{"rewrite":{"id":"r_1178041161ca88bfb70a81ab","clusterId":"c_b956cd742393bdeec44e74fb","slug":"the-oink-sets-existential-horror-on-a-pig-farm-in-2067","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"The Oink Sets Existential Horror on a Pig Farm in 2067","summary":"HYPE GAME LLC has announced The Oink, an existential horror game from BELOrusb, and opened its Steam store page. The game is set in 2067, in a world facing overpopulation and a food crisis, where real meat is a luxury and the company O Inc has developed livestock cloning technology. Players sign a contract with O Inc and spend several days slaughtering pigs in a forest. Release is planned for Q4 2027.","whyItMatters":"The pitch turns a mundane labor loop (alarm, telephone instructions, a quota of pigs) into the horror, and the demo arriving a year ahead of launch suggests the studio wants the routine itself tested on players before the full release.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe workday starts with an alarm. Instructions arrive by public telephone, and the day\u0026#39;s quota of pigs has to be processed. The container that delivers supplies holds knives and also a gun, which is more firepower than slaughter work calls for.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween tasks, players can walk the grounds. There are structures on the site that are not explained, and looking into them raises questions about O Inc, the company that issued the contract. Certain targets come with a rule attached: stop what you are doing and take a standby posture.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The Oink puts players on the slaughter line for several in-game days. The horror is the labor itself, not a monster: O Inc's cloning tech makes the pigs replaceable and the worker's doubt the only thing that isn't.","twitterPost":"The Oink's horror is the shift itself: days of pig slaughter for O Inc, where cloning makes the animals replaceable and the player's doubt the only scarce thing.","threadsPost":"The Oink turns the pig farm into the scare. Players work several days of slaughter under contract with O Inc, and the cloning tech means the animals can be replaced. The doubt is the one thing the job cannot clone, which is where BELOrusb puts the horror.","newsletterBlurb":"HYPE GAME LLC has announced The Oink, an existential horror game from BELOrusb, with a Steam page now open. Set in 2067 amid overpopulation and a food crisis, it puts players under contract with the cloning company O Inc to slaughter pigs by daily quota in a forest, with a gun in the supply container and rules about standby posture. Release is planned for Q4 2027, with a demo, The Oink: Prelude, due in October 2026.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/052/G105281/20261023032/\",\"title\":\"Existential Horror 'The Oink' Announced, Set in 2067 World of Overpopulation and Food Crisis, Where Players Slaughter Pigs While Uncovering the Truth; Demo Coming in October\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4214,"outputTokens":656,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792752788,"createdAt":"2026-10-23T10:47:47.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-23T10:51:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T10:51:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_b956cd742393bdeec44e74fb","canonicalTitle":"人口過多と食糧危機に陥った2067年の世界で，豚の屠殺作業をこなしながら真相を探る実存的ホラー「The Oink」発表，10月中に体験版配信予定","representativeArticleId":"a_43aac17cf9e98f1b2f52d338","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"The Oink\"],\"studios\":[\"HYPE GAME LLC\",\"BELOrusb\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-23T09:25:21.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-23T09:25:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T10:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/052/G105281/20261023032/","title":"人口過多と食糧危機に陥った2067年の世界で，豚の屠殺作業をこなしながら真相を探る実存的ホラー「The Oink」発表，10月中に体験版配信予定"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["The Oink"],"studios":["HYPE GAME LLC","BELOrusb"],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}