Kinetic Video games has confirmed Phasmophobia’s subsequent content material drop, Chronicle, will launch on twenty fourth June, and it will be its “greatest replace but”.
In addition to introducing a “whole overhaul” of how proof is collected, the workforce stated Chronicle will develop investigations with three new proof varieties, a totally redesigned Journal, reworked levelling and development, a refreshed Most important Menu UI, and “many eerie surprises nonetheless lurking at nighttime”.
However on the “coronary heart” of the Chronicle replace is the debut of the all-new Sound proof. A wholly new haunting paranormal proof sort could be captured via the brand new Sound Recorder, bringing “a brand new dimension to gameplay, revealing delicate clues which may in any other case be drowned out by terrified screams”. Accessible within the customary three improve tiers, gamers will have the ability to report audio from ghost occasions, Spirit Field responses, and Paranormal Feels like these detected by the Parabolic Microphone.
It is this new proof sort that is necessitated a Journal improve, too. The Picture tab will likely be rebranded as “Media”, and maintain all of your pictures, movies, and new sound recordings in a single place. Importantly, you will must fill your journal with all these distinctive media varieties, together with “EMF spikes to ghostly interactions and fleeting glimpses of otherworldly varieties”, to finish a “good” investigation.
“Chronicle may also introduce a revamped media high quality system,” Kinetic teased. “The primary proof seize of any media sort will likely be marked as ‘Distinctive’, granting further money and XP rewards on the finish of every contract. Any subsequent captures of the identical proof sort will likely be classed as ‘Duplicates’, providing smaller rewards. The brand new system may also add tier bonuses primarily based on the tools used and provides all media captures into the Reward Multiplier, making each shot, sound, and sight rely much more towards participant’s remaining payouts.”
Do not forget that this yr, Phasmophobia may also rework Grafton Farmhouse, following Bleasdale Farmhouse’s latest overhaul. Earlier than then, although, we’ll additionally get to see the brand new levelling and development system and Most important Menu UI when Chronicle arrives on the finish of June.
The ghost-hunting sim has bought two million copies on console because it got here out of early entry final October, bringing the overall gross sales throughout all platforms to 22 million. The event workforce not too long ago outlined the street forward for the spooky sim in 2025, confirming map reworks, new ghost-hunting tools, “thrilling seasonal occasions”, and a brand-new location, too.
