{"rewrite":{"id":"r_a60b5acd885af7a41df3716c","clusterId":"c_531464b78e368aae0cb2ac3d","slug":"frictional-games-unveils-ontos-gameplay-trailer-at-gamescom-2026","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Frictional Games Unveils ONTOS Gameplay Trailer at gamescom 2026","summary":"At gamescom Opening Night Live 2026, broadcast on August 26 Japan time, Frictional Games and Kepler Interactive released a new gameplay trailer for their sci-fi adventure ONTOS. The game is a spiritual successor to the 2015 horror adventure SOMA, developed by the same team. The trailer depicts the lunar base and hotel Samsara, where protagonist Aditi Amani, daughter of a cult prophet, investigates her father's mysterious legacy. The footage shows unsettling experiments, including a scientist named Cranby inserting suspicious devices into brains and servers connected to large numbers of rats, with one scene depicting human consciousness transferred to a server composed of multiple rats. ONTOS is scheduled for release in 2027, and will be available on PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG.com, as well as PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. An exclusive footage reveal by Irish YouTuber Jacksepticeye was also announced for August 26.","whyItMatters":"This marks Frictional Games' return to narrative-driven sci-fi horror since SOMA, with a premise that questions the nature of reality and pushes the boundaries between science and ethics.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe trailer is the world premiere, shown during gamescom Opening Night Live 2026, broadcast on August 26, 2026 Japan Standard Time.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFrictional Games describes the game as a sci-fi mystery adventure, while the sources also frame it as an SF horror adventure.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe premise centers on Aditi Amani, daughter of a cult prophet, who visits the lunar base and hotel Samsara to investigate her father\u0026#39;s mysterious legacy.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFootage shows a scientist named Cranby running experiments that insert suspicious devices into brains, along with servers connected to large numbers of rats.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eOne scene depicts human consciousness being transferred to a server composed of multiple rats.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFrictional Games and Kepler Interactive are co-publishing, with Kepler Interactive named alongside the developer in the announcement.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAn exclusive footage reveal by Irish YouTuber Jacksepticeye was announced for August 26, separate from the gamescom trailer.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSamsara is described as a massive, maze-like hotel and lunar base where the protagonist explores and encounters the experiments.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The ONTOS trailer shows human consciousness transferred to a server made of rats. Frictional Games is back to unsettling sci-fi.","twitterPost":"In ONTOS, a scientist named Cranby inserts devices into brains and rats fill a server. Watch the new trailer from Frictional Games.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Frictional Games unveiled the gameplay trailer for their sci-fi adventure ONTOS at gamescom 2026. The game, a spiritual successor to SOMA, is set in a lunar hotel and explores experiments with consciousness. It is scheduled for a 2027 release on PC and consoles.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/968/G096858/20260826072/\",\"title\":\"ONTOS, the Spiritual Successor by the SOMA Development Team, Releases Gameplay Trailer Offering a Glimpse of Its Mad World\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2608262j\",\"title\":\"SF Adventure 'ONTOS' by the Developers of 'SOMA' to Release in 2027. 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