Alone in the Dark is returning with a '' totally initial story' ' from the author of SOMA

Alone in the Dark is formally returning. Revealed today at THQ Nordic'’s digital display, the brand-new video game will be a “reimagination” of the 1990s survival scary trilogy including the characters, areas, and styles of the cult-classicsin “a completely original story.”

Released in 1992, Alone in the Dark was an innovative survival scary video game that'’s extensively credited as one of the earliest and most prominent examples of the category. But the series spiralled terribly over subsequent releases: The newest, Alone in the Dark: Illumination, was launched in 2015 and holds an incredibly bad 19% ranking onMetacritic THQ Nordic got the series from the shambling remains of Atari back in 2018, however then rested on it– previously.

Developed by Pieces Interactive, a THQ Nordic studio, the reboot will inform a brand new tale about the regrettable experiences of Emily Hartwood and private detective Edward Carnby, who go looking for Hartwood'’s missing out on uncle at Derceto Manor, a house for the “mentally fatigued.” They discover a lot more than they anticipated, though, consisting of weird locals, hazardous beasts, websites to horrible worlds, and evil in the Lovecraftian- tinged Deep South of the 1920s United States. You'’ll have the ability to play as either Emily or Edward, with totally various cutscenes and levels for each. Combat and puzzle-solving will form the foundation of gameplay, which unfolds throughout “a deep psychological story that goes beyond the realms of the imaginable.”

That'’s undoubtedly marketing buzz composed for journalism release, however I' tend to offer it a possibility, or a minimum of not dismiss it outright. The brand-new Alone in the Dark is being composed by Mikael Hedberg, who formerly had a long term with Frictional Games as the author on video games consisting of Penumbra: Black Plague, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and SOMA. The man has genuine trustworthiness as a scary writer, simply put, and while current Alone in the Darks have actually been really various from Frictional'’s video games, there'’s absolutely nothing stating that Hedberg can’t take it in a brand-new, more gut-level-horrific instructions.

A launch date for Alone in the Dark hasn’t been revealed at this moment, however it will be playable at Gamescom 2022, which runs August 24-28. Given that, I would anticipate (or a minimum of hope) that a release can’t be too away.