the launch of the PS5 last year. It had probably the most impressive first party lineup we’ve seen from a console launch, if in nothing else but sheer volume. Sony has shown they want the PS5’s first year to be something special, as they showed last year with several showcases of what’s the come for the system throughout 2021. Now we have some new target windows for several of those titles.

If you recall, back in June 2020, Sony did a big showcase to unveil the PS5 and several high profile titles it had coming, many that were console exclusive. At this year’s CES (provided thanks to CNET), Sony had a sizzle reel of various titles, many of which were in that same showcase with release targets in a small text at the end. Some of these we already know and are not giving any new dates or windows, such as Returnal and Hitman 3. Others, however, have not been stated before.

Kena: Bridge of Spirits is said to target March, Solar Ash is slated to now target June, Little Devil Inside in July, and both GhostWire: Tokyo and Stray are looking at October. That’s in 2021. Going beyond, it seems Project Athia, which Sony has locked down a two year exclusive deal for, is targeting January 2022, and Capcom’s mysterious Pragmata, originally revealed with a 2022 target, is now said to simply be targeting 2023.

Keep in mind these are all specified as targeted time frames, so they may or may not end up hitting the mark. You can see the video and the text describing all of this below. All titles are confirmed to be coming to the PS5, with some also coming to the PS4, Xbox Series X, and PC. You can check to links posted above for more details on each title.

https://youtu.be/4FwxgZ6Qj3U?t=1428

While Sony’s first PS5-themed show had plenty of the big titles for you to sink your teeth into, there were plenty of surprises on the smaller side of things as well. One of those was a very unexpected return of Little Devil Inside, a former KickStarter project that had gone silent for several years. It came back with a new coat of paint and was a surprise highlight.

You can see the reveal trailer that was at the Sony show below. It goes in between the exploits of a young monster hunter who fights for his life in what seems to be semi-open world areas against all kinds of dangers, while an older man enjoys the comfort of what appears to be a more modern life.

The game was originally announced as a KickStarter project in 2015, and while the art style is quite similar, that version of the game had a very different feel and seemed to focus on underwater exploration. In fact, as of writing this, the game’s website is still displaying information about the original pitch, including it coming for the Wii U, though that will probably change soon.

Little Devil Inside will now release for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC. As of now, no release time frame is known.