Tagged: horror

Chapter Menus in Alone in the Dark

Following up on their episodic format for Alone in the Dark, Atari has announced that the game will feature a DVD-style chapter menu, which will allow players to rewind or fast-forward through the game. Players can play through any chapter they want, whenever they want. However, the ending will only be unlocked once the full game has been played through.

It will also feature a “previously on…” cinematic before each chapter, showing gameplay and story moments from past sessions.

Alone in the Dark is due out next month for PC, PS2, Xbox 360 and Wii. A PS3 version is in the works for release later this year.

Alone in the Dark OST Announced

aitd-ost-coverFurther hyping the upcoming Alone in the Dark game, Atari and Milan Records today announced their collaboration to release the soundtrack for the horror game on May 24. The score was composed by Olivier Deriveire and performed by world famous, Grammy Award-winning choir The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices.

“For its first release of a video game soundtrack, Milan Records is very proud to be associated with such a classic series as Alone in the Dark,” said Nick Bobetsky, VP Sales and Marketing, MILAN RECORDS. “This is an original and powerful soundtrack, which goes beyond what you would normally expect in a video game.”

The game itself will ship to stores on June 20 and June 24 in Europe and North America, respectively, for PS2, Wii, PC and Xbox 360; the PS3 version will be released sometime later this year. Below is the full track listing for the soundtrack:

  1. Prelude to an End
  2. Edward Carnby
  3. The Fissure
  4. Collapsing Floors
  5. The Façade
  6. Reception Hall
  7. The Humanz
  8. Who Am I?
  9. Central Park
  10. Crying NY
  11. Loneliness
  12. Bethesda Fight
  13. Killing The Fissure
  14. No More Humans
  15. Truth
  16. Niamam
  17. The Light Carrier Test
  18. Shto Li (A cappella)
  19. The Final Gate
  20. The Choice
  21. An End for a Prelude

Penumbra: Black Plague Storyline Revealed

The official storyline of Penumbra: Black Plague was recently revealed by its publisher Paradox Interactive. Here’s the scoop:

Penumbra: Black Plague is a creepy and dark psychological horror experience featuring the adventures of Philip as he sets of in search of his dead father.

A letter from a dead man.

A secret buried beneath frozen wasteland.

A dark, sinister family mystery.

Philip’s life will never be the same again…

Trapped in a shadowy, underground complex, intrepid explorer Philip is determined to discover the truth behind his father’s disappearance.

Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity. Can Philip master his fear and finally uncover the truth behind a mystery that has haunted him for a lifetime? Only you can decide…

The second and final entry in the series is scheduled for release worldwide during Q1 2008.