ILL is the game I was most excited for in the June 2026 State of Play
Among all of the games shown at the June 2026 State of Play, the survival horror game ILL is the one I'm most excited for, as the gore and atmosphere seen in its latest trailer did it for me. See it for yourself below.
The whole project is reminding me of The Thing, as the level of body dismemberment and disfiguration for its gore and the creatures you have to face really stick out in this latest showing. This is also a survival game where yes, you have firearms to defend yourself, but ammo will be hard to come by, a typical problem for survival horror games.
You play as a coma patient who miraculously wakes up fully recovered and is now facing a research facility filled with all of these horrors. It's being built in Unreal Engine 5 and is in development for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, with a 2027 release currently on the cards.
Survival horror games were considered a hard sell in recent years. Every now and then you'd see a few released a year, but that has changed. It feels like a resurgence for the genre as there's now a variety of horror titles to choose from: the retro aesthetic of Crow Country, the recent success of the Resident Evil franchise, multiplayer games like Phasmophobia, remakes of classics like Dead Space, unique titles like The Mortuary Assistant, and even Konami finally waking up the Silent Hill franchise with multiple games, from the Silent Hill 2 remake to Silent Hill f and more.
ILL continues to show that there's a growing appetite for the gruesome and unsettling. I doubt it will hit Call of Duty sales numbers but there’s a clear market out there. Hoping to see more, as we have yet to see an unfiltered gameplay walkthrough.
Developer Team Clout’s upcoming survival horror wasn’t the only highlight of the show. On the first-party front, Sony’s show had a few things to share during the State of Play, as we saw new footage of Marvel’s Wolverine, and we then had our first look at God of War Laufey, the new entry in the franchise.
About the Author - Carlos Hernandez
Carlos Hernandez is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Too Much Gaming, where he writes about video games, reviews, and industry news. A lifelong gamer, he would do anything to experience Final Fantasy Tactics for the first time again and has a love/hate relationship with games that require hunting for new gear to improve your character.
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