The Suffering is a first and third-person shooter horror video game, developed by Surreal Software for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows. The game was published by Midway Games for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The PC version was published by Encore in North America and by Zoo Digital Publishing in Europe. In North America, the game was released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in March 2004, and for PC in June of the same year. In Europe, it was released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in May, and for PC in July. A port was also planned for the GameCube, but was cancelled. In 2017, the game was released on GOG.com by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the current owner of the IP after acquiring publisher Midway Games’ assets following the latter company’s bankruptcy in 2009. Wikipedia
Research exclusive to this game
Alt, Greg. “The suffering: A game AI case study.” In Challenges in Game AI workshop, Nineteenth national conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp. 134-138. 2004.
Research that includes this game in its sample
Kirkland, Ewan. “Maternal Engulfment in Horror Videogames.” Videogame Cultures and the Future of Interactive Entertainment. Brill, 2010. 75-80.