Headlander may have you scratching your heads – but that’s okay. In fact, it’s probably the reaction the developers behind the game wanted.
It has only just been announced, so there’s not much in the way of details, but we do know that it’s being developed by Brutal Legend developer Double Fine Productions and will be published by Adult Swim Games.
Here’s the description from the folks behind Headlander:
Headlander is a a retro-futuristic, side scrolling, action-adventure game set in a world inspired by 70’s science fiction. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a deranged computer.
You are the last known human in the universe, and all that’s left of you is a disembodied head. Seeking clues to your fractured past, you must travel through a hostile world of machines, using a special helmet that allows you to dock into and take control of any robotic host body. As you launch from one body to the next, you’ll start to discover that things are not quite what they appear to be, and the fate of humanity has yet to be decided…
Sounds… odd? There’s no release date as of yet, but the trailer does state that it will arrive sometime in 2016. Add that to the long list, then. There’s also no mention of platforms, but we can assume it’ll end up on Steam, though PS4, Xbox One and all other consoles are a possibility.