Tag Archives: frictional games

Sun, Apr 21, 2013 | 23:55 BST

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs screens are dark as the hearts of puppy kickers

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You remember how important light was in Amnesia: The Dark Descent – or maybe you don’t because you sensibly dissociated and buried the memories forever. It looks like light’s going to play a major rolle in followup Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, too, if these almost unbelievably dark screenshots are anything to go by.

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Tue, Feb 19, 2013 | 23:51 GMT

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs complete, expected in Q2

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Thechineseroom’s long-awaited Amnesia sequel has been tentatively scheduled for a second quarter launch.

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Thu, Dec 06, 2012 | 19:48 GMT

Epic, Frictional, and Microsoft talks added to GDC 2013 schedule

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GDC organizers have announced three new sessions for GDC 2013. The first is a production track session from Epic Games called “Building Epic Worlds through the Strengths of Artsourcing” hosted by Epic producer Chris Mielke. The second talk announced is a design session track called “The Self, Presence and Storytelling” which will be given by Frictional Game’s Thomas Grip. Finally, and audio track session titled “Crossing the Streams: Game Audio Rule Breakers of the Past Decade” will be presented by Microsoft’s Scott Selfon. GDC 2013 takes place March 25 – 29 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Wed, Nov 07, 2012 | 20:55 GMT

Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs will be “fairly traditional yet quietly radical in other ways,” says Pinchbeck

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Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs will be “fairly traditional in some ways,” yet “quietly radical in others,” according to thechineseroom’s Dan Pinchbeck.

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Fri, Aug 17, 2012 | 10:10 BST

Amnesia designer: ‘Why haven’t we advanced storytelling in games?’

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Frictional Games’ co-founder Thomas Grip had a good old rant over at gamescom 2012.

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Fri, Jun 15, 2012 | 05:23 BST

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs teaser celebrates Humble Bundle success

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To thank fans for throwing support behind the Humble Bundle V, which featured Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Frictional Games has pushed out a teaser video for indrect sequel A Machine for Pigs.

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Wed, May 02, 2012 | 10:32 BST

Amnesia dev: Horror games should “reach into” the real world as well as virtual

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Horror games should have the ability to reach into the real world with its terror, not just virtually, Amnesia developer Frictional Games has said.

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Thu, Feb 23, 2012 | 03:43 GMT

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is real, may launch by Halloween

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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs has been announced as a collaboration between thechineseroom and Frictional Games.

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Sun, Feb 19, 2012 | 21:58 GMT

Rumour: Amnesia, Dear Esther devs to collaborate on A Machine for Pigs

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Frictional Games has revealed the title of its next release, but Internet sleuths think they’ve uncovered much more.

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Fri, Feb 10, 2012 | 15:10 GMT

Frictional Games teases next Amnesia, may be set in China

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Frictional is teasing its next game, and it appears it may be a sequel to Amnesia: The Dark Decent and set in China.

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Sat, Sep 10, 2011 | 17:42 BST

Frictional dissects Dark Descent figures, announces console future

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Frictional Games has said it sold a little over 391,102 copies of its survival horror game, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and 75 percent of sales for the game were accrued through discounted offers.

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Thu, Mar 03, 2011 | 07:22 GMT

RDR, Minecraft and Amnesia scoop big GDC awards

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Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption was the main winner of the night at the Game Developers Choice Awards, while the 2011 Independent Games Festival Awards have also been kind to favourites Minecraft and Amnesia: The Dark Descent

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Wed, Feb 16, 2011 | 08:36 GMT

THQ to publish Amnesia: The Dark Descent in US

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THQ has announced it’s to publish Amnesia: The Dark Descent at retail.

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Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 02:49 GMT

Amnesia: The Dark Descent moves 200K units since September

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IGF finalist Frictional Games has announced that its dreary and quite scary horror title Amnesia: The Dark Descent has moved over 200K units since its release in September 2010.

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Thu, Apr 02, 2009 | 07:05 BST

Frictional working on dismal puzzle game, Unknown

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Frictional Games is currently working on a new puzzle-oriented game titled Unknown.

Looks like it will be following in the same footsteps as the firm’s previous titles Penumbra: Overture and Penumbra: Black Plague.

The game is slated for a Q2 release in 2010. There’s a video of it posted after the break.

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