By John Walker on September 7th, 2010.
Frictional’s first full-length game, and a successor to their Penumbra series, comes out tomorrow. Amnesia is a combination of classic haunted castle horror with their unique first-person adventuring. Is it good? Is it scary? (Let me give you a clue: flipping yes, and oh good grief yes.) Read on to find out just exactly Wot it is that I Think.
By Kieron Gillen on September 3rd, 2010.
SvDvorak was first with the news that in the lead up to its release on the 8th, the Amnesia: The Dark Descent demo is out there. Don’t look at it directly! Stay in the shadows! Be careful not to go insane! You can get the game on PC, beardy-PC or haircut-PC from any of these places. You should definitely give this a shot. I’ve only played a couple of hours of Amnesia and it’s already the scariest game of 2010. And new demo, complete with developer voice-over, shows off exactly what the physics allows…
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By Kieron Gillen on August 28th, 2010.
Exciting news for people being scared out of their tiny fucking wits. Frictional – the maker of the Penumbra games – have just finished their new game, Amnesia: The Dark Descent. It’ll be available on September 8th, from most of the direct download places or their own site. In short, story and atmosphere heavy first person game where you’re pretty much defenceless. Have a nose at Walker’s impressions of early code here. John is currently playing it for your edification, and I believe Quinns is reviewing it for Eurogamer, so expect to have their opinions emerge between now and then. In the mean time, here’s a Going-Gold-gameplay-footage trailer…
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By Jim Rossignol on July 4th, 2010.
Frictional Games’ new horror title, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, is probably going to give me nightmares. They seem to be celebrating this with a new trailer, which sets the release date for Sepetember 8th, and reminds us why we should be interested in the gloomy spookiness of their game design. Feel vaguely disconcerted, below. (Also, the main site reveals that they are definitely planning a demo, which sounds like a good idea to me.)
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