Watch a new trailer for Twelve Minutes, an ‘interactive thriller’ starring Willem Dafoe


Annapurna Interactive debuted a new trailer for Twelve minutes, which describes the studio as “an interactive thriller about a man imprisoned in a time slot”, at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2020. The trailer features an ominous voice-over by Willem Dafoe, and the game will also feature the voice talents of James McAvoy and Daisy Ridley.

Twelve minutes seems to take full place from a top-down perspective of a small apartment – much of the trailer shows a main living room, and there is a brief recording of the two main characters in a bedroom – and you’ll be back in twelve minutes experience time running again and again. A snap on the game’s Steam page makes the game extremely intriguing: “Twelve minutes mixes the dream-like tension of It shines with the claustrophobia of Rear window and the fragmented structure of Memento. ”

Developer Luis Antonio “hopes Twelve minutes will be ready by the end of the year, ” according to EW. The game will be available on Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and PC when it’s out.