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.

White Owls Inc.’s newest game The Missing, helmed by Hidetaka “Swery65” Suehiro of Deadly Premonition fame, is out now for Xbox One, PS4, PC, and Nintendo Switch. The grisly mystery focuses on J.J. as she navigates Memoria Island to locate her best friend, who’s gone missing.

This isn’t your typical side-scrolling puzzle platformer though. To make any progress, J.J. has to suffer all manner of harm, from dismemberment and immolation to electrocution and being crushed. Due to the island’s mysterious powers, J.J. can seemingly revive herself an infinite number of times. Why exactly is all of this happening? Where did her friend go?

You’ll have to actually play The Missing to find out. Published by Arc System Works, The Missing features a gorgeous art-style to offset the macabre premise. It’s definitely not for the faint of heart regardless, but if yet another unorthodox adventure from the oddball mind of Suehiro interests you, check it out today.