The Kickstarter campaign for the new Friday the 13th game has ended with some success. They managed to bring in a total of $823,704 from 12,218 backers.
The campaign closed on yesterday after having met the $700,000 funding target two days earlier.
Friday the 13th: The Game was originally called “Slasher Vol 1. Summer Camp” before Gun Media was able to secure the rights to the Friday the 13th license from franchise creator Sean S. Cunningham.
This will be the first time Jason has stepped back into the virtual world since 1989’s Friday the 13th NES game.
Friday the 13th is in development with the full support of franchise creator Sean Cunningham.
As its stands it is a third-person multiplayer game for Xbox One, PS4, and PC. One player will play as Jason, while the others will play as a group of camp counselors. According to the development team:
“Friday the 13th: The Video Game is focused mainly on the Jason vs Counselor scenarios that have been the staple of the series since the beginning; you will be playing as Jason or a camp counselor in Camp Crystal Lake. The multiplayer component to the game will pit one player as Jason against up to seven people as counselors. We’ve dedicated an incredible amount of time to balancing out counselor vs. Jason scenarios to ensure fans are every bit as excited by the possibility of slaying jocks, nerds, and cheerleaders as Jason Voorhees, while simultaneously giving you that sense of challenge and fear from being a counselor.”
Friday the 13th: The Game is scheduled to launch in October 2016 for Xbox One, PS4, and PC.