After making an appearance at the recent PlayStation State of Play for June 2026, the developers of ILL have come out and said that the upcoming survival horror game won't be a walk in the park, but it won't be too hard either. ILL has been making waves in the survival horror game community with a series of brutal, gory trailers that make other horror games look tame by comparison.
It has been a good time to be a survival horror fan. This past Summer Game Fest brought the reveal of Resident Evil: Veronica and the release date for Silent Hill: Townfall, among other reveals, including a Saw game and Alien Isolation 2. Along with those heavy hitters in the genre was a new look at ILL, Team Clout's debut horror game, which has arguably made all of those titles look PG in comparison. Blending body horror with hyper-realistic gore and dismemberment mechanics has left fans wowed, and also wondering if the game will play as brutally as it looks.
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