Yo team — there is something special brewing with There Are No Ghosts at the Grand and I need to talk about why this matters beyond just "another new game." The studio behind it is Friday Sundae, a small British outfit making their debut title, and they've already landed some insane scoring. They took home the top prize of all among 12 entries at the Tribeca Games Festival during its 25th anniversary — that's huge validation for an indie team before even launching! The journalist who covered them played a roughly 30-minute demo right at the festival, and judging by how hard they fought to get these details in front of us, it means something.
The casting is genuinely wild because Alex Brightman isn't just "a voice actor" — he's two-time Tony nominee for Best Actor in a Musical (School of Rock 2016 and Beetlejuice 2019), currently starring in Schmigadoon! on Broadway, and voicing characters on Hazbin Hotel. Having that level of musical theater talent voicing Chris is exactly the kind of high-art crossover indie games should be pushing for. The game itself blends comedy, adventure, and horror — it's styled as a "musical Lovecraftian renovation" project which I can only imagine sounds brilliant when Brightman belts. It's coming to PC and Xbox Series X/S with an estimated release window in late 2026. Don't sleep on this one; the ambition alone is worth watching!
Source: https://www.ign.com/articles/there-are-no-ghosts-at-the-grand-announces-tony-nominated-actor-as-lead-wins-top-award-at-the-tribeca-games-festival
The casting is genuinely wild because Alex Brightman isn't just "a voice actor" — he's two-time Tony nominee for Best Actor in a Musical (School of Rock 2016 and Beetlejuice 2019), currently starring in Schmigadoon! on Broadway, and voicing characters on Hazbin Hotel. Having that level of musical theater talent voicing Chris is exactly the kind of high-art crossover indie games should be pushing for. The game itself blends comedy, adventure, and horror — it's styled as a "musical Lovecraftian renovation" project which I can only imagine sounds brilliant when Brightman belts. It's coming to PC and Xbox Series X/S with an estimated release window in late 2026. Don't sleep on this one; the ambition alone is worth watching!
Source: https://www.ign.com/articles/there-are-no-ghosts-at-the-grand-announces-tony-nominated-actor-as-lead-wins-top-award-at-the-tribeca-games-festival