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Project Scissors is an upcoming spiritual sequel to Clock Tower, created by Japanese horror veterans

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Project Scissors is an upcoming spiritual sequel to Clock Tower, created by Japanese horror veterans
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What do you get when you combine the original Clock Tower developer, Hifumi Kouno, with the twisted imagination of Team Silent veteran Masahiro Ito and the filmmaking expertise of Takashi Shimizu, director of Ju-On (The Grudge)?

You get Project Scissors, a spiritual sequel to the classic survival horror Clock Tower, headed to the PlayStation Vita, iOS, and Android devices.

There's no release date yet for Project Scissors, a game that draws its name (possibly working title) from the infamous Scissorman of the classic Clock Tower franchise.

What we do know is that it's set on a luxury cruise liner, adrift at sea after a series of murders wreaks havoc on board.

Clock Tower
Cover of the original Clock Tower.

"When conceiving the idea for a new horror game, I focused on staying true to the essence of what I created in Clock Tower, which was the edge-of-the-seat suspense and fear of an unknown," says Kouno, the game's director.

"I have been preparing for this game for over 5 years – and now the development is finally about to begin."

Ito, a creature designer on the original 1999 Silent Hill and art director on Silent Hill 2 and 3, joins the Project Scissors team as creature and prop designer.

The game's creative producer, Shimizu, will also direct a live-action concept trailer to introduce fans to the game's world.

According to the Project Scissors press release, more "well known talents in the Japanese game industry" will have a hand in the upcoming horror title, to be announced in the future.

Project Scissors is in development by Kouno's studio, Nude Maker.

Chloi Rad
Chloi Rad
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