The darkish, Souls-like twist on Pinocchio’s story, Lies of P, has as soon as once more surfaced at IGN Fan Fest this week in a model new trailer, which you’ll be able to watch above. And on the finish of the trailer, we’ve a narrowed launch window on the finish: it comes out this August.

A lot of this trailer centered on the disturbing monsters of Lies of P, which featured unusual combos of mechanized puppet creatures with unusual, slimy-looking Lovecraftian horrors on this trailer. There are additionally a variety of pictures that look like the Blue Fairy, a creature that guided Pinocchio within the authentic story, however this time will not be completely dependable given the sinister plot of Lies of P.

Nevertheless, we have seen lots of the principal forged members that folks affiliate with the standard (or Disney) story of Pinocchio, together with Geppetto and a good friend. It may or may not be a nod to Jiminy Cricket. However how far it will deviate from what we all know in regards to the little wood boy who did not must battle largely any of the Lovecraftian horrors in his authentic story stays a thriller.

Nonetheless, we have seen a variety of Lies of P’s Souls-like fights now, in addition to the “lie” system, the place selections of whether or not to lie and methods to lie in several conditions will have an effect on the story.

Lies of P comes out in August for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. Take a look at all the remainder of IGN FanFest, together with highlights from Avenue Fighter 6, HBO’s The Final of Us, and Diablo 4, right here.

Rebekah Valentine is a information reporter for IGN. You’ll find him on Twitter @duckvalentine.