REANIMAL News

[p]The time has almost come! In 22 hours, REANIMAL will launch across all platforms. To make this launch as stress-free for everyone as possible, here is a quick list of the most important links for you. [/p][p][/p][p]Got questions about the game? Chances are we already answered them here:[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink] [/p][p]Here is where you can buy the game:[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Found a bug? Report it here: https://bugreporting.thqnordic.com/#/projects/172/reanimal-community/add-issue [/p][p][/p][p]Are you a content creator? Our Lurkit portal can be found here: https://www.lurkit.com/company/thq-nordic-creator-portal [/p][p][/p][p]Want to chat with us on Discord and socials? You can find us here: [/p][p]https://discord.gg/nf2y43K4zR[/p][p]https://www.facebook.com/TarsierStudios[/p][p]https://x.com/TarsierStudios [/p][p]https://bsky.app/profile/tarsierstudios.bsky.social [/p][p]https://www.instagram.com/tarsierstudios/[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink] [/p][p]https://www.tiktok.com/@tarsier.studios [/p][p][/p][h3] We look forward to hearing from you!![/h3]

[p]Just few more days until the horrors begin! REANIMAL, the highly anticipated co-op horror game from Tarsier Studios, creators of Little Nightmares™ and Little Nightmares™ II, launches this Friday, February 13. Pre-ordering the Deluxe Edition now secures 10% savings and grants access to the REANIMAL Season Pass, which includes all three DLCs in The Expanded World campaign—delivering all-new horrors for players to survive. [/p][p][/p][p]There are three upcoming chapters in The Expanded World, the first of which is scheduled to release in summer 2026. The Expanded World will weave a completely original story around new child protagonists, thrusting players into chilling new environments and monstrous horrors across the war-torn REANIMAL island. [/p][p][/p][p]Website: https://reanimal.thqnordic.com [/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p]

In an industry pestered by calls to "think of the children", Tarsier’s games are useful reminders that children can be utterly depraved in ways no coddling adult would ever dream. Later in Reanimal, the developer’s latest, strictly 'co-optional' horror game, two kids rip an eyeball out of a massive, sunken horse skull and shove it into what I sincerely hope is the eyesocket of a slumbering whale. Somehow, this is necessary to advance.

It’s the kind of thing that would only occur to children, because children do not reason like 'we' do, those disgusting creeps. They sense that they exist in a world that isn’t for them: a world of baffling laws, high shelves, and everyday monstrosity; a world they’re required to 'grow into' by means of repeated shedding and sprouting and subjection - milk teeth and pubic hair and doing your goddamn chores. So they instinctively come up with ways to screw with the system, twist its horrible logic against itself. Why not push a horse’s eyeball into a whale?

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[p]We are happy to announce that the developers will be checking out community streams and questions during a special stream on launch day! This stream will take place on our official THQ Nordic Twitch channel on Friday 13th, 15:00 CET to around 18:00 CET, so make sure to drop by and ask your REANIMAL questions in the Twitch chat! [/p][p]Join us over on Twitch on Friday 13th, 15:00 CET : [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]
Not sure if you're ready for REANIMAL? Want a second or third opinion first? We have good news: the review embargo for REANIMAL has now dropped, so head on over to your trusted reviewer of choice and check if they got access to the game. [/p][p] Do note that content creators are still under embargo until the game launches, so as to not spoil the story for anyone. If you were lucky enough to get an early copy, please do not stream/upload video of the game before launch or it will be reported for deletion.[/p][p]

We look forward to seeing you all at launch![/p][p][/p][p][/p]

Reanimal is coming at us in a weird way, and there’s really no avoiding that. This is a game made by members of the original Little Nightmares team, clearly pulling from the same design DNA, and releasing into a world where Little Nightmares 3 also exists. It’s impossible not to compare the two, and even harder not to view Reanimal as a response, intentional or not. It feels like a game that exists to quietly ask a question: was it the series that mattered, or the team behind the original idea that made it? After spending a good amount of time with Reanimal, the answer lands somewhere in the frustrating middle, leaning toward the team.

On paper, Reanimal sounds like it’s setting itself up for success. You play as two siblings returning to an island that was once home. Something terrible happened there while they were gone, an incident big enough to fracture the island into three massive sections and leave it crawling with things that very much do not want you there. Within each... Read more