<s>
Alfred	B-Application
Hitchcock	I-Application
–	I-Application
Vertigo	I-Application
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Spanish	O
company	O
Pendulo	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Microids	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
loosely	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
films	O
of	O
Alfred	O
Hitchcock	O
,	O
particularly	O
Vertigo	B-Application
(	O
1958	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pendulo	O
and	O
Microids	O
announced	O
Vertigo	B-Application
in	O
early	O
2018	O
,	O
during	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
their	O
game	O
Blacksad	B-Application
:	I-Application
Under	I-Application
the	I-Application
Skin	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	O
via	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
Epic	O
Games	O
Store	O
,	O
and	O
GOG	O
in	O
December	O
2021	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
in	O
September	O
and	O
October	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alfred	B-Application
Hitchcock	I-Application
–	I-Application
Vertigo	I-Application
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
that	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
three-dimensional	O
game	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vertigo	B-Application
tells	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
Ed	O
Miller	O
,	O
a	O
writer	O
whose	O
life	O
is	O
changed	O
by	O
a	O
car	O
wreck	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traumatized	O
and	O
experiencing	O
intense	O
vertigo	B-Application
,	O
he	O
enters	O
therapy	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
learn	O
what	O
happened	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Publisher	O
Microids	O
and	O
developer	O
Pendulo	O
Studios	O
first	O
announced	O
Vertigo	B-Application
in	O
March	O
2018	O
,	O
during	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
Blacksad	B-Application
:	I-Application
Under	I-Application
the	I-Application
Skin	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rock	O
,	O
Paper	O
,	O
Shotgun	O
reported	O
that	O
Microids	O
had	O
licensed	O
director	O
Alfred	O
Hitchcock	O
's	O
"	O
name	O
and	O
likeness	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
Microids	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
"	O
loosely	O
"	O
inspired	O
by	O
his	O
film	O
Vertigo	B-Application
,	O
primarily	O
in	O
aesthetic	O
and	O
theme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pendulo	O
disclosed	O
in	O
November	O
2020	O
that	O
development	O
of	O
Vertigo	B-Application
was	O
already	O
"	O
quite	O
advanced	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
shown	O
at	O
the	O
Guerrilla	O
Collective	O
Showcase	O
at	O
E3	O
in	O
June	O
2021	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Alfred	B-Application
Hitchcock	I-Application
–	I-Application
Vertigo	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
narrative	O
designer	O
Josué	O
Monchan	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
freely	O
inspired	O
"	O
by	O
Hitchcock	O
's	O
Vertigo	B-Application
,	O
but	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
film	O
was	O
"	O
not	O
our	O
only	O
frame	O
of	O
reference	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
/Film	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
team	O
"	O
studied	O
Hitchcock	O
's	O
camerawork	O
(	O
including	O
the	O
famous	O
Vertigo	B-Application
shot	O
,	O
'	O
or	O
dolly	O
zoom	O
)	O
and	O
tried	O
to	O
lean	O
on	O
the	O
aesthetic	O
of	O
film	O
mysteries	O
and	O
thrillers	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
Vertigo	B-Application
was	O
set	O
to	O
launch	O
across	O
Windows	O
and	O
game	O
consoles	O
in	O
the	O
fourth	O
quarter	O
of	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
console	O
versions	O
were	O
subsequently	O
delayed	O
to	O
2022	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
launched	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
on	O
September	O
27	O
,	O
2022	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
October	O
4	O
,	O
2022	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
The	O
Guardian	O
,	O
columnist	O
Stuart	O
Heritage	O
wrote	O
that	O
Vertigo	B-Application
"	O
excited	O
"	O
him	O
because	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
non-literal	O
adaptation	O
of	O
Hitchcock	O
's	O
work	O
,	O
pointing	O
the	O
way	O
to	O
film-adapted	O
games	O
drawn	O
from	O
"	O
a	O
director	O
's	O
aesthetic	O
rather	O
than	O
simply	O
aping	O
the	O
nuts-and-bolts	O
narrative	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alfred	B-Application
Hitchcock	I-Application
-	I-Application
Vertigo	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Rock	O
Paper	O
Shotgun	O
,	O
Kim	O
Armstrong	O
wrote	O
that	O
Vertigo	B-Application
is	O
not	O
"	O
a	O
bad	O
game	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
argued	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
does	O
n't	O
quite	O
stick	O
the	O
landing	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
