{"rewrite":{"id":"r_fa0056eb6de5a559c2aad4a7","clusterId":"c_e1d7f7a00008b1ed28fd706c","slug":"ghost-town-games-shows-gameplay-for-stage-fright-ahead-of-spring-2027","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Ghost Town Games Shows Gameplay For Stage Fright Ahead Of Spring 2027","summary":"Ghost Town Games, the team behind Overcooked!, released new gameplay footage for Stage Fright, a two-player co-op mystery adventure in development. The game moves the studio's chaotic co-op style from the kitchen into a strange town, following three children named Drew, Blake, and Charlie. Players swap between pairs of characters to see the story from different angles while solving escape-room-style puzzles. It is scheduled for spring 2027.","whyItMatters":"The footage is the first clear look at how Ghost Town Games carries over the coordination and chaos of Overcooked! into a puzzle adventure with a story and a larger world, which is the part of the project that was unproven until now.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe new footage shows actual co-op play rather than a trailer: two players working through escape-room-style puzzles and the odd contraptions that block them. The design pushes thinking and coordination over control execution, with players swapping between pairs of the three children to see the town from different perspectives.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe developers name The Goonies and Stranger Things as inspirations, and the gameplay nods to Luigi\u0026#39;s Mansion. The setting moves from Overcooked!\u0026#39;s kitchens to a town of strange residents, and the story is a coming-of-age one around Drew, Blake, and Charlie. Release is set for spring 2027.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Stage Fright swaps between three children, Drew, Blake, and Charlie, in pairs. Ghost Town Games is building a co-op game where each player sees a different version of the town, not the same room from two chairs.","twitterPost":"Stage Fright splits three kids into pairs, so each player sees a different version of the town, not the same room side by side.","threadsPost":"Stage Fright gives Ghost Town Games three children, Drew, Blake, and Charlie, and only two players at a time. The pair swapping is the design bet: co-op where each player holds a different view of the town rather than the same screen from two chairs.","newsletterBlurb":"Ghost Town Games put out new gameplay footage for Stage Fright, its two-player co-op mystery adventure. The Overcooked! team keeps the chaotic coordination play but moves it into a strange town, with three children and escape-room-style puzzles. It is set for spring 2027.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/865/G086599/20260910031/\",\"title\":\"Ghost Town Games, Developer of \\\"Overcooked!,\\\" Shows Off Latest Gameplay Footage for New Title \\\"Stage Fright\\\" - Keeping the Chaotic Co-op Play While Two Players Overcome Strange Contraptions and Solve Puzzles\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4182,"outputTokens":596,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789031663,"createdAt":"2026-09-10T09:08:35.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-10T09:13:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T09:13:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_e1d7f7a00008b1ed28fd706c","canonicalTitle":"「Overcooked!」の開発元が手掛ける新作「Stage Fright」，最新ゲームプレイ映像を披露。ドタバタな協力プレイを残しつつ，2人で奇妙な仕掛けを乗り越え，パズルを解いていく","representativeArticleId":"a_41ab47444efe368b1be0a60a","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Stage Fright\",\"Overcooked!\"],\"studios\":[\"Ghost Town Games\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-10T08:23:49.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-10T08:23:49.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T09:13:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/865/G086599/20260910031/","title":"「Overcooked!」の開発元が手掛ける新作「Stage Fright」，最新ゲームプレイ映像を披露。ドタバタな協力プレイを残しつつ，2人で奇妙な仕掛けを乗り越え，パズルを解いていく"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Stage Fright","Overcooked!"],"studios":["Ghost Town Games"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}