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Netflix’s New Horror Game Turns Your Phone Into the Controller, and It Rings During Gameplay
Zoë Kravitz, Sadie Sink and Troy Baker voice the game, which lets players use a phone to guide the story without a controller.
- On Tuesday, Netflix announced Unhinged, an immersive horror game arriving June 30 that uses a smartphone as the controller. Players guide main character Ava through an apartment building during a Category 5 hurricane.
- Developed by Netflix-owned Night School Studio, the game features a mechanic where players use phone movement to control an in-game flashlight. The concept emerged after the team realized home invasion stories feel unsettling inside a living room.
- The horror title stars Kravitz as Ava, Sadie Sink as her friend Claire, and Troy Baker as the building's superintendent. To heighten immersion, the game pipes audio, calls, and texts directly through the player's personal device.
- Netflix aims for accessibility by allowing players to choose between a no-timer Story Mode or the reflex-heavy Standard Mode. In the latter, failing to find interactive objects before a shrinking timer expires results in a checkpoint restart.
- This compact 20 to 50-minute experience continues Netflix's push into interactive entertainment, following previous titles like Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. The project positions the streamer as a developer of standalone, original gaming content rather than just mobile-only ports.
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Sadie Sink and Zoë Kravitz star in Netflix's immersive horror game
Netflix has announced plans to launch a new interactive horror game experience, starring Sadie Sink, Zoë Kravitz and Troy Baker. READ MORE: Björk and ‘Arrival’ inspired the menacing space bangers of ‘Marathon’ Unhinged will be released exclusively to Netflix subscribers on June 30. The immersive game experience puts you in the center of a “thriller-turned-horror story” that can be played using your mobile phone as a controller. The game focuses…
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