‘Alone in the Dark’ reboot affirmed for PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC

There have been thunderings for some time that a redo of Alone in the Dark was underway and THQ Nordic affirmed at its late summer showcase that the reports are (somewhat) valid. It’s bringing a “reimagining” of the 1992 classic to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and PC, however didn’t uncover when to anticipate it.

The Lovecraftian original is broadly viewed as the first 3D survival horror game (it procured a Guinness World Record stating so a lot), yet there hasn’t been an Alone in the Dark title beginning around 2015. This will likewise be THQ Nordic’s most memorable passage since it purchased the series from Atari in 2018.

The single-player reimagining from developer Pieces Interactive will feature an original story from Mikael Hedberg, the author of Soma and Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and creature designs from long term Guillermo del Toro teammate Guy Davis. The game will incorporate characters, places and themes from the ’90s trilogy. It’s actually set in the American South during the 1920s and highlights the first game’s protagonists, Emily Hartwood and Edward Carnby, as playable characters. Notwithstanding, THQ Nordic says every one of the adversaries will be brand new.

Past Alone in the Dark, the publisher had plenty more to flaunt during the stream, like new looks at SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake, Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed and AEW Fight Forever. Other new uncovers included real-time methodology game Tempest Rising; an open-world arcade racer called Wreckreation; and Space available to be purchased, in which you assemble homes on procedurally produced planets and offer them to outsider clients.