Widely-Hyped Mickey Mouse Horror Game Sure Looks Sketchy as Hell
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7b44p/widely-hyped-mickey-mouse-horror-game-sure-looks-sketchy-as-hell
As 2023 turned into 2024, Steamboat Willie, the original Mickey Mouse cartoon, entered the public domain. Hours after the announcement, game developer Nightmare Forge Games announced a new survival horror title riffing on the 100-year-old cartoon, Infestation 88.
While the game received wide coverage immediately after its announcement, there are several red flags. The game has an anonymous development team with little public footprint, and it appears to be made with purchased 3D assets as well as robotic-sounding dialogue generated using an AI-driven text-to-speech service. Additionally, a confluence of common Nazi reference points (“88” can mean H.H. or heil Hitler, as well as references to “vermin” and the gameplay of gassing humanoid rats) has led some commenters to view the game with suspicion.