We've not heard much from THQ Nordic's Alone in the Dark reboot since its surprise unveiling last year, but now the pro…
, but now the promising project is back with a 25th October release date and - for the impatient among us - a playable prologue that's available now.
The original Alone in the Dark, for those too young to remember, released in 1992 and offered a genuinely groundbreaking journey into the unknown. It's widely considered to be the granddaddy of the survival horror genre, pioneering the fixed-camera spook-house formula that would go on to influence the likes of Resident Evil and Silent Hill.
THQ Nordic's reimagined version of Alone in the Dark - which is being handled by Swedish developer Pieces Interactive with Soma and Amnesia: The Dark Descent writer Mikael Hedberg at the helm - takes the basic premise of the 1992 original, in which private detective Edward Carnby helps Emily Hartwood investigate her uncle's suicide at the gloomy Derceto Mansion, and cranks up the Southern Gothic as it attempts to filter the originals' blend of exploration, combat, puzzles, and story...
There's plenty about THQ's reboot, from its striking Southern Gothic aesthetic to its Dark Jazz soundtrack , that's absolutely hammering my horror-loving buttons, and equally curious players can take their first tentative steps into the new Alone in the Dark via a playable prologue episode on
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