The darkish, Souls-like twist on the story of Pinocchio, Lies of P, has as soon as once more resurfaced, this time with a model new trailer at IGN Fan Fest this week, which you’ll watch above. And on the finish of the trailer, we have a narrowed launch window ultimately: it is popping out this August.
The majority of this trailer centered on the unsettling monsters of Lies of P, which on this trailer characteristic unusual mixtures of mechanized puppet creatures with bizarre, slimy-looking, Lovecraftian horrors. There’s additionally a variety of footage of what appears to be the Blue Fairy, a creature who serves as a information to Pinocchio within the authentic story however who, given the sinister plot of Lies of P, might not be fully reliable this time.
With this, we have now seen many of the fundamental forged members folks affiliate with the normal (or Disney) Pinocchio story, together with Geppetto and a companion that might or might not be a nod to Jiminy Cricket. But it surely’s nonetheless a thriller how a lot it will deviate from what we all know concerning the little picket boy, who largely did not need to struggle off any Lovecraftian horrors in his authentic story.
We have seen a variety of Lies of P’s Souls-like fight now although, in addition to it is “lie” system the place selections to lie or not, in addition to the way to lie, in numerous conditions will impression the story.
Lies of P is popping out in August for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. You possibly can take a look at all the remainder of the information from IGN FanFest, together with spotlights on Road Fighter 6, HBO’s The Final of Us, and Diablo 4, proper right here.
Rebekah Valentine is a information reporter for IGN. You’ll find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.
