<s>
The	B-Application
Medium	I-Application
is	O
a	O
psychological	O
horror	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bloober	O
Team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
on	O
January	O
28	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
on	O
September	O
3	O
,	O
2021	O
and	O
for	O
Amazon	B-Operating_System
Luna	I-Operating_System
on	O
February	O
17	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
planned	O
summer	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Apple	B-Device
Silicon	I-Device
was	O
announced	O
on	O
February	O
16	O
,	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Medium	I-Application
is	O
a	O
psychological	O
horror	O
game	O
played	O
in	O
third-person	O
as	O
Marianne	O
,	O
a	O
medium	O
who	O
can	O
travel	O
into	O
the	O
spirit	O
realm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Medium	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
post-Communism	O
Poland	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Medium	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Bloober	O
Team	O
,	O
with	O
lead	O
designer	O
Wojciech	O
Piejko	O
and	O
producer	O
Jacek	O
Zieba	O
coming	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
idea	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Piejko	O
said	O
The	B-Application
Medium	I-Application
imparts	O
the	O
message	O
that	O
"	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
universal	O
truth	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
had	O
originally	O
planned	O
for	O
release	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
in	O
2012	O
,	O
but	O
rendering	O
two	O
point-of-views	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
was	O
a	O
technical	O
challenge	O
for	O
these	O
platforms	O
,	O
and	O
Bloober	O
Team	O
shelved	O
the	O
idea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
following	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Medium	I-Application
became	O
its	O
own	O
type	O
of	O
mythos	O
within	O
Bloober	O
as	O
the	O
company	O
waited	O
for	O
technology	O
to	O
catch	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Microsoft	O
provided	O
developers	O
with	O
preliminary	O
material	O
on	O
the	O
upcoming	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
consoles	O
(	O
which	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2020	O
)	O
,	O
Bloober	O
Team	O
recognized	O
they	O
could	O
now	O
build	O
out	O
The	B-Application
Medium	I-Application
and	O
began	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
took	O
cues	O
from	O
Japanese	O
horror	O
games	O
like	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
and	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
which	O
used	O
fixed	O
cameras	O
and	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
to	O
better	O
present	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
players	O
to	O
see	O
both	O
worlds	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
while	O
capturing	O
the	O
spirit	O
of	O
these	O
horror	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
recognized	O
that	O
with	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
their	O
prior	O
game	O
Observer	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
interest	O
in	O
television	O
shows	O
about	O
the	O
Eastern	O
Bloc	O
such	O
as	O
Chernobyl	O
and	O
Dark	O
,	O
the	O
Polish	O
setting	O
would	O
be	O
of	O
interest	O
to	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
opening	O
apartments	O
at	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
while	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
real	O
building	O
in	O
Kraków	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
Easter	O
egg	O
to	O
Observer	B-Application
:	I-Application
System	I-Application
Redux	I-Application
,	O
where	O
the	O
same	O
building	O
is	O
also	O
present	O
in	O
that	O
game	O
's	O
future	O
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Audio	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
by	O
a	O
"	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
dream	O
team	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
Bloober	O
Team	O
,	O
including	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
series	O
composer	O
Akira	O
Yamaoka	O
,	O
singer	O
Mary	O
Elizabeth	O
McGlynn	O
,	O
and	O
voice	O
actor	O
Troy	O
Baker	O
;	O
Yamaoka	O
was	O
persuaded	O
to	O
take	O
on	O
the	O
music	O
when	O
Piejko	O
gave	O
him	O
a	O
gameplay	O
demonstration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baker	O
voices	O
the	O
primary	O
antagonist	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Maw	O
,	O
for	O
whom	O
another	O
actor	O
performed	O
the	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
on	O
stilts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Actor	O
Kelly	O
Burke	O
provided	O
the	O
voice	O
for	O
protagonist	O
Marianne	O
,	O
with	O
Weronika	O
Rosati	O
and	O
Marcin	O
Dorociński	O
providing	O
design	O
and	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
for	O
Marianne	O
and	O
Thomas	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
had	O
planned	O
out	O
the	O
camera	O
and	O
actor	O
's	O
direction	O
for	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
prior	O
to	O
the	O
onset	O
of	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
,	O
which	O
made	O
it	O
easy	O
to	O
complete	O
the	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
sessions	O
under	O
COVID-19	O
regulations	O
during	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overall	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
about	O
90	O
minutes	O
of	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
its	O
initial	O
2012	O
announcement	O
and	O
subsequent	O
drawback	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Medium	I-Application
was	O
reannounced	O
in	O
May	O
2020	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
3	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
Amazon	B-Operating_System
Luna	I-Operating_System
releasing	O
on	O
February	O
17	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Medium	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
awarded	O
the	O
game	O
an	O
8/10	O
,	O
stating	O
"	O
Brilliantly	O
paced	O
and	O
palpably	O
tense	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Medium	I-Application
is	O
a	O
psychological	O
horror	O
adventure	O
that	O
's	O
all	O
thriller	O
and	O
no	O
filler.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Bloober	O
Team	O
reported	O
that	O
within	O
a	O
few	O
days	O
of	O
launch	O
,	O
they	O
had	O
been	O
able	O
to	O
turn	O
a	O
profit	O
from	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Medium	I-Application
from	O
its	O
initial	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
