- IMMORTALITY wins at E3! - 29 June 2021
After a year of mysterious teases, Half Mermaid took to the virtual E3 stage to reveal Sam Barlow's new game, IMMORTALITY. The announcement trailer debuted during the Future Games Show and closed out Day 2 of E3 2021. The reveal went on to win an Official E3 Award for "Most Anticipated Game From Future Games Show" as well as a "Best of E3" award from PC Gamer. It was also included in The Guardian's 20 Games to Watch from E3. Wishlist the game on Steam and follow Half Mermaid to stay updated.
- THIS SUNDAY: Project Ambrosio Reveal - 9 June 2021
We haven't released many details about Project Ambrosio, the next title from Her Story creator Sam Barlow, but this Sunday, as part of The Future Games Show, we're letting a few more into the world. We will peel back the ██████! The show will be streamed on Sunday, June 13 at 4PM PDT / 7PM EDT /12AM* Midnight BST / 1AM* CEST (*The morning of June 14) on Twitter, Twitch, Facebook, YouTube, and GamesRadar. Remember: celluloid is highly flammable 🔥🔥🔥
- Telling Lies 1st Anniversary! - 28 August 2020
It's been over a year since Telling Lies dropped on Steam! Thank you to everyone who has played, streamed, wishlisted, talked about and otherwise supported the game over the past twelve months. In order to celebrate this milestone, Sam Barlow, the creator of Telling Lies, Her Story, and the upcoming Project A███████, will stream the game, shedding light on its development, production, and design. Join Sam this Wednesday @ 1PM Eastern. Set a reminder from this page so you don't miss uncovering the making of this story of four private lives and the lies that bind them. If you enjoyed the game and want to stay up to date on what Sam and the rest of the team is up to, make sure to follow the studio, Half Mermaid and wishlist our next project!
- Blog: The Map & The Territory – Small Worlds (2009, Flash) - 11 August 2020
Over on the Half Mermaid Productions blog, Sam talks about one of the titles that continues to inspire the new project. http://halfmermaid.co/the-map-the-territory-small-worlds-2009-flash
- Sam Barlow Teases Next Game! - 24 June 2020
To celebrate the Five Year Anniversary of Her Story's release, Sam Barlow has teased his next project. It's codenamed Project A███████ and you can head to the game page to dig into its cryptic imagery and curiously obscured words. The Steam page is as mysterious as the game itself will be! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1350200/Project_A/ Whilst you're there feel free to wishlist the game! The more people wishlist, the more will be revealed of the page... This game might be dangerous, you should stay away. Enjoy!
- Daily Deal - Telling Lies & Her Story, up to 90% Off - 10 December 2019
Today's Deal: Save up to 90% on Telling Lies & Her Story !* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Thursday at 10AM Pacific Time
- Telling Lies shortlisted for Ultimate Game of the Year - 25 October 2019
The Golden Joysticks has announced its shortlist for the Ultimate Game of the Year, and Her Story's follow up Telling Lies is on it! They say: "Sam Barlow directs his greatest work to date with this exploded – and explosive – narrative adventure. Telling Lies gives you the tools to explore a stolen NSA database of live-action clips with the same flexibility and freedom as the very best open-world adventure games. Industry-shaking stuff." Click here to see the full list and vote.
- Deep Dive into Telling Lies - 9 October 2019
Sam dives deeply into the development of Telling Lies and the inspirations behind the game's mechanics over on Gamasutra: Deep Dive: Telling Lies - Making a mechanic out of scrubbing video https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F33027628%2F9ee4f5d3771b66c6629fb392cb3b84c86565a397.png
- Telling Lies is out! - 18 September 2019
In case you missed it, Sam Barlow's new game "Telling Lies" is now out! In 12 languages! The game’s reception has been pretty fantastic. Some of our fave reviews: “Endless possibilities in brilliant detective story” The Guardian (★★★★★) "A full-motion video triumph" Polygon "An absolute masterpiece" Gameblog.fr (90) "One of the most brilliant video games of the year" Washington Post (90) "A paragon for storytelling" Gamesradar+ (90) https://store.steampowered.com/app/762830/Telling_Lies/ Mashable ran a great in-depth piece on the game where Jess Joho concluded that the game was, well, “f**king great". The full article contains more such insights and Jess's experience of visiting the set during filming. And the world’s most edgy videogame magazine, Edge, just hit the shelves with their 9/10 review and really nailed what the game was going for. Here's a piece of it: It’s utterly convincin…
- Daily Deal - Her Story, 80% Off - 18 August 2019
Today's Deal: Save 80% on Her Story !* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Tuesday at 10AM Pacific Time
- New Telling Lies Trailer! - 11 June 2019
We just released a new trailer for Telling Lies! Check it out on the store page! https://store.steampowered.com/app/762830/Telling_Lies/
- Telling Lies - Watch the teaser now! - 27 March 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F8866533%2F55d3eb740be31d8c5d8e85e2c45dd072b5ad64d8.png Go to the store page to watch the teaser and wishlist the game! https://store.steampowered.com/app/762830/Telling_Lies/ https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F8866533%2F90f75e41657381cfdc246643edc68b8c3884c00d.gif
- Her Story successor, "Telling Lies" cast announced! - 18 January 2019
Telling Lies is the successor to Her Story and here's the first look at the main cast! Logan Marshall-Green Alexandra Shipp Kerry Bishé Angela Sarafyan https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F8866533%2Fae263fdba6beddbc98f710e26866d758a63dc041.jpg Telling Lies will be published by Annapurna Interactive in 2019 and takes the concept of Her Story in exciting new directions! It's a very deep rabbit hole to lose yourself down.
- Shall we play a new #game from Sam Her Story Barlow? - 6 December 2017
I make references to old movies, because I am an old man who only thinks about the past. In this case, the reference is to 80s ‘teen hacker almost accidentally nukes the world’ thriller Wargames. Y’know, the one that no-one remembers anything about other than “shall we play a game?” But don’t we all feel like best friends when we quote it together? We already knew that Sam Barlow, the fella behind FMV detective game Her Story , was working on an interactivery movie sorta thing using the license, but now we get the teaser trailer, and a sense of how cold war nuclear terror has been updated for a new age of electronic disquiet. The fact that this is called #Wargames, rather than simply Wargames, probably provides some clues to this. (more…)
- The Humble Care Package Bundle packs Stardew Valley, Her Story and more - 16 November 2017
It seems IGN’s recent purchase of Humble Bundle hasn’t compromised their ability to put together a pack of awesome games. For the next 5 days, The Humble Care Package Bundle offers 27 games–including Stardew Valley, Darkest Dungeon, and Pony Island–for $30 and all of the money is going to emergency relief charities, which makes this one well worth checking out. (more…)
- Daily Deal - Her Story, 80% Off - 23 September 2017
Today's Deal: Save 80% on Her Story !* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time
- Her Story now in Japanese! - 24 November 2016
By popular demand and after much translation, the multi-award winning Her Story is now available in Japanese. Just in time for the Steam Sale! 日本語版『HER STORY』長らくお待たせいたしました！『Her Story』は、素晴らしく、そして新しいエンターテイメント体験です。きっとお楽しみいただけるかと思います。どうぞ極上の推理体験を。 Playismブログで語られる本作品に関する熱い思いも是非ご一読下さい。 http://blog.playism.jp/osusume_suiri_game_her_story/
- Her Story now in Japanese! - 24 November 2016
By popular demand and after much translation, the multi-award winning Her Story is now available in Japanese. Just in time for the Steam Sale! 日本語版『HER STORY』長らくお待たせいたしました！『Her Story』は、素晴らしく、そして新しいエンターテイメント体験です。きっとお楽しみいただけるかと思います。どうぞ極上の推理体験を。 Playismブログで語られる本作品に関する熱い思いも是非ご一読下さい。 http://blog.playism.jp/osusume_suiri_game_her_story/
- Her Story, Read Only Memories & Cibele For $1 In Humble Narrative Bundle - 1 June 2016
Wowee, isn’t this a nice little surprise to help us shake off the Tuesday Wednesday blues? The latest Humble Bundle – Humble Narrative Bundle – has kicked off and, as always, the first tier is in familiar “pay what you want” format, with Steam keys costing a minimum of $1. Thing is, this particular collection’s premier platform features one-time RPS Game of the Month and FMV Game of 2015 Her Story , cyberpunk retro point-and-clicker Read Only Memories , and Nina Freeman’s lovely semi-autobiographical adventure Cibele . Based on those alone this is probably my favourite bundle yet, but there’s more. …
- Her Story Creator Joins Interactive Filmmakers Interlude - 17 March 2016
With Her Story sweeping up 3 awards at GDC, more than any other game, you may be wondering what Sam Barlow is going to do next. (You could almost say: what his story is going to be.) He teased Her Story 2 in the past, in a wonderfully tantalizing tweet, but he has also decided to join Interlude as Executive Creative Director. If you have never heard of them, that’s alright, most of us hadn’t. To put it simply, Interlude make interactive videos, which at the end of the day are not that different from FMV games. …
