Former THQ core games head Danny Bilson knows quite a bit about the abandoned products from the now-defunct company. Before THQ went under, a handful of creative concepts were well into the works, but financial troubles forced more than a few difficult decisions. One move that was made as soon as Bilson was replaced was the cancellation of popular filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s horror project, InSane. It’s a game that we barely got acquainted with, but Bilson has only high praise for what he saw.
“I haven’t heard that he’s doing anything with it yet, although I do have an idea how to revive it, and I’m gonna speak to him soon,” Bilson said to VG247. “As much as I can tell you about it is that it was an action adventure game with really great environments, story and characters, and it was period and very Lovecraftian. I don’t wanna spoil it, in the hope that Guillermo wants to go further with it.
“It was really atmospheric, a great world. There were environments in that game that players have never been through before. It had a really interesting narrative, a really great character that the player inhabited in it.”
It might be difficult to woo del Toro back into games after such a sour experience with THQ, but if the filmmaker truly believes in the potential of InSane, Bilson might just get his revival wish.
