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Getting Ill: Understanding the grossest horror game in development and how it takes more than a few cues from Valve's seminal shooter Half-Life 2

Getting Ill: Understanding the grossest horror game in development and how it takes more than a few cues from Valve's seminal shooter Half-Life 2

Ill's been an attention-hogger ever since its Summer Game Fest 2025 reveal. It is, quite possibly, the grossest game in development. Startlingly lifelike trailers have given us a queasy glimpse at a fleshy world of bloated humanoid monsters we can shoot great, ragged chunks out of. Gore splatters, wounds geyser with blood, and skin hangs limply where it used to have something to attach to. Ill's is a world of grimacing nightmares, and there's a level of detail here we usually only see in the mos

Eurogamer / Robert Purchese
Announcement
'Our game isn't gore porn' says director of game whose trailer features a zombie baby's skull being crushed and someone's eye getting scooped out with a knife

'Our game isn't gore porn' says director of game whose trailer features a zombie baby's skull being crushed and someone's eye getting scooped out with a knife

Ill's extreme gore-horror actually draws inspiration from Half-Life 2's Ravenholm: "We are doing our best to achieve that exact same effect, but with modern standards."

PC Gamer / Andy Chalk
Interview
ILL’s absence from Japanese State of Play sparks fears it may not pass the country’s rating board

ILL’s absence from Japanese State of Play sparks fears it may not pass the country’s rating board

Japanese gamers raise concern over ILL possibly getting rejected by CERO due to its violent and gory content.

Automaton West / Đorđe P
Rumour
New Ill trailer sets a new bar for videogame ultraviolence, with at least three skull crushings

New Ill trailer sets a new bar for videogame ultraviolence, with at least three skull crushings

I hope there weren't any kids watching.

PC Gamer / Shaun Prescott
Trailer
ILL launches in 2027

ILL launches in 2027

Survival horror game ILL will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam … Source

Gematsu / Sal Romano
Release date
Anticipated PS5 Game ILL Looks Revolting, in the Best Possible Way

Anticipated PS5 Game ILL Looks Revolting, in the Best Possible Way

This'll leave you feeling ILL. Foul first-person shooter ILL has taken another step closer to release, with wishlists now available on PS5 and a trailer that… Well, frankly demands a strong constitution. If you’re familiar with this game from its previous showings then there’ll be no real surprises here – expect disturbing levels of violence in some of the most repulsive body dismemberment I think I’ve ever seen in a game. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

Push Square
Trailer