{"rewrite":{"id":"r_65b133c699498246a8c9950b","clusterId":"c_030f52ae4a0ceb8ce8809152","slug":"brazilian-studio-m1g-details-lockdown-horror-game-set-in-2020-sao-paulo","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Brazilian Studio M1G Details Lockdown Horror Game Set In 2020 Sao Paulo","summary":"At Brasil Game Show 2026 in Sao Paulo, M1G GAMES STUDIOS CEO Otavio Correa Silva described LOCKDOWN, a first-person psychological horror game in development. The protagonist, an out-of-work actor named ROCK SILVA, spends five months confined to his apartment during the 2020 coronavirus outbreak, running out of food and losing his grip. The soundtrack is on Spotify, and English dubbing and translation are planned.","whyItMatters":"The pitch puts a Brazilian setting, Portuguese voice work, and a Brazilian lead at the center, while the Steam page currently lists English as the only supported language.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eLOCKDOWN has no monsters. Its sources of horror are isolation and delusion, shrinking supplies, illness, quarrels with neighbors, unsettling news reports, unidentified noises, and a daily rhythm coming apart. Silva said being sidelined from work is expressed in Brazilian Portuguese as being in the refrigerator, and the protagonist is that kind of person.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe apartment shifts from refuge to confinement to a prison of the mind. Players move in first person through the room and the limited areas of the building, reading windows, the TV, and the door\u0026#39;s peephole, with the sounds that should not be heard as clues. The posters on the walls are set as the protagonist\u0026#39;s past acting roles.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Brazilian studio M1G GAMES STUDIOS is building Lockdown around a five-month apartment lockdown, which is a tighter survival loop than most pandemic horror gets: the food runs out before the monster does.","twitterPost":"M1G GAMES STUDIOS sets Lockdown in a 2020 apartment where the food runs out before any monster shows. That scarcity is the horror engine.","threadsPost":"M1G GAMES STUDIOS is making Lockdown a first-person horror about an out-of-work actor named ROCK SILVA who spends five months in a 2020 Sao Paulo apartment. The confinement alone is the antagonist, and the studio is already putting the soundtrack on Spotify ahead of any release date.","newsletterBlurb":"M1G GAMES STUDIOS is developing LOCKDOWN, a first-person psychological horror game set in Sao Paulo in 2020, presented at Brasil Game Show 2026. The protagonist is an out-of-work actor who spends five months confined to his apartment as food runs out and his perception frays. The soundtrack is already on Spotify, and English dubbing and translation are planned.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/049/G104933/20261011007/\",\"title\":\"A sidelined actor falls apart during a 5-month lockdown. Psychological horror \\\"LOCKDOWN\\\" from Brazil [BGS2026]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4649,"outputTokens":627,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791709630,"createdAt":"2026-10-11T09:01:42.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-11T09:06:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T09:06:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_030f52ae4a0ceb8ce8809152","canonicalTitle":"仕事を干された俳優が，5か月の外出禁止で壊れていく。ブラジル発の心理ホラー「LOCKDOWN」［BGS2026］","representativeArticleId":"a_40f6ee88f296412b94488991","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"LOCKDOWN\"],\"studios\":[\"M1G GAMES STUDIOS\"],\"people\":[\"Otávio Correa Silva\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-11T08:10:49.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-11T08:10:49.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T09:06:07.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/049/G104933/20261011007/","title":"仕事を干された俳優が，5か月の外出禁止で壊れていく。ブラジル発の心理ホラー「LOCKDOWN」［BGS2026］"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["LOCKDOWN"],"studios":["M1G GAMES STUDIOS"],"people":["Otávio Correa Silva"],"type":"announcement","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}