When is the The Casting of Frank Stone launch date? A brand new horror sport based mostly on the planet of Lifeless by Daylight is within the works by Supermassive Video games. If the developer’s earlier cinematic sport experiences like The Quarry and the Darkish Photos anthology are something to go by, we will’t consider anybody higher to carry the DBD universe to a brand new style.
We’ve had a relationship sim, Hooked on You, the cell iteration of DBD, which appears to getting extra options than the principle sport at this level, and one other multiplayer sport is within the works. If there’s one factor the Lifeless by Daylight universe is sorely lacking although, it’s a single-player horror sport. Fortunately, that’s the place The Casting of Frank Stone is available in, and it appears to be like set to be an unimaginable, immersive, and intense horror expertise for present followers of DBD and, because of its all-new characters and setting, these unfamiliar with the asymmetrical sport, too. Right here’s every little thing we all know up to now about Supermassive’s “cinematic expertise” and the window for a The Casting of Frank Stone launch date.
The Casting of Frank Stone launch date
The Casting of Frank Stone launch date is September 3, 2024. Pre-orders can be found now, and include a singular in-game mechanic for unique collectibles and customization objects.
The Casting of Frank Stone was initially teased, with no title, again in Might, 2023, through the Lifeless by Daylight seventh anniversary broadcast. Since then, gamers have been in a position to reveal the 2024 launch date window in a point-and-click puzzle on the sport’s official web site, and cryptic lore movies have been launched often on X (beforehand referred to as Twitter).
Through the Lifeless by Daylight seventh anniversary broadcast, two new video games have been introduced to be happening within the DBD universe: The Casting of Frank Stone and a multiplayer sport from Midwinter Leisure, the creators of the sadly ill-fated Scavengers. On the time, Midwinter confirmed that its sport was “nonetheless within the very early levels”, so, with the knowledge we’ve got up to now, it wouldn’t be too remiss to imagine that, following The Casting of Frank Stone in 2024, the Midwinter sport, at the moment referred to as ‘Mission T’, will comply with in 2025.
The Casting of Frank Stone story and universe
Following a sequence of cryptic clips on Twitter, we received a bit extra of a glimpse into the upcoming sport through the Lifeless by Daylight eighth anniversary livestream, throughout which the above trailer debuted. We additionally now have some context behind that title, as The Casting of Frank Stone is predicated on a bunch of youngsters making a film a few serial killer from their hometown’s previous. It appears this doesn’t imply they’re secure from hurt, although, because the menace remains to be very a lot alive.
Frank Stone himself is a harmful particular person with a darkish previous, and has dedicated some violent crimes within the small city of Cedar Hills. Within the first trailer, which you’ll be able to see under, these teenagers appear to stumble throughout Frank’s work house inside Cedar Metal. We now know that they’re making an attempt to make use of this very venue for filming, however simply how secure are they even now?
By taking part in a point-and-click ‘investigation’ on the sport’s web site, you possibly can acquire some perception into Frank’s actions, as you go searching his workbench. Information clippings, bloodied instruments, and an image of the city’s steelworks make up a part of the image, however we nonetheless don’t understand how they match into the single-player sport’s story. The official The Casting of Frank Stone Steam web page offers us just a few extra hints as to what to anticipate. In true Supermassive type, your decisions in The Casting of Frank Stone will have an effect on the end result of your story, and we’re additionally promised “spine-chilling twists” and “emotional gut-punches”.
It’s too early to say for positive, however on condition that the sport take’s place within the DBD universe, and out of doors of the Entity’s realm, we will assume that the occasions of The Casting of Frank Stone happen earlier than Frank or his victims come into contact with The Fog. For anybody unfamiliar with DBD lore, The Fog is how killers and survivors are transported into the Lifeless by Daylight universe. Following their harrowing tales, all of them discover themselves engulfed in a darkish fog earlier than waking up in their very own realm. It wouldn’t be too far-fetched, then, to imagine that ‘The Welder’ Frank and his victims might develop into Lifeless by Daylight characters in their very own Cedar Hills realm to finish the mixing of the 2 video games – Cedar Hill Metal would make for a fairly cool map. There’s even a particular DBD generator featured within the picture above.
The Casting of Frank Stone trailers
The primary trailer for The Casting of Frank Stone was revealed throughout The Sport Awards 2023. The trailer begins with distant screams soundtracking a sluggish focus right into a modified welding helmet and Frank Stone himself sitting at his workbench, toying along with his instruments, as an unknown voice says, “No matter’s down there, it’s too harmful.”
Because the trailer progresses, the aptly-named Daylight by David Kushner begins to play, a haunting, piano-led monitor, which not solely gives some perception into the environment of the sport, however maybe the story as properly. The music’s lyrics are from the viewpoint of somebody repentant for his or her actions, as Kushner sings about “making an attempt to clean away all of the blood I’ve spilled”.
4 youngsters are then seen coming into a tunnel, which we assume results in the depths of the Cedar Hills steelworks, to which the preliminary voice line refers and the place Frank Stone works, and even perhaps resides. Frank, carrying his altered welder’s helmet, is then seen standing ominously on the finish of the tunnel because the music crescendos, thunder cracks, and extra screams are heard. This darkish and emotional trailer echoes what we already know of the forms of cinematic tales that Supermassive Video games produces.
Whereas we look forward to the The Casting of Frank Stone launch date, we will at the least preserve busy with the most recent Lifeless by Daylight chapter and DBD 2V8 mode. In case you’re not a DBD fan but and need to give it a strive forward of The Casting of Frank Stone, be sure to take a look at our DBD killer tier checklist to search out out who else The Entity has engulfed in The Fog.