Slitterhead Gets Gameplay Trailer, PC Specs, and November 8 Launch Date

The action/adventure game Slitterhead appeared with major news at Summer Game Fest 2024. Japanese Developer Bokeh Game Studio, founded by Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama following Sony’s closure of Team Siren, revealed that Slitterhead would launch on November 8 for PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X.

Here’s the brief official description provided by Bokeh:

Set in the densely cluttered streets of “Kowlong,” filled with obscurity and chaos, this battle action-adventure game casts players as the “Hyoki,” an entity devoid of memory and physical form. His only motive is to eradicate the monstrous beings known as “Slitterheads” crawling around the city, disguising themselves as humans.

Hyoki’s ability allows him to possess and control human bodies at will, turning the people wandering the city into his pawns. With this power, he can slip through barriers, assume the identity of specific individuals, and infiltrate dangerous areas and organizations. By rapidly switching hosts, he can also traverse the city at high speed.

Roaming the vibrant neon-lit cityscape, players must seek out allies among humans known as “Rarities,” infiltrate and track dangerous organizations, and engage in battles harnessing the power of blood. While human bodies are fragile, Hyoki can burn their life force, turning blood into weapons to confront the ferocious Slitterheads. Even when critically wounded, he can continue fighting by switching hosts efficiently.

By possessing “Rarities”, specific humans who share high sync with Hyoki, he is able to unleash even more powerful attacks and activate various abilities. The cooperative relationship with these “Rarities” holds the key to uncovering the deepening mysteries in the city of Kowlong.

The Steam page also confirms the minimum and recommended PC system requirements for Slitterhead.