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Leaked Screenshots And Box Art Reveal Alone In The Dark Reboot

Psychological horror is BACK baby

Waaay ahead of the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase 2022, one of it’s title announcements has found its way onto the Resetera forums – Alone In The Dark is being rebooted!

The facts:

  • Developed by Pieces Interactive
  • Two playable characters, Edward Carnby & Emily Hartwood. Both have separate campaigns with overlap
  • Set in the deep south in the 1920s
  • Survival-Horror, scarce supplies, backtracking, etc

The marketing for the game is also available to read, including mention of who is credited as story writer – Mikael Hedberg, author of both SOMA and Amnesia!

Psychological horror and Southern Gothic meet in this revisit of the survival-horror classic Alone in the Dark This love letter to the cult game of the 90s will make you live a story as sinister as memorable through the eyes of one of the two protagonists. As Edward Carnby or Emily Hartwood, explore the various environments, fight monsters, solve puzzles and discover the terrible truth about Derceto’s mansion… In the deep south of the United States during the 1920s, Emily Hartwood’s uncle disappeared. Accompanied by private detective Edward Carnby, she goes in search of him in the mansion of Derceto, a psychiatric asylum where prowls… Something. You will meet strange occupiers, nightmarish kingdoms, dangerous monsters, and lift the veil on an evil conspiracy. At the confluence between reality, mystery and madness, the adventure that awaits you may undermine your certainties. Who are you going to trust, what are you going to believe and what will you do next?‎

  • ‎Explore Derceto’s mansion in this revisit of Alone in the Dark, a true love letter to the 90s horror classic.‎
  • ‎Go back to the roots of psychological horror and experience an atmospheric adventure worthy of the game that founded the genre.‎
  • ‎Immerse yourself in a world punctuated by sounds that will give you goosebumps against a backdrop of doom jazz as memorable as it is hypnotic.‎
  • ‎Feel the adrenaline as you desperately try to survive a world where reality is beginning to crumble, evil lurks in every shadow, and ammunition is scarce.‎
  • ‎Experience this nightmare from the perspective of Emily Hartwood or Edward Carnby and unearth the dark secrets of a Gothic mansion.‎
  • Go beyond imagination through a complex psychological story written by cult screenwriter Mikael Hedberg, author of SOMA and Amnesia.‎

An of course, Twitter is now doing it’s round in sharing visuals of the title – displaying the grim 1920’s aesthetic that defines the title:

Paranormal creepiness looks aplenty – can’t wait to see it in action!

The THQ Nordic Showcase takes place today (13 Aug 2022) at 8am AEST.

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Written By Ash Wayling

Known throughout the interwebs simply as M0D3Rn, Ash is bad at video games. An old guard gamer who suffers from being generally opinionated, it comes as no surprise that he is both brutally loyal and yet, fiercely whimsical about all things electronic. On occasion will make a youtube video that actually gets views. Follow him on YouTube @Bad at Video Games

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