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2017 survival horror video game

This article is about the game. For the franchise based on information technology, see Bendy (franchise).

2017 video game

Bendy and the Ink Automobile
Programmer(s)	Kindly Beast[a] (Joey Drew Studios Inc.)
Publisher(s)	Kindly Beast Rooster Teeth Games (consoles)
Designer(s)	theMeatly Mike Mood Matt Goles Dan Tozer
Artist(s)	Pascal Cleroux
Author(s)	theMeatly Bookpast
Engine	Unity
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows macOS Linux PlayStation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch Android iOS
Release	Affiliate Ane: Moving Pictures Feb 10, 2017 Chapter Two: The Quondam Song April 18, 2017 Affiliate Three: Rise and Fall September 28, 2017 Chapter Four: Colossal Wonders April 30, 2018 Chapter V: The Concluding Reel Oct 26, 2018 Chapter ?: Athenaeum October 26, 2018 Complete Edition (Steam) October 27, 2018 Consoles (Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4) November 20, 2018 Mobile (iOS and Android) December 21, 2018
Genre(s)	Survival horror
Mode(s)	Single-role player

Bendy and the Ink Machine ^[b] is an episodic first-person survival horror video game adult and published by Kindly Beast^[a] under the name of the game'southward in-universe animation studio Joey Drew Studios Inc.^{[1] [two]} Information technology was initially released to Game Jolt on February 10, 2017, as the first of five chapters, with a full release on October 27, 2018. The game was also released for PlayStation four, Xbox 1, and Nintendo Switch on November 20, 2018, beingness published by Rooster Teeth Games, and for IOS and Android on December 21, 2018.

Inspired by the BioShock game series, the game is set in the fictional Joey Drew Studios. The histrion controls Henry Stein, a retired animator who receives a letter of the alphabet inviting him back to his erstwhile workplace. Stein discovers a series of foreign paranormal activities caused by the titular Ink Machine. In the game, players navigate through a starting time person perspective and demand to complete certain tasks to proceed, such as combat, collecting objects or solving puzzles. Players tin can also observe sound logs recorded by the studio'southward employees in order to understand the game's history.

Bendy and the Ink Machine was well-received upon its initial release. Praise centered on its vintage artful and story, although its puzzles and combat mechanics were less pop. In the months following its release, the game rapidly gained a large following from exposure on platforms like YouTube and Twitch, and eventually was canonical through Steam Greenlight in mid-2017. Trade, as well as a mobile spin-off, was later on introduced to further promote the game. Mike Mood, the game's programmer and co-creator, described the game every bit an "accidental success".^[3] Bendy and the Dark Revival, the next game in the series, is scheduled for released in 2022.

Gameplay [edit]

Bendy and the Ink Auto is a beginning person survival horror that resembles several cartoons in the late 1930s to 1940s. The player plays equally Henry Stein, a retired animator who returns to his one-time workplace, Joey Drew Studios, and discovers that a machine has corrupted the entire studio and brought certain cartoon characters to life. The game mixes combat with puzzle mechanics.^[4] Players explore through a get-go-person view and have limited physical deportment such as running and jumping.^[5] Different items can be collected, some of which are required to perform diverse tasks before proceeding.^[vi] Cans of bacon soup can also exist collected for achievements and to restore Henry'southward health if he is injured.^[7]

Combat is primarily focused around a variety of different melee-based weapons, such as an axe, pipe, plunger, wrench, or scythe.^[viii] Additionally in that location are long-range weapons such as a tommy gun or bacon soup cans. In-game enemies accept different strength levels and resilience to harm, forcing players to be tactical about keeping out of reach and striking when necessary.^[9] Failure to do and then will consequence in a decease.^[eight] Henry can retreat within Little Miracle Stations whenever enemies are nearby in order to recover or remain out of sight. If he takes also much damage, he tin escape from the ink that consumes him and respawn at one of the numerous statues of Bendy that act as checkpoints.^{[10] [11]} The actor can save their progress by interacting with time menu stations.^[11]

In addition, players can discover numerous audio logs throughout the studio that give more details virtually the game'due south story, specially concerning the fate of the studio and its employees, similar to the systems used in games such as BioShock.^{[12] [13]} Some of these logs can exist missed and require farther exploration to uncover the secret areas they often reside In. At the last chapter, players unlock the Seeing Tool, which is a device used to view secret hidden messages that would be invisible without it. After completing information technology, players can also utilise it in the previous four chapters.^[14]

Plot [edit]

Chapter 1: Moving Pictures [edit]

In the year 1963, Henry Stein, co-founder and former animator at Joey Drew Studios is invited back to the studio by his former friend and concern partner, Joey Drew. Not much is known about Henry's visit to the studio, but what we do know is that he was promptly killed and sacrificed to the Ink Machine by Joey, therefore ending upwards in the drawing world and first his never-catastrophe loop. Henry wakes upwards in a cartoon version of the studio and finds information technology abandoned and dirtied up with ink splotches everywhere, every bit well as a mutilated re-create of Boris the Wolf, one of the studio'due south characters. Henry discovers that the messy ink was caused by the Ink Machine, which was installed sometime after Henry left. Henry goes to gear up and plow on the auto. Later on turning the auto on, Henry goes dorsum to the machine merely is attacked by an ink animal known every bit Ink Bendy, who closely resembles the studio's mascot, Bendy. Henry tries to escape equally the studio fills with ink. As Henry reaches the door, the flooring under him gives way and he falls into the ink-filled lower levels. After draining the ink, Henry finds a room with coffins and a foreign diagram on the floor. When he steps on it, he sees a vision of the Ink Auto, a wheelchair, and Ink Bendy, earlier passing out.

Chapter 2: The Old Song [edit]

Henry wakes up and searches for a mode out. He eventually comes to the music department and discovers an go out at the bottom of some stairs, but the stairs are flooded and blocking the door. Later contesting ink creatures known equally Searchers, Henry finds music director Sammy Lawrence'south office and finds a pump switch inside that could drain the ink at the stairs, but his role is blocked by a massive ink leak. Henry finds two valves that lower the ink pressure, 1 in Sammy's sanctuary and one in the infirmary, being held hostage by the studio's lyricist Jack Fain, who has been turned into a Bloated Searcher. After stopping the leak, Henry drains the ink at the stairs. While approaching the stairs still, he is knocked out by an ink corrupted Sammy. After waking up, Sammy reveals he intends to sacrifice Henry to Ink Bendy, whom he worships as a deity, so that he tin can be gratis of the ink. As Sammy begins the sacrifice ritual, he is attacked by Ink Bendy and presumably killed. Henry breaks free and tries to escape, but is confronted by Ink Bendy. Subsequently a chase, Henry locks himself in a storage room. Venturing into the room, he realizes in that location is someone in the room and tells them to show themselves. Henry becomes shocked when the figure reveals himself as a fully intact Boris the Wolf.

Affiliate 3: Rise and Fall [edit]

Henry befriends Boris, and the two go out Boris' safehouse to find another mode out of the studio. They come up across the toy department and find a back room full of merchandise for Alice Angel, the studio's atomic number 82 female. Henry is then confronted past a twisted pattern of Alice Angel and she summons him to Level 9 of the studio. Henry and Boris reach Level 9, but are attacked past the Piper, a member of the Butcher Gang, pocket-size antagonists of the cartoons. Inside Twisted Alice's lair, Henry and Boris discover multiple mutilated clones of Boris and the Butcher Gang. Henry finds Twisted Alice torturing a Piper and she orders him to fetch some items for her, in exchange for being allowed to escape the studio. Henry must fulfill Twisted Alice's tasks, all the while being hunted by Ink Bendy, Searchers, the Butcher Gang, and the Projectionist, an ink corrupted version of Norman Polk, the studio'due south projectionist. Later fulfilling her needs, she sends him to the elevator where he can go out, but forces the elevator to fall after discovering Boris, who she wants as he is the most perfect Boris. The lift crashes on Level S. Boris wakes Henry upwards, and he is forced to watch as Twisted Alice drags Boris away.

Chapter 4: Colossal Wonders [edit]

Waking back upwards from passing out, Henry leaves the cleaved elevator and explores the cavernous archives of the studio to find and rescue Boris. Afterward Alice taunts Henry virtually Boris' capture, Henry comes across a lounge filled with Lost Ones, people infected by the ink who show no hostility. Later fleeing through the vents, Henry discovers that Joey planned to open a Bendy-themed amusement park called Bendy Country, with the help of famed amusement park designer Bertrum Piedmont. Henry deduces that the haunted house attraction is the way to get and traverses the storage expanse to find the switches to ability the ride up. He activates the four ability switches, while in the procedure sneaking past the Butcher Gang, defeating an ink corrupted Bertrum, who has merged himself with an octopus ride, and escaping from the Projectionist, who is decapitated by Ink Bendy. Once on the haunted business firm ride, Henry is shocked to discover that Alice has transformed Boris into a brute monster. Afterward a brief struggle, Henry is forced to kill Boris, who fades away. An enraged Twisted Alice tries to attack Henry herself, simply is killed from behind by another version of Alice Angel and a robot-handed clone of Boris.

Chapter v: The Last Reel [edit]

The new characters, Allison Angel and Tom, lock Henry in a makeshift prison house. Henry manages to gain Allison's trust, while Tom remains hesitant towards him. Allison gives Henry a Seeing Tool, which is used to run into hidden messages, and Henry sees a message that says Allison will leave Henry for dead. Later, Ink Bendy discovers Allison and Tom'due south location, and Tom convinces Allison to leave Henry behind so they can escape. Henry manages to escape the prison afterward discovering a surreptitious room with a weapon behind the wall, cheers to the subconscious messages. Once he escapes, Henry rides on a clomp through a river of ink, with a massive Bendy mitt chasing behind him. Henry arrives in a shanty town congenital past the Searchers and the Lost Ones. There, he is confronted by the forsaken Sammy, who believes Henry is Ink Bendy and tries to take revenge for almost killing him. Sammy gets unmasked past Henry, but Sammy overpowers Henry and tries to kill him, but Sammy is killed past Tom. Tom equips Henry with an axe. With Sammy out of the way, the Searchers and Lost Ones he was keeping at bay become violent and start attacking. Henry, Allison and Tom work together and defeat the moving ridge of monsters. Henry leads the style onward, simply falls into the assistants offices on a lower level. Henry tries to escape through the motion-picture show vault, just the entrance is flooded. Henry works to reconnect the pipe arrangement to drain the ink, past hiding from the Butcher Gang. Once in the flick vault, a bulletin reveals that a film reel has been stolen by Ink Bendy. Allison and Tom go far and join Henry on his quest to find Ink Bendy. They discover that Ink Bendy's lair is a massive version of the Ink Motorcar. Henry is forced to get in alone, as the entrance is surrounded by ink, which could kill Allison and Tom. Inside, Henry finds a message from Joey, who talks about his downfall and how Henry tin prepare the darkness by showing Ink Bendy the stolen reel, titled "The End". Ink Bendy arrives and transforms into a massive monster, known as Beast Bendy. Beast Bendy knocks Henry into another room and gives chase. Henry escapes Brute Bendy and returns to his throne. He plays The Terminate reel, which broadcasts the words "The End" on several screens, causing Fauna Bendy to deliquesce.

In a flashback, Henry arrives at Joey'due south business firm, who talks about how the ii went on different paths, and how Joey'south path burned because of his ambition. He summons Henry to the studio and the events of the beginning of the game play again.

In a post-credit scene, the camera zooms in on a signed picture from Henry of Bendy, Boris and Alice Angel. Offscreen, a immature girl asks her "Uncle Joey" to tell her another story.

Characters and vox cast [edit]

The Projectionist cosplay

• Henry Stein (voiced by theMeatly) is a co-founder and animator of Joey Drew Studios, who created the characters in the Bendy cartoons. He is the primary protagonist of the game, who has returned to Joey Drew Studios after 30 years.
• Joey Drew (voiced by David Eddings) is a co-founder and CEO of Joey Drew Studios. Prior to the games events, Joey went broke. He is the presumed overarching antagonist of the game.
• Wally Franks (voiced by theMeatly) is Joey Drew Studios' relaxed janitor. As well Henry, he is the simply character to appear in all v chapters. He is nearly known for his phrase "I'm outta hither!"
• Thomas Connor (voiced by Mike Mood) is a mechanical engineer from Gent Enterprises who was hired by Joey Drew Studios to build the Ink Machine. In the game, he has been corrupted by the ink and turned into a Boris clone, who goes past Tom.
• Sammy Lawrence (voiced past Aaron Landon) is the sometime music director of Joey Drew Studios, who started to go insane. Past the events of the game, he has been corrupted by the ink and worships Bendy as a deity.
• Norman Polk (voiced by theMeatly) is the elusive and observant projectionist of Joey Drew Studios. Past the events of the game, he has been turned into the Projectionist monster.
• Susie Campbell (voiced past Alanna Linayre) is the original voice actress for Alice Angel, who became obsessed with the graphic symbol, and went crazy when she was replaced by Allison Pendle. By the events of the game, she has been corrupted by the ink and turned into a twisted version of Alice.
• Alice Affections (voiced past Lauren Synger) is the lead female in the Bendy cartoons. In the game, she is a twisted course of the original character, taken form through Susie Campbell.
• Jack Fain (voiced past Bookpast) is the main lyricist at Joey Drew Studios and Sammy'southward second-in-command. In the game, he has been corrupted by the ink and transformed into a Swollen Searcher.
• Shawn Flynn (voiced past Seán "Jacksepticeye" McLoughlin) is the trade managing director at Joey Drew Studios.
• Grant Cohen (voiced by Volition "DAGames" Ryan) is Joey Drew'due south exasperated accountant.
• Bertrum Piedmont (voiced past Joe J. Thomas) is a famed theme park designer, who built the Bendy-themed amusement park, Bendy State and rejects his treatment by Joey Drew. In the game, he has merged with an octopus ride.
• Lacie Benton (voiced by Lani Minella) is an engineer working under Bertrum Piedmont.
• Allison Pendle (voiced by Lauren Synger) is the second voice actress for Alice Angel, replacing Susie Campbell. In the game, she has been corrupted by the ink and transformed into Allison Affections.

Additionally, there are multiple characters in the game with no featured dialogue:

• Ink Bendy is a vicious and plain-featured version of Bendy, the main graphic symbol of the Bendy cartoons. He is known by the ink residents every bit the Ink Demon.
• Boris the Wolf / Buddy Boris is a secondary graphic symbol in the Bendy cartoons. In the game, a friendly version of him appears as Henry'due south companion, earlier he is transformed into Animate being Boris by Alice. Additionally, multiple clones of Boris announced throughout the game equally mutilated corpses.
• The Butcher Gang are a trio from the Bendy cartoons, who are always at odds with Bendy. In the game, they appear as the Piper (Charley), the Fisher (Barley) and the Striker (Edgar).
• The Searchers are a group of humanoid ink creatures who attack Henry throughout the game.
• The Lost Ones are employees of Joey Drew Studios, who have been corrupted by the ink, and aren't hostile. A specific Lost I is voiced by Joe J. Thomas.
• The Swollen Searchers are enlarged and passive forms of the Searchers. They are notable for being a source of ink throughout the game.

Development [edit]

Bendy and the Ink Machine release timeline

2017	Chapter ane: Moving Pictures
	Chapter 2: The One-time Vocal
	Affiliate three: Rise and Fall
2018	Affiliate four: Colossal Wonders
	Chapter 5: The Last Reel
	PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch release
	IOS/Android release

The thought for Bendy and the Ink Machine came from theMeatly pondering the idea of a world that resembled a drawing sketch. Every bit he started developing the idea, he realized that it felt "creepy" and needed a monster that inhabited it. Bendy was created to be that monster, just did not accept a name. When the character finally received a 3D model, the name was chosen from a typo while saving it in a 3D modeling program, Blender. theMeatly was not a programmer and thus Mike Mood joined the production equally he saw potential in the game.^[fifteen] Bendy and the Ink Machine was inspired by the BioShock serial.^[16]

The first chapter, Moving Pictures, took five days to exist finished.^[17] The game was then released for gratuitous on Game Jolt on February ten, 2017, existence ane of the starting time games that were released on the platform.^[18] Originally, the project was "for fun", according to Mood, but it later became viral and incentivated and so to develop a second affiliate, The Former Song, which was officially appear in March 2017 and took six months to be finished.^{[15] [17]} It was released on April 18, 2017,^[19] and also added a remastered version of the previous chapter, an updated carte, subtitles, achievements, etc.^[xx] The game was approved past Steam Greenlight on February 28, 2017,^{[21] [22]} and was then released on Steam on April 27, 2017.^[23] Chapter one was made bachelor for costless, while Affiliate 2 was released as a DLC for $6 dollars.^[twenty]

The third affiliate, Rise and Fall, was announced on production in May 2017. It was developed by 6 people in at least four months,^{[17] [24]} and the reason for its long development, according to Mike Mood, was because he needed to create a framework "to brand the process smoother".^[24] Its trailer was released in August 2017, which showed an animated brusk intitled "Tombstone Picnic" and showed Henry running from Ink Bendy in a room.^[25] Nonetheless, Mike Mood stated it was used just for the trailer's hunt sequence and for test purposes.^{[26] [c]} It was released on September 28, 2017,^[27] while the previous two capacity also received remastered versions.^[17]

The 4th chapter, Colossal Wonders, was firstly confirmed in production on November 17, 2017.^[28] It besides included remastered versions of the showtime 3 chapters, which included enhanced soundtracks and textures.^{[29] [thirty] [31]} Information technology was released on April 30, 2018. Originally scheduled for April 28, 2018, information technology was delayed due to technical problems on Steam that disallows to make releases during weekends.^[32] The 5th and final chapter, The Terminal Reel, was firstly confirmed in product on June 4, 2018.^[33] Later, they confirmed that it would be released in October. The emprise as well confirmed that the affiliate would be received for costless for just players who accept bought the previous chapters.^[34] A special edition titled Bendy and the Ink Car: Jacksepticeye Edition, was given to YouTuber Jacksepticeye before the fifth chapter released to the public, which included all v chapters.^[35] It was released on October 26, 2018.^[36] The game received a final bundle on the side by side day, intitled Bendy and the Ink Machine: Complete Edition. Chapters 2-iv, which were previously available equally downloadable content, became complimentary, while the game became paid.

On January 29, 2018, theMeatly officially announced that Bendy and the Ink Motorcar would exist released to consoles.^[37] The PlayStation four and Xbox One ports were developed and published by Rooster Teeth Games, originally intended to exist released on Oct 26, 2018, while the Nintendo Switch port was scheduled to release on Nov 20, 2018, simply both PlayStation four and Xbox I's release dates were pushed to the aforementioned engagement for Nintendo Switch'south release.^[38] On December fifteen, 2018, a mobile port was announced by theMeatly and Joey Drew Studios Inc., and it was released on December 21, 2018.^[39]

Reception [edit]

According to the accumulation review website Metacritic, Bendy and the Ink Automobile received "mixed or boilerplate reviews" on its panel ports.^{[40] [41] [42]} The website Rock, Paper, Shotgun considered the kickoff affiliate one of the best free games from the week.^[45]

The game'due south storyline and setting were mostly praised. Almost reviewers noted that the game's art style resembles the "Steamboat Willie" era of Disney'south cartoons,^[46] with PlayStation LifeStyle considering Bendy as an "obvious parallel" between other cartoon characters such equally Mickey Mouse or Betty Boop.^[47] Liam Martin of Express considered that the game'southward theme to be that "archetype cartoons are more sinister than we remember".^[48] Sean Warhurst of ImpulseGamer also considered the game's visuals as the game'south "biggest strength" and that its graphics engine "complements the creative direction".^[46] This was also considered by Barry Stevens of Entertainment Focus, considering that "the game has a really unique art manner and really pulls off the one-time animation studio feel with everything being drawn in a 30s style".^[49]

Most websites considered the game's gameplay mechanics repetitive. TheXboxHub considered the game's combat mechanics "frustrating", as well-nigh of its enemies die in only one hit.^[4] VGCultureHQ considered that if would have some range weapons in the 2d chapter, such as a gun or a slingshot, "would help make lengthy combat sequences feel more fair and less of a risk". However, it besides stated that the dominate battles in the game feel "intense".^[8] The puzzles, according to The Digital Fix, were considered repetitive, saying that "It's something nosotros've done a million times earlier".^[50]

VGCultureHQ considered the game's affiliate lengths "too curt" and without a "fair balance", considering that information technology could be completed in 4 hours, because that the outset and final chapters could be "finished in only nether a half-hr", while the other three chapters "may take longer".^[8] According to Hely on Horror, the first affiliate serves as a "tutorial", equally guides the player to "interact with the environment and solve uncomplicated puzzles", the 2nd chapter is where combat is introduced, but information technology considered that the third chapter is where players are thrown into the action.^[13] Steven Asarch of Player.One considered the tertiary chapter's job list every bit a "lazy attempt for developers to pad the game without adding any additional content", and that if future chapters could focus more on the characters evolution, "they could've truly exist masterpieces".^[51]

The game has been frequently compared with BioShock, due to, according to PlayStation LifeStyle, the game having an "antique style".^[52] Nintendo Life besides considered the motives of having a BioShock vibe in the game due to "the revelations that are made of Henry's past to the retro aesthetic that clings to every corner of the game'due south dilapidated setting". All the same, it also compared it to Resident Evil, and Outlast, considering information technology a "fusion".^[44] The game was likewise compared with Cuphead and Epic Mickey, for their homages to "rubber hose" animation and the style of 20th-century cartoons.^{[9] [44] [50]}

Sales [edit]

Past 2017, the game achieved 750,000 downloads on Steam, according to Player.I.^[53]

Awards [edit]

The game has received the "Best Horror Game" award by IGN and is listed as #i in "xviii All-time Horror Games of 2017".^[54] The mobile port received the "Game of the Solar day" award on February 23, 2019.^[55] TouchArcade nominated the mobile port equally the "Game of the Calendar week" on December 21, 2018.^[56]

Legacy [edit]

YouTube was a big contributor for the popularity of Bendy and the Ink Machine. Many gamers where seen making "Let's Play" videos, being one of them Markiplier^[57] and Jacksepticeye, and reached millions of views.^{[53] [58]} Many YouTube musicians also made fan songs for Bendy and the Ink Motorcar, the nigh pop existence DAGames' "Build Our Machine", which has been viewed more than 100 million times.^[53] Some of the nigh popular fanmade songs were later included in an album intitled "Bendy's Inky Megamix", which was made to assist raise donations for United Ways COVID-xix relief charity at Tiltify.^{[59] [60]} Some of these fans songs were included in the game, including DAGames' "Build Our Machine", Kyle Allen'south "Bendy and the Ink Car Song", Random Encounters' "Bendy and the Ink Musical", and JT Music'south "Can't Be Erased".

This caused the game to have a behemothic fanbase, which Mood described as different from the well-nigh fanbases, calling other games' fanbases sometimes "toxic."^[61] The game also attracted children audience, which attention was generally gaven to the character Bendy, although the game is T-rated.^{[53] [62]} According to Mike Mood, what the made the game then popular was because of its characters.^[53]

It too surged merchandise from the game, such as toys, shirts, etc., which tin can exist bought on the game's official store.^{[63] [64]} Books and comic books were besides released.^{[65] [66]}

Spin-offs [edit]

A mobile spin-off called Bendy in Nightmare Run was announced on Jan 26, 2018.^[67] Information technology was released on the App Store on August 15, 2018^{[68] [69]} and on the Google Play Store on September 27, 2018. The game is an endless runner style game involving the player characters of either Bendy, Boris, or Alice collecting Bacon Soup while running away from large bosses chasing the player character.

A spin-off called Boris and the Dark Survival was released on February x, 2020, on Bendy and the Ink Auto 'southward 3-year anniversary.^[70] The game is a prequel, taking identify before the first chapter of the original game. It revolves around Boris the Wolf searching through the different levels of Joey Drew Studios looking for supplies for his safehouse while escaping Ink Bendy, Twisted Alice, the Projectionist, the Butcher Gang, or Borkis, a yellow-eyed version of Boris.^[71] The game as well received several updates later its release. The latest one, Symphony of Shadows, was released on June 30, 2020.^[72]

Joke Games [edit]

On October 23, 2018, Joey Drew Studios posted on Twitter an image announcing a joke game, entitled Black Ink Possession, parodying Ruddy Dead Redemption ii.^{[73] [d]} During Apr Fools in 2020, the emprise poster a trailer of another joke game, Bendy Royale. It parodies Fortnite: Battle Royale, where information technology was meant to be a battle royale with Bendy and the Ink Auto characters existence playable.^[74]

Crossovers [edit]

A Halloween crossover mod, Hello Bendy, was released for the game on October 27, 2017, for a express time, featuring the Hi Neighbor antagonist, who takes the role as Bendy in all previous three capacity and Sammy Lawrence for Affiliate 2.^{[75] [76]} The mod'southward menu features the advertizing of pre-ordering the game Hello Neighbor. The modernistic expired past the cease of Oct that year.

Co-creator Mike Mood has talked nigh wanting to practise a crossover with Cuphead, which also was popular at effectually the same time and too uses condom hose animation.^[77]

Bendy and the Dark Revival [edit]

Some other game, Bendy and the Dark Revival, was announced on Apr 14, 2019.^[78] Notwithstanding, Mike Mood stated on February thirteen, 2019 that it would non serve equally Bendy and the Ink Machine 2.^[79] A gameplay trailer was released on June 24, 2019, announcing the game's release for Fall 2019.^[80] However, in December 2019, a new trailer was released to say that the game was existence delayed and will release sometime in 2020.^[81] Some other trailer was released on June i, 2020, revealing that the game would be released in its entirety with all five chapters included, unlike the first game which was released episodically. The trailer likewise suggested the game would come up out in the latter half of 2020.^{[82] [83]} However, on Nov 30, 2020, the developers appear that the game would be releasing in 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The developers also cited that the game volition be ten times bigger than the original game and that they didn't want to rush the game.^{[84] [85]} The game was, however, delayed over again to 2022 without being announced.

Idiot box accommodation [edit]

In 2020, Derek Kolstad, creator of the John Wick franchise, stated that he has interest in making a goggle box adaptation based on the game.^{[86] [87]}

Notes [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b} Originally known as theMeatly Games.
2. ^ Commonly abbreviated as BatIM .
3. ^ Although that, the room was later on added with Affiliate three's final remaster, which was released along with Chapter four.
4. ^ A curious fact is that both Red Dead Redemption two and Bendy and the Ink Machine: Affiliate 5 were released on the aforementioned date - October 26, 2018.

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External links [edit]

• Official website

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendy_and_the_Ink_Machine

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