Finland's finest establishment, Housemarque, is set to celebrate its 30th anniversary this year, and the studio appears to be teasing, well, something or other for the occasion.
For the record, Housemarque's anniversary falls on 19th July, so we expect whatever's being teased to crop up around then.
On its socials, the developer recently shared this unusual found footage-style clip with oddly superimposed sound on top:
It's not really clear what this teaser is hinting towards, but the comments beneath it have some ideas.
Some are shouting Saros, the upcoming follow-up to the studio's brilliant roguelike shooter, Returnal. Indeed, the team is planning to unveil gameplay later this year, so perhaps it's simply something to do with that.
Other hopes and dreams in the replies are a PS5 Pro patch for Returnal, Resogun 2, a new Super Stardust, and even Alienation 2. Housemarque has made lots of great games in its time, hasn't it?
If we had to throw in some guesses as to what this means... Maybe it'll be playing back some nostalgic behind-the-scenes clips from its early days? Or, perhaps the studio has worked out time travel, and this footage has been brought back from the 90s?
Maybe the Saros reveal trailer was a bait and switch, and actually the game is an FMV adventure set inside a Finnish game studio, and this is the gameplay reveal?
We've given it our best shot. If you think you have a better idea, let us know what you reckon in the comments section below.
[source x.com]





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It's finally time for Ultra Stardust 4K to celebrate their roots.
Returnal Remaster
A PS5 Housemarque collection with native versions of Alienation, Super Stardust, Resogun, Dead Nation, Matterfall, Nex Machina and Outland would be amazing.
Returnal still stands as the best game this generation on any system in my opinion so I'm eager to see how Saros will fare when it goes up against it's elder sister.
Can't wait to get a more in depth view of the art direction and core gameplay.
New arcade game hopefully.
An easy mode for Returnal please 😃
@AK4tywill kind of like a rare replay, I say include their older games as well.
I'd love a Housemarque collection.
It would be nice if they patched Returnal with PS5 Pro support. The upscaled 1080p resolution could really benefit from PSSR, or even just a higher render resolution. It's strange that it hasn't been patched by now. I think it's one of the only first party PS5 titles to not get a Pro patch (alongside Sackboy and a few PS4 remasters).
Housemarque 30 year anniversary package.
(we can deream)
Matterfall i really liked that.
Please a proper port of Resogun to PS5. Virtually unplayable in co op on ps5. I feel like reso 2 could be realistic...it's probably just a proper reveal of their new IP.
Sar-os! Saaros pls sar...yeh
Can i get Resogun 2, Dead Nation 2, or Matterfall 2? 😔
I'd be happy if they just added Outland to ps plus. Love that game
I'd love a sequel to Resogun. That was one of my favorite games when I first got a PS4. The gameplay loop was so addictive with great music and visuals to go along with it.
Please be a PS5 Pro patch
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