Microsoft-owned Compulsion Games shared that its 2025 southern gothic adventure, South of Midnight, is making the jump to both PlayStation 5 and the Nintendo Switch 2 in the Spring of 2026.
The move makes South of Midnight the first Xbox Game Studios title to launch on the recently released Switch 2 console.
South of Midnight is an action adventure game that presents players with a fictionalized version of the American Deep South and follows Hazel, a young woman who finds herself with an ancient power known as ‘weaving’. Hazel must defeat the haints and cleanse the stigma that has taken over her home while encountering classic southern gothic folktale figures like Two-Toed Tom.
The game the third title from Compulsion Games, who previously released We Happy Few and Contrast. It is the first from the studio following its acquisition from Microsoft in 2018. The game initially leaked under the title Project Midnight.
Every creature holds a secret in the mythical Deep South – South of Midnight launches on PlayStation 5 in Spring 2026.@PlayStation @PlayStationCA @PlayStationUK @PlayStationEU @PlayStationFR #ps5 #ps5pro #southofmidnight pic.twitter.com/kSnUINy8fbDecember 11, 2025
The announcements came unceremoniously via social media tweets from Compulsion Games just before the start of The Game Awards. It is likely more details about the release could be announced during the annual event’s live broadcast.
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