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07-10-2009, 07:05 PM
Konami announced a new Wii horror game from Hudson Soft today, named Calling. It's set to release in early 2010, and its title gives insight to its ghostly mood. The Wii Remote serves as the player's cell phone, receiving calls through the speaker from some sort of spirit. It seems as if the crackle of the low-fi Wiimote speaker is taken advantage of by serving as an audio element to raise the tension, and the game is said to revolve around adventure elements like exploration and puzzle solving.
The story is based on an urban legend of a Web site that puts its viewers into a mysterious and deadly coma - like the internet version of The Ring. Users who are able to enter the site's chat room receive calls from Abyss, and enter an afterlife limbo called "Border," where much of the game seems to take place. We're pretty certain that the so-called urban legend will be brought to life with some viral marketing from Konami, so be on the lookout for a coma-inducing site soon. We'll let you know more on Calling as we hear about it.
The story is based on an urban legend of a Web site that puts its viewers into a mysterious and deadly coma - like the internet version of The Ring. Users who are able to enter the site's chat room receive calls from Abyss, and enter an afterlife limbo called "Border," where much of the game seems to take place. We're pretty certain that the so-called urban legend will be brought to life with some viral marketing from Konami, so be on the lookout for a coma-inducing site soon. We'll let you know more on Calling as we hear about it.