Formally a console exclusive on Xbox Series X|S, The Medium from Bloober Team is now available to purchase on PlayStation 5. The Medium launched earlier in the year on PC and Xbox's latest hardware, offering up a Silent Hill-inspired experience that deeply explored the tenets of supernatural storytelling.
Bloober Team's latest venture into horror drops players into the role of Marianne, a medium whose tether to a plane beyond our own allows her to simultaneously inhabit the natural and spiritual worlds. Marianne's powers come into a play outside of surface level storytelling, however. The development crew worked tirelessly to also incorporate her abilities into The Medium's gameplay and overall presentation, thus explaining the split-screen mechanic. Split-screen's activation occurs whenever Marianne traverses the real and spiritual worlds concurrently, allowing players to solve puzzles and such in one to progress through the other. Since Xbox's timed-exclusivity has ended, PS5 owners can now jump into the spirit realm.
In honor of the psychological horror title's release on the platform, Bloober Team has unleashed a PS5 launch trailer for The Medium. It's available now digitally and at retail, costing $49.99 for the standard version and $54.99 for a Deluxe Edition packed with the game, original soundtrack, and digital art book. Interestingly, physical copies are rolling out in tandem across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, along with a Two Worlds Special Launch Edition - the latter contains a Steelbook case and OST, in addition to a hardcover art book spanning 32 pages in length. Check out the PS5 launch trailer in the following video:
One section of the trailer touts The Medium's DualSense support, which introduces features that should make the experience feel "more immersive." Like several games before it, The Medium takes advantage of DualSense's adaptive triggers and haptic feedback. The adaptive triggers apply resistance under certain circumstances, whereas the haptics relay pulsing and tapping sensations in others. Bloober Team made use of the touchpad and motion controls, too, specifically for instances of investigating items.
The Polish production crew reportedly has multiple projects in production, one of which it's developing in conjunction with Konami. Naturally, the announcement of such a partnership ignited speculation of a Silent Hill game, though Bloober Team has implied this speculation is false.
The Medium is available to play now across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.
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