For these trying to carry the spooky vibes over to the brand new yr, Aksys Video games gave Spirit Hunter: Loss of life Mark II a launch date. The third entry within the sequence heads to PlayStation 5, Nintendo Change, and PC on February 15, 2024.

Loss of life Mark II finds Kazuo Yashiki again in Tokyo’s H Metropolis for extra supernatural investigations. This time the thriller is swirling round Konoehara Academy, which has been host to a grim shroud because the first in a sequence of scholars disappeared. Yashiki has to pose as a trainer and seek for any lingering clues as to the whereabouts of those lacking college students. A handful of aspect characters — together with returning faces from Spirit Hunter: Loss of life Mark— can help in new 2D side-scrolling exploration sections. 

The official web site is reside now together with the Steam web page for Spirit Hunter: Loss of life Mark II. There’s additionally a 14-track authentic soundtrack CD accessible for anybody who picks it up by the North American Aksys On-line Retailer. You possibly can see a pattern of the brand new views and extra in the First Look trailer. 

Nonetheless on the hunt

The sequence comes from Expertise, the builders behind dungeon-crawlers like Demon Gaze and Stranger of Sword Metropolis. It kicked off with Spirit Hunter: Loss of life Mark in 2017, with Spirit Hunter: NG following shut behind in 2018.

Spirit Hunter: Loss of life Mark II was initially crowdfunded by Campfire, managing to greater than double its purpose for a complete of over 30 million yen. We’ll see how its new 2D sections and “Suspensive Acts” — which have you ever making selections beneath stress — play out early subsequent yr.