Hellraiser: Revival video game announced
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The gist
Saber Interactive released Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival on PC and consoles at $40.
Barker says he now controls the franchise and calls the game a wake-up call.
Background
Clive Barker is the author of the 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart and creator of Hellraiser, which he adapted into his 1987 directorial debut. Hellraiser: Revival is a first-person action-survival horror game developed and published by Saber Interactive, described as a fully canon entry in the saga that introduces the Genesis Configuration puzzle box. It arrives as the franchise marks forty years, and Barker has said he now holds full control of the Hellraiser IP.
How it unfolded
- Oct 8, 2026Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival launched on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2, priced at $40 / £35.
- Oct 19, 2026A PC performance analysis reported that switching from the Epic preset to an optimized configuration raised average performance by about 33% on an i7-12700H + RTX 4060 laptop test system.
- Oct 22, 2026Update 1.006 added gameplay improvements, fixed progression and softlock bugs, changed enemies and included platform-specific fixes.
- Oct 22, 2026Clive Barker said he now has full control of the Hellraiser IP and will not tolerate mediocrity, praising the game as a wake-up call.
- Oct 23, 2026An official Accolades Trailer was released for the game.
Who’s saying what
- Creator
- Clive Barker said what was achieved in the game is a wake-up call to anyone involved in making a Hellraiser franchise, and that he has many ideas he'd like to see realized in the universe.
- Caution
- PC Gamer's review called the game "fine," with fun puzzles but nothing outstandingly well or innovative.