BitSummit Bloody Soccer Game FEAR FA 98 Mixes Silent Hill and FIFA 98
FEAR FA 98 is an unusually direct genre mashup that treats soccer not as a minigame but as a structural driver of horror exploration, a design approach with few precedents.
Reporting from 1 sources: 4Gamer.net.
At BitSummit 2026, Spanish solo developer Jacob Jazz showed FEAR FA 98, a game he describes as a demonic fusion of Silent Hill and FIFA 98. The game has two interlocking modes: a PS2-era horror exploration section and a bloody soccer match where players kick severed heads. Items earned in soccer unlock doors in the adventure mode, and vice versa. Jazz aims for a late 2026 release under his label Celery Emblem.
Spanish solo developer Jacob Jazz, working under the label Celery Emblem, brought FEAR FA 98 to BitSummit 2026. The game is a two-mode structure: a low-polygon horror adventure in the style of PS2-era titles like Rule of Rose and Resident Evil, and a soccer match where players kick severed heads as balls. Jazz told 4Gamer that items obtained during soccer matches unlock doors in the exploration sections, and vice versa, making the two modes interdependent rather than separate. He compared the soccer gameplay to Mario Strikers but with gore and power-ups such as a ghost form that steals the ball. Jazz described the tone as comedic, like a so-bad-it's-good B-movie, not serious horror. A release is planned for the end of 2026.
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