

Prior to today’s announcement, Frictional began drip-feeding several mysterious videos hidden online that led up to today’s reveal. Frictional would go on to publish a sequel called Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs developed by The Chinese Room.Īfterward, Frictional would develop their own follow-up in 2015 called Soma, which isn’t set in the Amnesia universe but features many of Frictional’s hallmarks such as having an unreliable protagonist and ambiguous memory. The no-combat horror game was a popular mainstay for YouTubers and streamers to show how brave (or not) they could be while playing the game. The difference is they won't just be a "cavalcade of cheap jumpscares." We asked if there will be a Safe mode like in Soma, but Grip says that they're still considering it and might even add a Hard mode on top of that, or something completely different.Īmnesia: The Dark Descent was released in 2010 where it became a viral hit online. Grip says that Rebirth is the "most location diverse game" Frictional has done so far.Įmotion and sophisticated storytelling is the name of the game for Rebirth, but the team will still keep the scares.

Rebirth will have strong ties to the original game, and even the setting of the Algerian desert was referenced in The Dark Descent. Achieve this has been one of the core goals during development." To have this really scary game, with all what you expect from an Amnesia sequel, but to also add an emotional journey on top. "Now with SOMA under our belt, and a ton of experience in just that, it felt like the right time to tackle it. "I personally always thought that Amnesia: The Dark Descent lacked a good narrative on a player journey level," Frictional Games co-founder Thomas Grip tells IGN. There are what appears to be caverns outfitted with traps, and you can briefly see the silhouette of a creature in a sandstorm.

The trailer is light on details but it’s immediately clear that Trianon finds herself in hostile territory.
