Saber
Interactive
looks
like
it
will
once
again
be
stepping
into
the
horror
genre
as
a
new
teaser
heavily
implies
a
Hellraiser
game
will
be
announced
on
July
22.

The
company
posted
a
teaser
video
which
shows
an
old
CRT
TV
surrounded
by
candles
in
the
middle
of
a
room.
The
footage
is
grainy
and
often
interrupted
by
raster
lines.
In
the
background,
chains
can
be
heard
rattling,
someone
is
screaming
in
pain
and
there’s
a
bell
that
sounds
suspiciously
like
the
one
heard
when
Hellraiser’s
iconic
Pinhead
is
summoned.

They
also
posted
a
link
to
a
website
titled
www.july-22-2025.com
which
displays
a
time:
01:00
UTC.

On
the
website,
there’s
also
another
strong
hint
toward
Hellraiser
when
a
brick
wall
with
the
street
sign
“55”
briefly
appears.
That’s
the
number
of
Cotton
House
from
the
original
Hellraiser
movie,
the
same
location
in
which
the
Lament
Configuration
was
solved
and
Pinhead
was
summoned
in
all
of
his
BDSM
glory.

There’s
also
the
fact
that
the
rights
to
Hellraiser
were
also
pulled
from
Dead
By
Daylight
in
April,
meaning
Pinhead
can
no
longer
be
purchased
as
a
playable
character.
While
there
would
technically
be
nothing
stopping
Hellraiser
appearing
in
DBD
and
being
the
focus
of
a
whole
other
game,
it’s
possible
the
contract
with
DBD
ended
and
the
rights
holder
chose
not
to
renew
so
that
all
eyes
could
be
on
the
new
Hellraiser
game.

The
reception
to
the
tease
so
far
has
been
somewhat
mixed,
mostly
because
of
Saber
Interactive’s
history
with
other
horror
titles.
Plenty
of
people
on
social
media
have
already
posted
their
hope
that
this
isn’t
going
to
be
another
multiplayer
horror
title,
and
point
to
Saber
Interactive
“abandoning”
Evil
Dead:
The
Game
after
6-months.

However,
some
of
the
online
backlash
is
misplaced
as
fans
seem
to
be
accusing
Saber
of
causing
Pinhead
to
be
removed
from
Dead
By
Daylight.
Saber
Interactive,
of
course,
don’t
own
the
Hellraiser
license
and
have
no
control
over
who
gets
to
use
the
rights.
Currently,
Clive
Barker
holds
the
rights
to
the
original
movie
and
characters.
Outside
of
that,
the
rights
to
the
franchise
are
more
complicated.

We
do
also
know
a
strong
contender
for
the
developers.
Mad
Head
Games
is
a
Serbian
developer
under
Saber
Interactive,
and
in
2023,

Power-Up
interviewer
Tahlia
Norrish
spoke
to
Associate
Game
Director
Marija
Milivojevic.
In
the
closing
statement,
the
interview
said
that
“Mad
Head
Games
is
already
in
the
works
on
their
second
title,
based
on
a
famous
horror
film
IP.”

Since
then,
several
job
listings
have
also
confirmed
the
company
is
working
on
at
least
2
projects
based
on
existing
IP.

To
my
mind,
that’s
strong
evidence
that
Mad
Head
Games
is
working
on
Hellraiser.
But
it
goes
without
saying
that
this
is
just
speculation
on
my
part.
Saber
Interactive
has
a
lot
of
teams
that
could
be
handling
the
project,
and
we
will
know
for
sure
on
July
22.