Xbox Third-Party Preview round-up: Still Wakes the Deep, Spirit of the North 2, Manor Lords, more

Microsoft hosted a presentation today focusing on some third-party titles coming to Xbox. For those who missed the show, we rounded the announcements up for you.

During the presentation, we were given a look at new gameplay for Still Wakes The Deep from masters of horror, The Chinese Room. The narrative horror game is set on the slowly collapsing Beira D oil rig, where you will navigate perilous encounters. The trailer even showed a quick look at the supernatural entity.

According to The Chinese Room, inspiration for the game came from many films, starting with John Carpenter’s excellent 1982 film, The Thing. The atmosphere was inspired by the 1970s-era thriller Don’t Look Now and 1968’s horrifying Rosemary’s Baby. It also pays homage to the directing style of lauded British film director Ken Loach, with a nod to his heartbreaking movie, Kes. The gameplay structure was inspired by The Poseidon Adventure, and other films that provided creative fodder were Annihilation, Midsommar, Hannibal, The Southern Reach Trilogy, Sapphire & Steel, Suspiria, and others.