{"id":1478684,"date":"2026-01-29T04:33:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T04:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/WkfPYms7vmXpATXkrzquFC"},"modified":"2026-01-29T04:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T04:33:25","slug":"bloober-team-updated-its-strange-countdown-page-and-fans-of-a-controversial-cult-classic-horror-game-from-20-years-ago-are-getting-their-hopes-up-for-a-big-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/bloober-team-updated-its-strange-countdown-page-and-fans-of-a-controversial-cult-classic-horror-game-from-20-years-ago-are-getting-their-hopes-up-for-a-big-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloober Team updated its strange countdown page, and fans of a controversial cult-classic horror game from 20 years ago are getting their hopes up for a big surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Remember that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/horror\/silent-hill-2-remake-dev-bloober-team-kicks-off-2026-by-giving-us-45-days-to-figure-out-what-remosdneulserorehsoovamceyerd-is\/\">Bloober Team countdown<\/a> with the bizarre URL that kicked off at the end of 2025? It grew a little more elaborate today, with additional images and spooky vocalizing, and some old-time horror fans are hoping the studio is teasing a very unexpected remake of the controversial 2006 PlayStation 2 horror game Rule of Rose.<\/p>\n<p>First noticed by Shinobi602 on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/shinobi602.bsky.social\/post\/3mdioedwjh22l\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a>, Bloober&#8217;s countdown website at <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/remosdneulserorehsoovamceyerd.com\" target=\"_blank\">remosdneulserorehsoovamceyerd.com<\/a> (which as far as I know remains undeciphered) now features a stylized image of a rose, and the message &#8220;Some things never leave the walls. They only learn to wait.&#8221; Put your cursor on the rose and it drips some kind of liquid\u2014blood, I suppose.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:40.31%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"2kyi55SUYKRAxtWMuKDawH\" name=\"rose\" alt=\"Image of a rose above the words \"Some things never leave the walls. They only learn to wait.\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bloober-team-updated-its-strange-countdown-page-and-fans-of-a-controversial-cult-classic-horror-game-from-20-years-ago-are-getting-their-hopes-up-for-a-big-surprise.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"774\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Bloober Team)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a similarly drippy &#8220;play&#8221; button on the page, which if clicked delivers a scratchy message that a quick search reveals is an overwrought recitation of a William Blake poem, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Sick_Rose\" target=\"_blank\">The Sick Rose<\/a>, originally published in 1794 as part of the Songs of Innocence and of Experience collection:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>O Rose thou art sick. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The invisible worm, <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>That flies in the night <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>In the howling storm: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Has found out thy bed<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Of crimson joy:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>And his dark secret love<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Does thy life destroy.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dark stuff! What it means in the Bloober Team context is anyone&#8217;s guess, but some folks are guessing (or at least hoping for) a remake of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rule_of_Rose#Controversy\" target=\"_blank\">Rule of Rose<\/a>, a game that caused a certain amount of uproar when it came out in 2006 over rumors of morally dubious content.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, it wasn&#8217;t released in a number of markets, and that&#8217;s made it a collector&#8217;s item: <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/eight-rare-games-that-are-worth-a-lot-of-money-1789790372\" target=\"_blank\">Kotaku<\/a> listed it as one of eight games worth a lot of money (admittedly not the most precise analysis) in 2019; it also noted, as others have, that it&#8217;s not very good, especially when compared to similar releases like Silent Hill 2.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s where the Bloober Team part of the equation is carrying a lot of weight. Bloober nailed the remake of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/silent-hill-2\/\">Silent Hill 2<\/a> in 2024, silencing doubters and shifting perceptions of the studio: It proved it&#8217;s good at remaking horror games, the thinking goes, and so maybe it can make this horror game good. Right?<\/p>\n<p>But this is all just a theory, and one relevant part of the internet doesn&#8217;t seem to be buying it: The <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/RuleofRose\/comments\/1qpj4mm\/possible_rule_of_rose_remake\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rule of Rose subreddit<\/a>. There&#8217;s not a lot of conversation about it\u2014it is not the biggest and most active subreddit ever\u2014and most of what&#8217;s there is doubtful: The quotes aren&#8217;t particularly relevant to Rule of Rose, and it&#8217;s not as though there&#8217;s a big demand for a do-over.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, it has to be <em>something<\/em>, and this is as good a theory as any\u2014that is definitely a rose, after all. We&#8217;ll find out in, as of right now, just over 17 days: A quick consult of the calendar means the countdown will zero out either late on February 14 or early February 15.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"359be8e0-afee-4265-b56d-cd6e26e6b14c\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bloober-team-updated-its-strange-countdown-page-and-fans-of-a-controversial-cult-classic-horror-game-from-20-years-ago-are-getting-their-hopes-up-for-a-big-surprise-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"359be8e0-afee-4265-b56d-cd6e26e6b14c\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/horror\/bloober-team-updated-its-strange-countdown-page-and-fans-of-a-controversial-cult-classic-horror-game-from-20-years-ago-are-getting-their-hopes-up-for-a-big-surprise\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember that Bloober Team countdown with the bizarre URL that kicked off at the end of 2025? It grew a little more elaborate today, with additional images and spooky vocalizing, and some old-time horror fans are hoping the studio is teasing a very unexpected remake of the controversial 2006 PlayStation 2 horror game Rule of Rose. First noticed by Shinobi602 on Bluesky, Bloober&#8217;s countdown website at remosdneulserorehsoovamceyerd.com (which as far as I know remains undeciphered) now features a stylized image of a rose, and the message &#8220;Some things never leave the walls. They only learn to wait.&#8221; Put your cursor on the rose and it drips some kind of liquid\u2014blood, I suppose. (Image credit: Bloober Team) There&#8217;s also a similarly drippy &#8220;play&#8221; button on the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/bloober-team-updated-its-strange-countdown-page-and-fans-of-a-controversial-cult-classic-horror-game-from-20-years-ago-are-getting-their-hopes-up-for-a-big-surprise\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1478685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,1192],"class_list":["post-1478684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-horror"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bloober Team updated its strange countdown page, and fans of a controversial cult-classic horror game from 20 years ago are getting their hopes up for a big surprise | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Remember that Bloober Team countdown with the bizarre URL that kicked off at the end of 2025? 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