Nine Inch Nails Guitarist’s Studio Teases Cosmic Horror Game Reveal Ahead Of Summer Game Fest

Highlights

Eyes Out is a new L.A.-based gaming studio working on cosmic-horror game.
Teaser trailers hint at reveal at Summer Game Fest.
Studio founded by Cory Davis and Robin Finck of NIN – prepare to be scared!

In 2021, Nine Inch Nails guitarist and Spec Ops: The Line director Cory Davis announced that they have teamed up to open their very own gaming studio together. Named Eyes Out and based in L.A., the studio has been working on an immersive, narrative-driven game described as a single-player cosmic-horror game with environmental storytelling elements.

In a brand-new teaser trailer, it looks as though the team behind the Eyes Out studio could be ready to reveal more about what they have been working on in the last three years at this year’s Summer Game Fest.

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Many will know Davis from the 2012 shooter Spec Ops: The Line, but he has also dipped into the horror pool with Condemned 2: Bloodshot, F.E.A.R: Extraction Point, and as the director of 2016’s surreal PSVR title, Here They Lie. If you love your American industrial rock, Robin Finck doesn’t need too much of an introduction. Serving as the longest-serving touring guitarist for Nine Inch Nails, Finck saw his first official release with the band in 1994 with the single, Closer to God.

In an article for IGN, Davis explained a little more about how he and Finck got together and why he thought that the NIN musician was the right man for the job. “We instantly started working on some prototypes I had in development at the time,” said Davis, “and together we launched straight toward something unexpected. Robin’s vibrant and boundless approach to the creative process drives our work far beyond my previous experience. It’s such an exhilarating trip to venture into the darkness together.”

In the studio’s announcement trailer from two years ago, Eyes Out gave a look behind the scenes at the creative process of development within the team. Coupled with ominous music (naturally), shots of Davis and Finck at work, and some super creepy screaming, it certainly didn’t give too much away about what curious fans could expect from their debut game. Now, in a short teaser clip from the studios’ Twitter/X account, Eyes Out could be on the verge of revealing a proper look at their horror title at this year’s Summer Game Fest.

As with their previous announcement trailer, the team is keeping things close to their heart with still no sign of gameplay yet again, but hopefully, that might all change over the next few days. The six-second-long teaser includes the studio’s logo and strange imagery, but what’s most interesting is that the post showcases three emoji eyes, giving a hint that we will be seeing more from the horror game, if not at the Summer Game Feat, then very soon, so keep your eyes peeled!