THQ Nordic has announced it has moved the release of Alone in the Dark into March.
]]>Alone in the Dark has an extended trailer available titled Looking for Jeremy.
]]>You will not be playing the Alone in the Dark reboot this October/Halloween as you may have originally planned. THQ Nordic announced today that the game has been pushed back to January 16, 2024.
]]>At today's THQ Nordic 2022 Digital Showcase, developer Pieces Interactive announced an Alone in the Dark reboot, due to release on PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC. There's no release date yet, but in a behind-closed-doors preview event, we were told the game is currently in 'pre-alpha' – so don't expect it anytime soon (though it has been in development since 'late 2019').
]]>THQ Nordic has finalized its acquisition of Alone in the Dark and Act of War from Atari.
]]>The Alone in the Dark: Illumination multiplayer closed beta starts today, and to get in on the fun, you just need to pre-order the game through Steam.
]]>The private beta period for Alone in the Dark: Illumination starts on January 29.
]]>You've seen the screenshots from Alone in the Dark: Illumination already, but how about some dreary environmental art? Look no further.
]]>No joke. Atari will release a new Alone in the Dark game for PC this autumn, as well as revisiting Haunted House.
]]>Two re-imagined versions of two classic titles, Alone in the Dark and Haunted House are coming to PC in fall 2014.
]]>Survival Horror appears to be stuck in a rut. VG247's Dave Cook asks if the genre has turned into a husk, or if our expectations have merely shifted.
]]>When developing Alone in the Dark for Infogrames, Frederick Raynal said he had many ideas regarding how to scare players but found the best way to do it was to implement it into something they do all the time: walking.
]]>GDC organizers have announced the return of Classic Game Postmortems, and this year's line-up includes talks on Harvest Moon, Gauntlet, Alone in the Dark, and Fallout.
]]>Speaking at Games Convention this week, Eden Studios has said that it is bringing out a patch for Alone in the Dark 360 that will bring the game in line with the overhauled PS3 version.
]]>Microsoft just announced that the Alone in the Dark demo is now available on Xbox Live. It's a 1.35Gb download. Get to it.
]]>Ow. Eurogamer's panned the Wii version of Alone in the Dark, and it makes for pretty horrific reading, aptly enough. From the piece:
]]>According to this Videogamer piece, the PS3 version of Alone in the Dark won't hit until the company's fourth quarter. That's October at the earliest.
]]>Videogaming247 has learned this morning that one of the UK's biggest PC magazines is set to deliver a sub-60 percent score on Alone in the Dark, with more wince-worthy marks set to follow in the coming weeks.
]]>Last Alone in the Dark review score story, promise. IGN's given it a 7/10. We get it. And that's the end of that.
]]>Atari's issued a statement to GamesIndustry.biz saying it's happy with UK reviews of Alone in the Dark, but refused to comment on various legal rumours doing the rounds today.
]]>Atari just confirmed that the PC version of Alone in the Dark uses the unpopular SecuROM online protection system for verification.
"This requires that in addition to the content on the game disk, players download an additional component via an internet connection in order to install and run the game," said the firm in a statement. "Once the game has been correctly installed and activated, it can be played whilst offline.
"To install the game on a different computer, players must revoke the serial number when uninstalling from the first machine (this is an automatic option during the uninstall process)."
The game's minimum spec has also been released.
All the details after the link.
]]>Eurogamer.de's posted its Alone in the Dark review, giving a 7/10 and an 8/10 over two opinions, close to its British counterpart.
]]>Alone in the Dark doesn't seem to be very popular among our Nordic brothers, as it now appears the Gamereactor Norway review wasn't just an ugly stain on an otherwise brilliant cloth.
]]>We skipped this last night as our German isn't the best and it's not the sort of thing you want to get wrong. According to this piece on 4players.de, Atari has pulled as ad campaign and is threatening legal action over its Alone in the Dark review.
]]>Gamereactor's put its Alone in the Dark review back up, and it's still got a 3/10 on it.
]]>Danish site Xbox Life is reporting that Atari only sent Alone in the Dark to Gamereactor Norway to review yesterday.
]]>Atari's released a "making of" movie for Alone in the Dark. Well, the intro to it, anyway. It's a few minutes of the Eden Games bods talking about the game's original pitch, how over-ambition sent them back to the drawing board, and so on.
After the link. The game releases for PC, Xbox 360, PS2 and Wii this Friday.
]]>After the break. The movie shows the Eden horror working with the Wii-mote, as you'd expect, and looks plenty good. The Wii version's out on June 20, which, again, is cool. Take a look.
]]>Atari's announced that Alone in the Dark is now gold for 360, PC, Wii and PS2.
“With its genre-busting mix of gameplay, wide-screen presentation style and DVD chapter select feature putting the player in control, Alone in the Dark will thrill all gamers,” said Infogrames boss Phil Harrison. “It’s a game which will challenge the player but also reward them with a one-of-a-kind video game experience and a huge amount of fun.”
It's out on June 20 in Europe. Press release after the link.
]]>Talking to the MTV multiplayer blog, Infogrames president Phil Harrison would not say one way or the other if Alone in the Dark PS3 will feature Home and trophy support.
]]>Atari's launched a "Keep the Fire Burning" competition for Alone in the Dark on the game's official site.
Prizes include a week-long trip to New York or Paris, Xbox 360 and Wii consoles and other stuff including original soundtrack CDs, t-shirts and art books.
The competition sounds like some odd chain letter affair, where you have to pass a virtual flame onto friends. The competition runs until July 31.
Press release after the link.
]]>Atari rolled out the red carpet in London last week for its pre-launch showing of Alone in the Dark, flying in a tired-looking Phil Harrison from New York to intro the game and give a few interviews. Talking to the big man is always a pleasure, and this time especially so, given his recent move from SCEE where he'd been ensconced for the past 15 years.
Harrison was in the UK to talk about the Eden action-adventure, but did answer a few questions on what it's been like to join ex-EA boss David Gardner at Atari, the future of the firm in general, affirmation of his belief that unconnected single-players games are tomorrow's dodos, and how he's been busy making a bunch of new friends.
After the link.
]]>Updating live from the Atari UK Alone in the Dark event in London. After the link.
]]>Speaking to Gamasutra, Atari games boss Phil Harrison has admitted that Alone in the Dark may well be the final "core" game Atari makes.
]]>A mass of media released overnight from a showing of Alone in the Dark in San Francisco on Monday.
The event was led by Phil Harrison himself, who gave video interviews to IGN and GameVideos (links below) and presented a lengthy showing of the game, as you can see in the movies after the break.
There's a wealth of stuff there for you, and from what we've seen this morning the game's looking genuinely hot.
As Harrison put it, "Technically and creatively they're hitting a lot of high points. They're putting the game into a very contemporary setting, but delivering that fantasy horror in a reall effective way, and I think as you saw in the presentation, there are a few moments that are absolute classic videogame moments. Being blown out of the side of a building and seeing the expanse of Central Park laid out in front of you, or driving the 59th Street level when the whole world is collapsing around you: it's a real outstanding videogame moment."
Fill your boots. Alone in the Dark's out for PC and 360 on June 20 in Europe.
- Phil Harrison video interview (IGN)
- Phil Harrison video interview (GameVideos)
- Hands-on with the 360 version (IGN)
- Hands-on with the Wii version (IGN)
- Hands-on preview (Destructoid)
- Hands-on preview (GameShark)
- Eight new HD movies (IGN)
- Audio interview with the developers (GamerTagRadio)
- Soundtrack listing with free samples (GoNintendo)
- New screens (Joystiq)
Two videos of the entire presentation, including an intro from Phil Harrison, after the link thanks to GamerTagRadio.
]]>The UK's BBFC's give a 15-rating to Atari's Alone in the Dark, and put up a precis of thre title's plot. See it here or after the link.
]]>Atari just sent over some new screens of the upcoming Alone in the Dark and a dev diary from lead designer Hervé Sliwa titled "Inspiration and Innovation". Find both through the link. The shots look hot.
]]>This one's fire-based, and shows off a lot of physics stuff that will presumably be used in puzzles. It's all looking very nice, still, but we'd really like to see some of the game now, if we're being honest. Movie's after the link.
]]>From Benjamin over at Eurogamer.de:
Atari told us yesterday that the PS3 version of Alone in the Dark is coming out in autumn. Eden Studios wants to adapt it instead of just doing a simple port. Additional content (episodes) might be possible for the PS3 version.
]]>According to a post on the official Atari forums, the demo of survival horror Alone in the Dark is going to be happening sooner rather than later.
]]>This could either be great or go, horribly, horribly wrong. Atari's launched a "sinister sightings" competition for Alone in the Dark, to run to June 26, inviting "intrepid photographers to upload their original photos of creepy and bizarre scenes witnessed in parks onto the photo gallery for the chance to win soundtrack CD’s and ultimately an Xbox 360 console."
We're saying nothing. Find the competition at the official site. Press release after the link.
]]>Here. There's a big blog update there from Alone in the Dark's American producer, Todd Slepian, some new screens (we think) and a new movie. All looking good for a May release, seemingly.
]]>Sorry, we missed this yesterday. Below is the second of Atari's "Real World Rules" trailers to show of Alone in the Dark tech. It looks absolutely bloody awesome, if we're being honest, showing how to control items in the hand, move ropes with pipes, set chairs on fire, use fire extinguishers, and so on. Really, do watch it.
]]>A tech demo movie of Atari's Alone in the Dark shows for the first time what a few key journalists have been quacking on about for the past six months - it really does looks amazing, at least from a technical standpoint. The New York-based horror game is set to release in May for consoles and PC. Well worth a look.
]]>In Atari's relentlessly bleak financials yesterday were a bunch of game confirmations we missed. Silly us.
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