Bandai Namco to publish Tarsier Studios’ Hunger, renamed Little Nightmares

Bandai Namco has announced plans to publish Tarsier Studios’ mysterious third-person ‘suspense-adventure’ game Hunger, now renamed Little Nightmares.

Hunger was first announced by the studio back in 2014, and sees players taking control of a 9-year old girl attempting to escape from a mysterious underwater vessel called ‘The Maw’.

The game was initially planned as a downloadable title for PS4, although it isn’t yet clear whether the deal with Namco means it will now arrive on other platforms. Formats aren’t mentioned in Namco’s announcement.

“At its heart, Hunger is a simple idea,” Tarsier said last year. “A young girl is trapped in a labyrinth full of monsters and wants to escape. It will be your job to help her do this. It’s a genre we’re calling ‘suspense-adventure’, on account of the fact that there will be plenty of both. Coupled with an unnerving ‘Dollhouse Perspective’, tactile controls, and characters with soft, dark centres, Hunger will take your hand and let it go at the worst possible moment!”

“Little Nightmares symbolizes the evolution of our strategy to further strengthen the company portfolio with titles developed from all over the world,” said Namco’s VP of marketing & digital Herve Hoerdt on its partnership with Tarsier. “As we continue to explore new ways to experience our IPs, we couldn’t have found a better partner than Tarsier Studios to fulfil this vision and we’re extremely proud to show their incredible talent to the world by publishing their first in-house project.”

Tarsier previously developed the PS Vita version of LittleBigPlanet and is also working on PlayStation VR title Statik. A release date for Little Nightmares has yet to be announced.

For a look at what to expect, check out Namco’s teaser trailer below or Hunger’s original reveal trailer below that.

More details on Little Nightmares will be revealed at Gamescom next week.

Source: Bandai Namco