

Artist Guy Davis was recruited to design the monsters featured in the game.

It will feature an original plot that incorporates characters from the first three Alone in the Dark games. The game was written by Mikael Hedberg, who had previously worked at Frictional Games on Soma and Amnesia: The Dark Descent. The team was inspired by the success of Resident Evil 2 in 2019, and Resident Evil 3 in 2020. Pieces Interactive, which was most known for making Magicka 2, commenced the game's development in 2019. Three years after the poor reception of Alone in the Dark: Illumination, then-owner Atari SA sold the Alone in the Dark franchise to THQ Nordic on September 2018. Gameplay Īlone in the Dark will feature an "over-the-shoulder" third-person perspective, similar to the recent remakes in the Resident Evil franchise, combat is available with a firearm, or melee weapon as shown by the reveal trailer. The game follows Emily Hartwood ( Jodie Comer) and private investigator Edward Carnby ( David Harbour) as they travel to Derceto Manor, a home for the mentally fatigued, to investigate the disappearance of Jeremy Hartwood, Emily's uncle.

It is the seventh mainline entry in the Alone in the Dark. The game is set to release on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S in October 2023.

But it couldn't have been worse than the Uwe Boll movie of the same name.Alone in the Dark is an upcoming survival horror game developed by Pieces Interactive and published by THQ Nordic. One of the four-player action title's Steam user comments, which are mostly negative, reads: "How could anyone sell something like this? This needs to be removed from steam and existence," giving you an idea of its quality. A reboot arrive in 2001 that received above average reviews, while a 2008 reboot, which I recall was pretty bad, got panned by critics and users alike.Īnother AitD game launched in 2015, this one called Alone in the Dark: Illumination. There were three main entries in the series released between 19. With its 3D characters, jump scares, and tank controls, the first Alone in the Dark game paved the way for the survival horror genre. Additionally, the video game publisher has acquired the intellectual property rights for Act of War, which also comes from Atari Europe. What just happened? Alone in the Dark, the 1992 PC title considered to be the grandfather of 3D survival horror games such as Resident Evil, has just had its IP rights purchased by THQ Nordic.
