"I heard my Jason calling for me from the lake." Written by Jason Lives: Friday the 13 Part VI writer/director Tom McLoughlin and featuring the voice of Jen Burton, a sample of the chilling "Pamela Tapes" from Friday the 13th: The Game can now be listened to ahead of the game's release this May from Gun Media and IllFonic.

The Pamela Tapes: "The first few of many collectable tapes that you can find scattered around Camp Crystal Lake, Higgins Haven and Packanack Lodge with Pamela Voorhees discussing her dear, sweet little boy Jason."

The Friday the 13th: The Game multiplayer experience will be available to download for the Xbox One, PS4, and Steam beginning Friday, May 26th.

Priced at $40.00, the Friday the 13th: The Game multiplayer experience will allow gamers to play as both Jason Voorhees and the camp counselors looking to survive their stay at three locations from the horror film franchise: Camp Crystal Lake, Higgins Haven, and Packanack Lodge.

The single-player experience will be released as a free update this summer. Listen to The Pamela Tapes Volumes 1 and 2 below, and in case you missed them, check out the launch date announcement trailer and Tom Savini's new version of Jason in action.

Press Release: Lexington, KY -- April 21st, 2017 -- Gun Media and IllFonic are happy to announce that Friday the 13th: The Game will launch on May 26th, 2017! The game will launch on Xbox One, PS4 and Steam as a digital download for $40USD.

The game will launch with multiplayer-only gameplay allowing players for the very first time to take on the role of Jason Voorhees in his various incarnations throughout the storied franchise spanning three decades! This 1v7 asymmetric multiplayer title will pit Jason against seven counselors as they try to survive in three maps spanning Camp Crystal Lake, Higgins Haven and Packanack Lodge. Single player will follow as a free update summer 2017!

For more information, visit: www.f13game.com or www.facebook.com/fridaythe13thgame

About Gun: Based in Kentucky, Gun Media is a publisher of interactive entertainment comprised of industry veterans with unique and complementary backgrounds. The mission of Gun is to build fresh and exciting interactive experiences for a wide range of platforms and gamers. The team shares a vision that game development is not just the creation of a product, but the blending of art, design, and technology to produce an experience that engages and entertains players from all over the world.

About IllFonic: IIllFonic is committed to delivering AAA games digitally to consoles and PC at an affordable price. IllFonic utilizes many avenues in pop culture to cross brand its products in film, television, sports, music, and clothing. With a studio in downtown Denver, IllFonic has built a team of artists, developers, producers, and musicians that believe providing fun game-play means conveying the highest level of visual awe, an immersive environment and a sick soundtrack.

About Horror Inc.: FRIDAY THE 13TH and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © New Line Productions, Inc. and Horror, Inc. (to the extent of their interest).

  • Derek Anderson
    About the Author - Derek Anderson

    Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.

    When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.