Phasmophobia's got a couple new ghosts on the way
Thanks, I hate them already.
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As usual the developers of Phasmophobia are doing their best to ruin my day by adding more ghosts, two to be precise, in the upcoming 0.6.2 update. They've posted some blurry text in a development blog on Steam. It doesn't take a genius to puzzle it out, but the implications are particularly awful:
It starts off with "[unclear] constantly sense the living. You can run but you can't hide," as a strength and "[unclear] require a lot of energy to form and will move very slowly." So, in short, the creature from It Follows. Great, thanks again, I hate it. It'll probably be hell on the small maps.
The update also showcases a variety of horrific new bits and bobs to be found on the Sunny Meadows map. That is to say, lots of rusty medical equipment and bloody pulled teeth and saws and syringes and forks and scalpels and scissors and cutters and a spooky bathtub.
You can find Phasmophobia on Steam. Anyway, here's a spooky bathtub:
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Jon Bolding is a games writer and critic with an extensive background in strategy games. When he's not on his PC, he can be found playing every tabletop game under the sun.

