White Owls have officially announced Hotel Barcelona, a new “2.5D slasher film parodic action” game led by Hidetaka “Swery65” Suehiro and Goichi “Suda51” Suda. The long-awaited announcement was made during Xbox Digital Broadcast at Tokyo Game Show 2023.
Hotel Barcelona was teased as a collaboration between Swery65 and Suda51 as far back as 2019. After many years of rumors and teases, the title is finally official with a release set for 2024 across major platforms.
Hotel Barcelona Officially Releasing in 2024
Hotel Barcelona will release in 2024 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. A new trailer was revealed at Xbox Digital Broadcast featuring roughly two minutes of gameplay footage:
Here’s an overview of the new title, via Xbox:
Hotel Barcelona is the long-awaited collaboration between game design legends Swery65 and Suda51, and our Xbox Digital Broadcast brought us a never-before-seen gameplay trailer from the self-styled “2.5D slasher film parodic action” game. Drawing influences from across horror’s history, you’ll be pitted against everything from alien entities to AI-enhanced sharks, all while stuck in an endless time loop filled with serial killers – and only your deceased past selves to help you.
Both Swery and Suda appeared in the show to discuss the game. Swery discussed the game’s unusual beginnings – with Suda asking him to announce a collaboration on the fly, with no prior discussion – and his inspirations from Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’. Suda explained that he and Swery worked on the initial concept together – “Then, all of a sudden, Swery completed tons of work on the development, and Hotel Barcelona materialized. Most of the time, when someone does lip service like that, the project never materializes… But Swery made this project a reality in order to deliver something to the fans.”
Watch the new trailer below.
Lastly, Hotel Barcelona’s release is slated for 2024 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S
