Sony's Now Publishing Midnight Murder Club on PS5, PC

Sony’s signed on as the publisher of Midnight Murder Club, the sound-based first-person shooter from Velan Studios, the team previously behind the brilliant Knockout City.

The PS Store lists Sony Interactive Entertainment as the publisher for the game, while its PlayStation Publishing moniker is leveraged on Steam. While it appears Velan Studios has retained ownership of the intellectual property, it does suggest the title will remain exclusive to PS5 and PC for the foreseeable future.

There’s a crossplay beta available for you to try right now, but the game itself is effectively a first-person shooter where you’re shrouded in darkness. You can use a flashlight to guide you, but doing so means you’ll expose your position to others. That’s a pretty nice gameplay mechanic!

According to Velan Studios, Sony has been lending assistance on DualSense support. You can also expect this title to take advantage of the Tempest 3D audio features of the PS5, as positional audio is particularly important in this game.

The aforementioned server stress test will run until 22nd December, ahead of an expected Early Access release date in February. Did you try out the demo yet? Are you surprised to see Sony sign up as the publisher of this game? Let us know in the comments section below?