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Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo is an upcoming adventure video game developed by the Spanish company Pendulo Studios and published by Microids. It is loosely based on the films of Alfred Hitchcock, particularly Vertigo. The story will follow a man named Ed Miller, who enters therapy to cope with the mysterious after-effects of a car crash.

Pendulo and Microids announced Vertigo in early 2018, during the development of their game Blacksad: Under the Skin. It was first shown at the Guerrilla Collective Showcase in June 2021. The game is set for release in late 2021.

Gameplay
Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo is an adventure game that will take place in a three-dimensional game world. The player will control three characters, with a focus on solving mysteries tied to flashbacks.

Plot
Vertigo tells the story of Ed Miller, a writer whose life is changed by a car wreck. Although he is left mysteriously uninjured, he claims that his wife and daughter, both missing, were in the car with him. Traumatized and experiencing intense vertigo, he enters therapy in an effort to learn what happened.

Development
Publisher Microids and developer Pendulo Studios first announced Vertigo in March 2018, during the development of Blacksad: Under the Skin. Rock, Paper, Shotgun reported that Microids had licensed director Alfred Hitchcock's "name and likeness", and Microids revealed that the game would be "loosely" inspired by his film Vertigo, primarily in aesthetic and theme. Pendulo disclosed in November 2020 that development of Vertigo was already "quite advanced".

The game was first shown at the Guerrilla Collective Showcase in June 2021, under the name Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo. At the time, narrative designer Josué Monchan called the game "freely inspired" by Hitchcock's Vertigo, but noted that the film was "not our only frame of reference" for the story. He also cited the director's Spellbound, Rebecca and Psycho as influences, among others. According to 4Players, Pendulo's Vertigo is set to launch in the fourth quarter of 2021.