Amnesia: Rebirth Announced for PC and PS4

<p>News from Frictional Games&comma; developers the Amnesia series have announced their latest title <em>Amnesia&colon; Rebirth&period; <&sol;em>This will be the followup to the critically acclaimed Amnesia&colon; The Dark Descent&comma; and will be released on PlayStation 4 and PC &lpar;Steam&rpar; later this year&period; No news whether this will be for release for Xbox One as of yet&period; <span id&equals;"more-309502"><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For those who are unaware&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;amnesia-the-dark-descent-giveaway&sol;">Amnesia&colon; The Dark Descent<&sol;a> is considered a horror classic and one that started a very popular trend in horror that games <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;outlast-releasing-on-pc-this-september&sol;">like Outlast<&sol;a> would follow&period; It implemented elements of Cosmic horror and fear infused gameplay&period; The team behind it&comma; Frictional Games continued on their streak of success with an existential horror game you might know as <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;soma-live-action-series-debuts-alongside-game&sol;">SOMA<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-155096" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;03&sol;15130951&sol;Amnesia-Rebirth&lowbar;2020&lowbar;03-06-20&lowbar;005&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Amnesia Rebirth" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">What is Amnesia&colon; Rebirth&quest;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The sequel is set to bring us a new protagonist&comma; new location and a brand new story that will surely terrify us&period; As creative director Thomas Grip has stated in a recent <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;us&period;playstation&period;com&sol;2020&sol;03&sol;06&sol;frictional-games-reveals-horror-sequel-amnesia-rebirth&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">PlayStation Blog post<&sol;a>&colon; &&num;8220&semi;In horror&comma; repetition is a deadly sin&period; You need to keep players on their toes at all times&period; We’ve had to twist expectations&comma; refine old features&comma; and up the ante on everything you’ve seen from us&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As you might expect from a Frictional game&comma; we’re not simply going for a carnival attraction of jumpscares&period; Amnesia&colon; Rebirth is an emotionally harrowing journey—something different&comma; something less predictable&period; It will test you in ways you haven’t experienced before&comma; and will make you think about the things that really scare you&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">A New Spin on Amnesia<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>Of course&comma; we can&&num;8217&semi;t forget that some aspects of horror haven&&num;8217&semi;t aged that well&comma; either&period; The development team at Frictional Games is aware of the changes horror has faced as of late&period; According to the blog post&colon; &&num;8220&semi;These days&comma; simple horror isn’t enough&period; We want to take you beyond horror and out the other side — and see whether you’ll stand the weight of what we put you through&period; &&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Honestly&comma; it would be amazing if we got another attempt at the kind of horror brought by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;shadow-of-the-eternals-revealed-as-eternal-darkness-sequel&sol;">Eternal Darkness<&sol;a>&period; Amnesia brought the Sanity effect into its scares&period; However&comma; it didn&&num;8217&semi;t go above and beyond to scare the player with 4th wall breaking sequences&period; This could be a great time for Frictional to experiment with the kind of horror that would taunt the player as well as the protagonist&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You can watch the announcement trailer below&period; You can also visit the official website <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;amnesiarebirth&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">here for more information<&sol;a>&period; Amnesia is due for release this Fall&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"3NiQAlGUw&lowbar;o" title&equals;"Amnesia&colon; Rebirth - Announcement trailer"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;3NiQAlGUw&lowbar;o"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;3NiQAlGUw&lowbar;o&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Amnesia&colon; Rebirth - Announcement trailer"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;