Back in 2024, game developer Sam Barlow, the creator of Immortality, teased a new project titled Project C. During the Kinetic Publishing Showcase of 2026, the project was unveiled as PRECOGNITION, a live-action science fiction horror game that Barlow and Half Mermaid Productions are developing in collaboration with horror director Brandon Cronenberg. The game is officially set to launch in spring 2028 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC via Steam. And you can wishlist on Steam now.
PRECOGNITION is a live-action Sci-fi horror game being developed by Sam Barlow and in collaboration with Brandon Cronenberg, horror director. The game will combine full-motion video sequences with non-linear storytelling and will focus on player freedom and agency. The player will play as Diana, a woman who discovers she can see visions of the future after an experimental implant is placed into her brain. Players will explore these visions, focusing on key moments and committing them to Diana’s memory in the present day. There are consequences to prescience, as Diana commits a detail to memory; the future ahead of her changes.
“We’ve really been trying to test the limits of non-linear storytelling, focusing on how the game feels to play, while encouraging player agency and freedom,” said Sam Barlow, co-founder of Half Mermaid Productions, in a press release. “We’ve pushed ourselves even harder with PRECOGNITION by bringing the feel of investigation and mystery games into a world of cause-and-effect, with a story that spins out as a consequence of your choices .”
Barlow went on to state, “We wanted PRECOGNITION to be a very authentic sci-fi horror experience, and in the process of searching for collaborators on the project, Brandon stood out as the perfect person for the job. Brandon had already played IMMORTALITY and Her Story, so he immediately understood the nature of the game and the unique narrative structure we bring to everything we make.”
Brandon Cronenberg, his collaborator, also stated, “The films I make tend to be subjective and experiential, with the horror emerging as one person’s perspective of the world warps around them. The games that Sam and the team have made over the years are subjective experiences by their very nature – no two people will have the same experience with them. So it’s the perfect place to explore these themes further.”
PRECOGNITION seeks to blend full-motion video sequences and non-linear storytelling to create a horror experience that transcends even the previous title IMMORTALITY. The game is a collaboration with horror director Brandon Cronenberg and Sam Barlkow of Half Mermaid Productions. PRECOGNITION is officially set to launch in spring 2028 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC via Steam. And you can wishlist on Steam now.
