Tag: Frictional Games

The Launch Trailer For Frictional Games’ Terrifying ‘SOMA’ Is Here!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: Finally, finally, finally, Frictional Games’ SOMA is here.

The game looks like a terrifying mixture of two of gaming’s scariest titles, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and Bioshock, and I cannot wait to play if for 20 minutes until I get too scared and have to turn it off. Seriously.

In the game, “The radio is dead, food is running out, and the machines have started to think they are people. Underwater facility PATHOS-II has suffered an intolerable isolation and we’re going to have to make some tough decisions. What can be done? What makes sense? What is left to fight for?”

It’s a sci-fi horror game that questions our concepts of identity, consciousness, and what it means to be human, and it’s available right now for Windows, OS X, Linux, and PS4.

Watch the launch trailer below, and let us know what your favourite survival horror game is!

‘Amnesia: The Dark Descent’ Is FREE For The Next 24 Hours On Steam!

by Shane O'Hare

Holy crap! The game that helped reinvent the horror genre, and spawned one of the FUNNIEST lets plays I have ever seen, is currently FREE for the next 24 hours on Steam!

Developer/Publisher Frictional Games has given us many a gift, a gift of spooky specters and ghastly goblins (like that grade school alliteration? Yeah you do!). To celebrate the upcoming release of their next game, SOMA, we’re getting the classic for free!

To help you prepare yourself for the imminent release of SOMA, we have decided to have a sale with an 80% discount on all our previous games. Hurry and you’ll get Amnesia: The Dark Descent for free during the next 24 hours and the game will remain in your library forever.

If you pre-order SOMA you’ll get a 10% discount and you’ll be able to preload the game starting tonight.

So head on over to the official Steam page and secure yourself a copy! GOOD LUCK!

‘Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs’ Looks Wonderfully Terrifying!

by Derek Kraneveldt

If you’re a gamer of any sort, it’s very likely that you’ve heard of (or maybe even played) Frictional Games’ wonderful Amnesia: The Dark Descent. The game is nearly three years old, and we arguably haven’t seen a more terrifying (or even as terrifying) title since.

The current king of horror is soon to have a new challenger, though this time it’s in the form of a sequel instead of a competing title. Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs will launch in early 2013, and already looks scary as hell. Frictional games has stated that the A Machine For Pigs will not be a direct sequel, and instead will feature a different plot, different characters, and different events. They’ve also partnered with thechineseroom (developers of Dear Esther) for development of the title.

Frictional recently released a quick teaser for the new game, and it looks exactly as you would expect it to. Check it out below, and as always, let us know what you think!