Nightdive Bringing ‘I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream’ to Consoles Next Week [Trailer]

Previously rescued from licensing hell for PC gamers, The Dreamers Guild’s 1995 point-and-click adventure title I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream will now be coming to PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series and the Nintendo Switch on March 27. The news was revealed earlier today during The MIX Spring Showcase, complete with new trailer.

“It’s been nearly 12 years since Nightdive Studios re-released the iconic I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream on PC, and we’re so excited to once again give it renewed life by releasing it for the first time on consoles,” said Nightdive Studios’ Stephen Kick. “Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen a lot of love for the original game and Harlan Ellison’s short story across social media platforms like TikTok and Reddit. It only felt right that we helped make this title more accessible and further preserve its legacy.”

It’ll be interesting to see how Nightdive handles this port, since this was originally a mouse-and-keyboard affair. Plus, the re-released version is emulated via ScummVM.

In case you’ve never experienced this cult classic, it’s based on the post-apocalyptic short story by author Harlan Ellison, and plunges players deep within the center of the earth, where they play as each of the five survivors who have been trapped in the bowels of the insane AI AM for the past hundred and nine years. Fueled by his intense hatred for the human race, AM has spent the past century torturing and toying with each character as he sees fit, culminating in a final game: an appropriately meta adventure-style quest for each of them, teasing the prospect of freedom if they succeed.

Each victim is subjected to a personalized psychodrama designed by AM to explore their greatest fears and feelings of guilt. Players go through each character’s personalized scenario, discovering the truth about each of their pasts and why AM chose to keep them alive and prolong their suffering. Whether they have the strength to overcome his games and face their demons is for the player to decide.

You can grab the re-released version on PC from GOG.com and Steam.

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