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Amnesia creator teases sci-fi scares in Soma

By Alice O'Connor, Oct 01, 2013 9:30am PDT

Frictional Games may have helped out on spooky sequel Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs but thechineseroom did the bulk of development, so what has the series' creator been up to these past few years? Today it released a live-action trailer teasing its next project, which appears ...

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"I don't know what's happening in the video... but it really does seem SCP inspired from the ..."

- Dunwich see all 6 comments

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs writer on the question Hitler and Stalin would ask

By Ozzie Mejia, Sep 30, 2013 4:40pm PDT

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is a frightening experience filled with horrific imagery and scary pig people. But writer Dan Pinchbeck says that the scariest creature of all just might be man.

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"I wish games could be like movies and I could get the directors cut edition. I NEED ME SOME PORK ..."

- Disarray see all 2 comments

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs review: streamlined terror

By Ozzie Mejia, Sep 13, 2013 12:00pm PDT

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs carries a combination of Frictional's penchant for psychological terror and The Chinese Room's knack for creating a thought-provoking narrative, making this a game worth playing with the lights out.

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"Sanity meter was one of the shittiest mechanics, glad to see they got rid of it. I'll give this ..."

- StriderNL see all 16 comments

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs squeals out on September 10

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 16, 2013 7:00am PDT

Internet, you have 25 days left to giggle into your hands because, you guys, that beer/bowl/hat/car is made of bacon can you believe it! Come September 10, pork and flesh will become terrifying, as The Chinese Room has confirmed that's when Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs will f...

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"I heard they will use the machine to get back at those damn birds."

- ahk-med see all 10 comments

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs now due end of summer

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 07, 2013 6:00am PDT

With the end of June approaching and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs's marketing machine not ratcheting up, it's no surprise that the scare 'em up is missing its planned Q2 release. Still, chin up, the wait isn't that much longer: expect to be yelling into your webcam towards th...

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"Hahah, yeah. They should add successful before "indie developer""

- Zollington see all 12 comments

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs aiming for Q2

By Alice O'Connor, Feb 20, 2013 6:45am PST

Start stockpiling rubber sheeting and clean underwear as Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs should arrive some time from April to June, Amnesia creator Frictional Games has revealed. Dear Esther developer thechineseroom is the main force behind this semi-sequel to Frictional's Amne...

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"Argh. For some reason I had it in my mind that I'd be playing this and squealing like a little ..."

- David Craddock see all 3 comments

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs trailer creeps out

By Alice O'Connor, Oct 31, 2012 6:00am PDT

"This world is a machine. A machine for pigs. Fit only for the slaughtering of pigs," says a new trailer for Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, surely one of the greatest names in horror games. Come celebrate Halloween with a peek at some of the things that'll terrify you next yea...

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"The areas in the trailer actually did look a bit better to me, but I'm far more interested in ..."

- Arceihn see all 17 comments

Amnesia: The Dark Descent becomes a million seller

By Andrew Yoon, Sep 10, 2012 3:45pm PDT

When is a game too successful to be considered indie? Frictional Games' indie horror game, Amnesia: The Dark Descent has become a million seller.

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"Yeah, I agree. If development is independently funded then that's enough. Self publication is ..."

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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs delayed into 2013

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 13, 2012 3:00pm PDT

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is looking mighty fine and unpleasant but, alas, you'll have to wait a while longer to play it. Previously due this fall, it's now expected in early 2013.

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"Sad that it's delayed, but it will be every bit as good (or better) than the first and therefore ..."

- ajvitaly see all 3 comments

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs' squealin' debut trailer

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 15, 2012 7:30am PDT

The first in-game teaser trailer for Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs has arrived, showing the horror spilling out into the streets of a gloomy city, and glimpses of a horrifying pig.

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"Yay. Amnesia scared the bejeesus out of me. And I loved every minute of it."

- TheGeneMachine see all 9 comments

Amnesia dev: 'Little has evolved' in horror

By Alice O'Connor, Apr 30, 2012 1:30pm PDT

Frictional Games has been making horror games for many moons but really proved its chiller-chops with Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Co-founder Thomas Grip is a little disappointed in how slowly the genre's developed, though, laying his hopes for the genre's future.

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"Penumbra's puzzles with Amensia's atmosphere would make for the perfect horror game."

- ajvitaly see all 10 comments

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs coming from Dear Esther dev

By Steve Watts, Feb 22, 2012 12:00pm PST

Amnesia's sequel is titled 'A Machine for Pigs,' and is being developed by Dear Esther studio thechineseroom.

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"Frictional is only publishing the game, can't you read ????????? Where the **** does it say ..."

- pulkmees see all 26 comments

Frictional teasing new Amnesia

By Steve Watts, Feb 10, 2012 11:45am PST

Amnesia: The Dark Descent developer Frictional Games has set up a teaser site for an apparent follow-up to the title, dropping nebulous clues about China.

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"I have played all of the games from this developer. They are really good at building ..."

- messatsu13 see all 11 comments

Amnesia: The Dark Descent retrospective

By Ozzie Mejia, Oct 13, 2011 8:15am PDT

To commemorate the Amnesia: The Dark Descent’s one year anniversary, I spoke to Friction Games' Jens Nilsson for a retrospective.

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"The prison level from Amnesia is the scariest level I have ever played out of all the games I ..."

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