A Decade Later, Her Story Is Still A Mystery–And One Interpretation Makes Sam Barlow “Uncomfortable”
Her Story is celebrating its 10-year anniversary today, June 24, 2025. Below, we speak with creator Sam Barlow about the central mysteries driving the game, its legacy, and his own…
Why Sam Barlow Thinks Video Game Stories Should Take More Cues From Diablo’s Loot System
Sam Barlow, head of Half Mermaid studio and one of the creative minds behind 2022’s critically-acclaimed Immortality, is working on not one, but two secret projects. Both of them look…
Sam Barlow Reveals 2 New Horror Game as Immortality Hits PS5
Half Mermaid’s Sam Barlow has revealed his team’s next two projects are in the horror genre with a survival horror being one of them. Half Mermaid double dips on horror…
Sam Barlow calls Silent Hill 2 a “poison chalice,” wishes Bloober luck
With the Silent Hill 2 remake a way off, former series developer and Immortality director Sam Barlow tells PCGamesN about how he's cautiously optimistic for the Bloober Team-headed Konami revamp,…
After Immortality, Sam Barlow Is Thinking About 3D Game Development Again
The director of Immortality, Sam Barlow, has a lot of territory he could potentially explore on his next project, ranging from a return to 3D character action games to making…
Why Sam Barlow Is Designing ‘Mental Metroidvanias’
Games can be and frequently are much more than making little dudes run around, and Immortality director Sam Barlow tells us how he hopes the AAA space one day reflects…