The game will constantly encourage you to survive against the odds: New details of the restart of Alone in the Dark

Studio Pieces Interactive, which develops the new Alone in the Dark, shared the latest details of the game with the press at Gamescom 2022.

The authors prefer to call the project not a restart or remake, but a "love letter" to the original game of 1992.

Despite returning to Derseto Manor in the 1920s with the old protagonists, players will have a fresh look at the history.

Writer Michael Hedberg (Amnesia: The Dark Descent, SOMA) used only some elements from the original as a starting point, deciding to write a completely new story.

Old fans will still find familiar things for themselves, but perhaps in a different context or setting.

For example, some characters that were only briefly mentioned in the original 1992, in the new game will become a full part of the story.

As in the original, the game can be played for Edward Carnby or Emily Hartwood.

The character selected as the game character will become the dominant main character, while the second one will play the role of the NPC.

The developers first pondered the idea of staying true to the roots of the series and retaining the static camera, but eventually moved to a free view with a view from behind the shoulder, as in the remake of Resident Evil 2.

Alone in the Dark will constantly encourage players to survive against the odds of limited resources and in situations often designed to escape rather than battle, and items will be scattered across locations to help fight off attacks.

There at Gamescom, the developers confirmed that the playable prologue shown at the exhibition would later be made freely available. Alone in the Dark does not have a release date yet.

The project has been in development since the end of 2019 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. The first information about the game can be found here.