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Publisher PQube and developer SONNORI will release survival horror game White Day: A Labyrinth Named School for PlayStation 5, according to a newly posted Target listing. It will launch on September 30 for $39.99, according to the listing.

The PlayStation 5 version will include over 30 costumes originally released as downloadable content.

PQube recently teased a White Day-related announcement for May 31. A sequel, White Day 2: The Flower That Tells Lies, is also in development. It is currently unclear whether the PlayStation 5 version of the original game is the only announcement planned for May 31, or if it will accompany further information about the sequel.

White Day: A Labyrinth Named School is currently available for PlayStation 4, PC via Steam, iOS via App Store, and Android via Google Play.

Here is an overview of the game, via PQube:

About

Steel your nerves for a Korean horror without equal! Step into the shoes of student Hee-Min Lee and brave the terrors of Yeondu High School in a terrifying survival horror game filled with puzzles, secrets and—of course—deadly ghosts.

Story

Prepare yourself for one of the most chilling games ever created! On the eve of gift-giving holiday White Day, new Yeondu High School student Hee-Min Lee slips into school to hide a box of candies for the girl of his dreams. But when the school shutters slam shut, he finds himself trapped in the building overnight, hunted by a killer janitor and haunted by the troubled souls of the dead.

Playing as Hee-Min Lee, can you remain hidden, solve the clues and uncover the dark secrets of the building’s past to survive the deadly threats? Or will the after-class horrors claim your life before you can escape? With no weapons to defend yourself there’s zero room for error in this tense, stealth-based scarefest brimming with secrets and multiple endings.

Key Features

A Classic Horror For A New Generation – The notorious 2001 first-person Korean survival horror considered by original fans to be one of the scariest games ever made returns by popular demand. Completely rebuilt for modern gamers, and finally localized for a western audience, White Day: A Labyrinth Named School is a true videogame nasty.

Spine-Tingling Story – Trapped inside your school at night, you and your fellow classmates must carefully explore the twisting corridors by torchlight, hiding from possessed stalkers and running from evil spirits as you try to escape. With branching dialogue, collectable ghost stories hidden scares, White Day: A Labyrinth Named School demands to be played with headphones on and the lights off.

Multiple Endings – Your actions determine where the story goes! Shape your relationship with the other students trapped inside the school to save or sacrifice your friends on the way to unlocking the nine different endings.

Mind-Bending Puzzles – Thanks to an environment filled with classically-styled survival horror puzzles, White Day tests your brain as much as your run button. Collect items, solve riddles and race against the clock to save your friends from certain doom and unpick the secrets of the school.

Cheaters Never Prosper – This school’s wise to those who want to take shortcuts! Puzzle solutions change every time, so pack away all thoughts of skipping the scary bits with a guide.

Innovative Dynamic Scare System – Want to just absorb the story? Play on Very Easy to enjoy the adventure without the challenge. Eager to prove your bravery? Increase the difficulty setting to ramp up the scares and ghost activities, with hauntings ready to spring when you least expect it.

Traditional Survival Horror Mechanics – Resource-based save points and limited healing items guarantee an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride that takes no prisoners.

Darkside Story

Released in 1995, Darkside Story is one of many beat-em-ups that tried to ride on the popularity of genre ignited by its success at arcades. Created by fledgling developer from South Korea, it's also a representative product of mid-1990s in Korea, when the industry saw a birth of countless video game developers who would go on to bring a colorful collection to the computer market in the next several years. Their first steps were usually tracing the titles by big names they're familiar with - be it role-playing games from Squaresoft, RTSes from Western companies, or in this case, the coin-op sidescrolling brawlers. Influnced by public interest toward its kind, Sonnori's Darkside Story was marketed to anwser Korean gamers' demand for games from their own country as well as a faithful experience of smashing fun on PC. 

Video Game Review: White Day: A Labyrinth Named School

Developer: Sonnori Publisher: PQube Reviewed For: Nintendo Switch Also Available On: PC, PlayStation, Xbox   A good cult horror game can go a long way and find itself on many platforms across a few generations. It isn’t surprising, but the Nintendo Switch is getting quite a few of these now, giving players the opportunity to find some scares on the go. Earlier this year the Fatal Frame and Corpse…

Survival horror game White Day: A Labyrinth Named School will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and Switch on September 8, publisher PQube and developer SONNORI announced. The PlayStation 5 and Switch versions will be available both physically and digitally.

White Day: A Labyrinth Named School is currently available for PlayStation 4, PC via Steam, iOS via App Store, and Android via Google Play.

Here is an overview of the game, via PQube:

About

White Day: A Labyrinth Named School is a true classic in the horror genre, widely regarded as one of the greatest pure horror games ever created—a spine-chilling first-person survival horror with eerie atmosphere, intense chase sequences, dynamic scare system, evolving puzzle solutions, a branching story and multiple endings.

With limited resources at your disposal, can you avoid the murderous janitors within the dense network of hallways and rooms? Or will the horrors that stalk the school by night claim your life before you can escape?

Key Features

The spine-chilling Korean horror White Day: A Labyrinth Named School comes to next-gen consoles for the first time in the west!

Based on the legendary 2001 title of the same name it has been completely remade for modern gamers.

Enter Yeondu High School, a building with a dark past, patrolled by homicidal janitors, and haunted by those who met their untimely demise on its grounds.

Terrifying ghost encounters: Come face-to-face with 20 unique ghosts, each more horrifying than the last.

Featuring a dynamic scare system: the higher the difficulty, the more terrors you encounter.

Discover hidden secrets, ghost stories and ten different endings depending on your actions!

Over 30 bonus costume downloadable contents included for Sung-A Kim, So-Young Han, Ji-Min Yoo, Ji-Hyeon Seol, Hee-Min Lee, Bong-Goo Lee, and Dal-Su Son.

Prepare for the hauntings of Yeondu High School with our definitive Ghost Guide!

Prepare Yourself with Our Definitive Guide

If you’d prefer to know what’s coming your way when you enter the school grounds, you can learn all about the ghosts and ghouls of Yeondu High School with our definitive Ghost Guide.

Read the chilling tales detailing the origins of the 20 phantoms that you will encounter during the game! (Spoiler warning!)

Below is a taster of some of the disturbing beings you’ll encounter, and how they came to be…

The Housemistress – 여사감의원혼 – “Mrs C” was a terrifying and harsh housemistress, who earned the nickname “The Tiger.” One day, she dragged a student who had hair longer than regulation into a bathroom and chopped it off with scissors. The other students started to rebel against Mrs C, jeering and insulting her. She fled the school, but her body was found shortly after on a mountainside close to campus. Her ghost can still be found in the school bathroom brandishing the infamous scissors.

The Diary Keeper’s Baby – 아기귀신 – Seol-Hyun had a crush on her art teacher, but a rumor started to circulate that the two were dating in secret. Due to this rumor, the school banished the art teacher and Seol-Hyun fell into despair. Soon after, Seol-Hyun was found dead after taking an overdose of sleeping pills. During the autopsy, it was found she was pregnant. From them on, cries of a baby could be heard in the art room at night. Those who see the baby are cautioned not to follow it, as they may fall victim to its mournful rage and dragged into the darkness.

Bloodthirsty Tree – 피를원하는나무 – Mr B was a lonely homeroom teacher very fond of his plants. One day, when Mr B left the classroom, a student accidentally poured acid on his favorite plant, killing it. The students planned to incinerate the plant and replace it with another, hoping Mr B would be none the wiser. However, as the plant caught alight it let out a piercing scream. Mr B heard this and saw the plant burning. In his despair he jumped into the incinerator to be with his beloved tree. Some time later, a student saw a man in the teachers old homeroom covered in blood with leaves and stems.

Doppelganger – 도플갱어 – In the schools dance department, there were once two very talented twin sisters, Yae-Eun and Yae-Ji. However, it was Yae-Ji who was the most revered by teachers. One day during an audition, Yae-Ji suffered a terrible accident with her foot being severely cut by broken glass and her dance shoes covered in blood. Yae-Eun then took her place and became a teenage dance celebrity. Unfortunately, Yae-Ji’s injuries caused her much distress and her feet eventually became infected and she died soon after. One night at rehearsal, Yae-Eun looked in the reflection of the dance studio’s mirror and she noticed her ballet shoes covered in blood. The mirrors reflection then came to life, proceeding to wrap her own hands around Yae-Eun’s neck and choked her to death.