{"rewrite":{"id":"r_cf32ce7e1a8cf3c390c4fe08","clusterId":"c_6e7dd86d507ef8a2b9c4e748","slug":"12am-blackout-announces-jiaohun-horror-game-set-in-pre-y2k-china","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"12AM BLACKOUT Announces JIAOHUN Horror Game Set In Pre-Y2K China","summary":"Shanghai studio 12AM BLACKOUT announced JIAOHUN during the Triple-i Initiative Showcase, which aired from 1:00 AM on October 9. The first-person psychological horror game is set in Fairy Town in 1990s China, where the player returns as a homecomer who has lost their soul. It is scheduled for release in 2027 for PC via Steam and PS5.","whyItMatters":"A first project from a new Shanghai studio arrives with an Unreal Engine 5 period setting and a folk-custom title, which puts the game's hook in local memory rather than imported horror grammar.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe game places the player in Fairy Town in Baishoi County, a small town where calendars stay frozen on the eve of Y2K and a banner reading \u0026#34;Let Us Welcome the New Century\u0026#34; still hangs. The player walks it as a homecomer who has lost their soul, chasing scattered souls while the town\u0026#39;s decline comes into view.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevelopment uses Unreal Engine 5, with a screen ratio that switches between 4:3 and 2.39:1 and a texture drawn from film and VHS. Gameplay is a walking simulator with puzzle elements. The title refers to a Chinese folk custom of calling back a soul that has left the body.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"JIAOHUN is set in 1990s China, a period Chinese horror games rarely touch. 12AM BLACKOUT's 2027 release arrives before most players under 30 have any lived memory of that decade.","twitterPost":"12AM BLACKOUT sets JIAOHUN in 1990s China. The 2027 release date means its nostalgia target is a generation that barely remembers the era.","threadsPost":"12AM BLACKOUT is building JIAOHUN around a period most games avoid: 1990s China. The studio sets the horror in Fairy Town, and with release planned for 2027, the audience it's courting is one that knows that decade mostly through secondhand memory.","newsletterBlurb":"Shanghai studio 12AM BLACKOUT announced JIAOHUN during the Triple-i Initiative Showcase, a first-person psychological horror game set in Fairy Town in 1990s China. The player returns as a homecomer who has lost their soul. It is scheduled for 2027 on PC via Steam and PS5.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/09/173373.html\",\"title\":\"In a Town That Never Reached the New Century, Chase the Lost Souls - First-Person Psychological Horror 'JIAOHUN,' Set in Pre-Y2K China, Announced【Triple-i Initiative Showcase】\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4690,"outputTokens":630,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791479238,"createdAt":"2026-10-08T17:02:14.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-08T17:06:09.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T17:06:09.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_6e7dd86d507ef8a2b9c4e748","canonicalTitle":"新世紀を迎えられなかった町で、失った魂を追え―Y2K前夜の中国が舞台の一人称サイコホラー『JIAOHUN』発表【Triple-i Initiative Showcase】","representativeArticleId":"a_71b903bd0095db9ab0b46da5","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"JIAOHUN\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-08T16:03:41.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-08T16:03:41.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-08T17:06:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/09/173373.html","title":"新世紀を迎えられなかった町で、失った魂を追え―Y2K前夜の中国が舞台の一人称サイコホラー『JIAOHUN』発表【Triple-i Initiative Showcase】"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["JIAOHUN"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}