It’s strange to see Five Nights At Freddy’s grow from a simple jumpscare fest into a full-fledged first-person horror game where you have to run and hide from deathbots, but here we are. During Sony’s State Of Play live stream last night, they unveiled Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach in 2021, and we got our first real look at the gameplay. Players will explore a mall at night, dive into ball pits, and dash through closed stores to avoid being chased by bloodthirsty animatronics.
There’s a bit in this trailer where a terrifying mutilated robot crawls out of a slide into a kids’ play area, and I absolutely don’t want any of that. I haven’t been to a mall like this in over a year and after playing this game I don’t think I ever want to again.
Undoubtedly, Security Breach is the biggest game in the series to date, moving away from the almost point-and-click style of the older games to a first-person experience where players can freely explore this massive mall. It appears to be a sequel to the FNAF VR game, Help Wanted, and is being made by the same developers, Steel Wool Studios.
Granted, I’m one of those people who really love Five Nights At Freddy’s Lore – if you can call it a Lore, it usually just feels like reading conspiracy theories – so I’m pretty excited for this one. Well, I’m excited to buy the game, load it up, and immediately pass the controller to someone else and watch them play it.
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach will release on PC, PS4 and PS5 sometime this year.
Now if you want to excuse me, I’m waiting for all FNAF theory YouTubers to start posting new videos. I bet they had a field day with that trailer.