SUPERHOT visiting Japan in new spin-off

Super-stylish time-slowing shooter SUPERHOT is off to Japan in a brand new spin-off recreation, quickly titled SUPERHOT JP. It’ll shoot and slice via Japanese environments from sizzling springs to karaoke bars, with new enemies, weapons, and different native enjoyable. The people at SUPERHOT Team aren’t making this one, fairly Japanese studio GameTomo, who say they’re working “with guidance from” the creators. GameTomo plan to launch SUPERHOT JP first in Japan and say it’ll solely “possibly” go elsewhere later, however the truth that the website has an English translation suggests it’s doubtless.

So, Japan! GameTomo say it’ll go to native locales together with samurai castles, sizzling springs, Tokyo alleyways, karaoke bars, bullet trains, seize new weapons together with bow and arrows, and some neat touches like shoji screens which reveal the silhouette of enemies hiding behind. It’ll pack “15-18 regular levels and 3-4 endless levels”.

Having lately pottered round such locations within the extraordinarily dad Yakuza 6, I’m properly up for a return go to in slow-mo whiteworld motion. Especially when it’s constructing on such nice shooty foundations – see dearly departed Adam’s SUPERHOT review for extra on that, in the event you’re new to the sequence.

This isn’t a sequel to Superhot, to be clear. And no, although Alec called SUPERHOT VR “mandatory”, SUPERHOT JP isn’t deliberate to be VR.

Series creators SUPERHOT Team are presently busy with Superhot: Mind Control Delete, the standalone growth which turns Superhot a bit roguelikelike with runs, upgrades, and unlockable additional characters. It prices £9 whereas it’s in early access however, as soon as it’s accomplished, will develop into free to people who personal Superhot.

No phrase but on when SUPERHOT JP (no matter it finally ends up being named) will launch, and naturally we nonetheless don’t know for sure if will probably be launched right here. But I’d think about it’s going to.

[Mega-exciting style note: while usually I normalise DAFT ALL-CAPS GAME NAMES, I think SUPERHOT has earned its caps. SUPER. HOT. SUPER. HOT. SUPER. HOT. -ed.]