{"id":758290,"date":"2025-11-27T02:58:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T02:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/paranormal-activity-game-announced-by-creators-of-the-mortuary-assistant\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T02:58:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T02:58:53","slug":"paranormal-activity-game-announced-by-creators-of-the-mortuary-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/paranormal-activity-game-announced-by-creators-of-the-mortuary-assistant\/","title":{"rendered":"Paranormal Activity Game Announced By Creators Of The Mortuary Assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/paranormal-activity-game-announced-by-creators-of-the-mortuary-assistant.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Paranormal Activity game 2026\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A video game based on the Paranormal Activity film franchise has been announced. Developed by Darkstone Digital, makers of the 2022 horror game The Mortuary Assistant, along with publisher DreadXP and Paramount Pictures, the upcoming game is slated to release in 2026.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Like the films, Paranormal Activity will feature found-footage-style gameplay as well as a \u201cHaunt System,\u201d which dynamically changes the types of scares that unfold based on players\u2019 actions. Unfortunately, a brief teaser trailer doesn\u2019t do much but show some logos, so we may be waiting a while to see the game in action.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lZddQdGwZ0U\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to work with Paramount Game Studios and to have the opportunity to bring the world of Paranormal Activity to gamers everywhere,\u201d said Epic Pictures CEO and DreadXP producer Patrick Ewald in a press release. \u201cThe films are steeped in rich lore and creative scares, and under the stewardship of creative director Brian Clarke, DreadXP\u2019s Paranormal Activity video game will honor those core tenets and offer horror fans one of our most terrifying games yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paranormal Activity has no announced platforms. It\u2019s not the franchise\u2019s first foray into video games. A 2017 game called&nbsp;Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul was released for PS4 and PC and was playable in VR.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2024\/02\/27\/paranormal-activity-game-announced-by-creators-of-the-mortuary-assistant\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video game based on the Paranormal Activity film franchise has been announced. Developed by Darkstone Digital, makers of the 2022 horror game The Mortuary Assistant, along with publisher DreadXP and Paramount Pictures, the upcoming game is slated to release in 2026.&nbsp; Like the films, Paranormal Activity will feature found-footage-style gameplay as well as a \u201cHaunt System,\u201d which dynamically changes the types of scares that unfold based on players\u2019 actions. Unfortunately, a brief teaser trailer doesn\u2019t do much but show some logos, so we may be waiting a while to see the game in action.&nbsp; \u201cWe are thrilled to work with Paramount Game Studios and to have the opportunity to bring the world of Paranormal Activity to gamers everywhere,\u201d said Epic Pictures CEO and DreadXP&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/paranormal-activity-game-announced-by-creators-of-the-mortuary-assistant\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":758291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-758290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Paranormal Activity Game Announced By Creators Of The Mortuary Assistant | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A video game based on the Paranormal Activity film franchise has been announced. 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