Studio Frictional Games revealed that their next project “Amnesia: Rebirth” is in full production and will be “horror-ish”. They also mentioned that it won’t be a horror game in Edge Magazine. In a new blog post they shared an update on the state of it’s new projects and also dug deeper into why the decision to take on these projects simultaneously was necessary. They explained that they might release games more frequently but it doesn’t reliant on every project being a hit. Last year the studio revealed that it was working on two new games. They brought us some unforgettable happy fun times like Soma, Penumbra and Amnesia: The dark Descent.
Their first project is in full production. But they wanted to explore some new avenues that’s why their development was recently sidetracked. The success of Soma was huge which has now sold approximately 650,000 copies. Which is a very good result but also counts every single download of the game as a sale regardless of it’s price. While working on the new stuff, it continues to generate enough revenue to keep Frictional in the black. Grip mentioned that the studio’s approach to returning to the Amnesia series it’s part in the Let’s pay Phenomenon. Set in the same world as Amnesia: The dark Descent, The Dark Descent will take players to the desolute Algerian desert as Tasi Trianon. Players will go on a journey that will let them explore the limits of human resilience. To tease the announcement a series of cryptic footage videos and audio files were released. Then upcoming sequel to Amnesia was first announced earlier this year
Creative Director Grip said “Horror undertones will exist, because our esthetic senses have some sort, but this isn’t the hard focus.”