Additional reporting by Tom Ivan
New trademark applications related to the horror game from Goichi Suda and Hidetaka ‘Swery’ Suehiro have been registered.
The No More Heroes creator (who often goes by the nameSuda51) teamed up with the Deadly Premonition creator (often known asSwery65) during anIGN Japan streamin 2019, when the pair announced they wanted to make a horror game called Hotel Barcelona.
Suda said in July 2021 that the duostill planned to make the game together, and recent trademark filings suggest that hasn’t changed.
As spotted by VGC, Suehiro’s White Owls studio registered Japanesetrademark applicationsfor ‘Hotel Barcelona’ and ‘Death Game Hotel’ on July 15, 2025, both of which are active.
And on October 27, international trademark applications for both titles were also registered and are currently pending.
The trademarks cover goods and services including computer game software, virtual reality headsets, computer hardware, audio playback devices, and personal digital assistants.
It’s unclear if the trademark applications are indicative of an imminent announcement, but they show that work related to the project is going on behind the scenes.
Discussing ideas for the game in 2019, Suda and Suehiro said it would potentially feature multiple timelines, have a “100% evil protagonist” and have a murder-mystery element where people would be killed in the hotel referred to in the title.
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They said the project was inspired by the Siren series fromPlayStation‘s now closedJapan Studioand that it would be “easy to pick up” for players.
The pair also said they potentially wantedDevolver Digitalto publish the game, causing the indie publisher to tweet that it knew nothing about it but was keen to receive a pitch.
During the IGN live stream,Silent HillcreatorKeiichiro Toyamaalso expressed an interest in working on the project, but he has since gone on to foundBokeh Game Studio, which is developing its debut title,the horror game Slitterhead.
