VG247:
'Speaking to videogaming247, Atari has just confirmed that Alone in the Dark will hit Europe on June 20 in Europe and June 24 in the US.
The game has been put back from May to ensure the game's as good as it can be.
"The game has been delayed to allow Eden Games - obviously, they're an Atari-owned studio - to polish the game to an even higher standard. Wwe want to ddeliver the best possible experience to gamer, because we have a remarkable product.
"We've been getting an incredible response from the people that have seen it in demos. We'll soon be supplying code to the market."'
Alone in the Dark developer Pieces Interactive has been hit with layoffs a month after its release, as per the latest information.
That genuinely, genuinely sucks. The reboot has clear flaws, but it really felt like a solid first step for this team to receive *greater* investment.
That's standard. Teams are together for a Project, after its done some..and sometimes most devs are fired until the next Project is in the works and people are needed again. Only the core members stay in the time between the hot phase of the game development.
What’s annoying is people don’t understand how contractors work, either. All of this is uninformed knee-jerk reactions without any understanding of how employment works in this industry. There are key developers and staff that stay with a studio/publisher, but often times it’s a hire per project and then seeking new employment for a project. That’s how it’s always been…
VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "In one sense, it feels strange to even think Pieces Interactive had big shoes to fill with this series' legacy. Given what's come before, did it really? And yet, even when considering the last two flops over a two-decade span, there's still something about Alone in the Dark emblazoned on a title screen that carries a sense of revered history. In that respect, perhaps this reboot's best accomplishment is in honoring that spirit through its inventive world. It's also fair to emphasize knocks against its survival-horror design, some puzzle-solving, and so on; it certainly won't be considered a trendsetter like the 1992 classic. Still, the amount of goodwill wedded to its brighter qualities makes for something that dawdles the line between unfortunately-flawed and impressively-enticing."
The new Alone in the Dark remake doesn't do anything especially noteworthy, but that doesn't mean it's bad. It's just... cromulent.
Not sure about this one anymore. Last year it was on my buy list but now its just on my wait and see list. Maybe the yeat delay was to make it better but now its up against better competition too so we will see.
I am still very excited for this game. I hope this can help bring Atari back. Can't wait to try it.
Definately getting this.A few extra days wait is okay.
Then, it came across as everything being heavily scripted,and Im not a fan of that.the A.I is also not up to scratch.but, the bit that took me over the edge from must buy to maybe,was when they keep talking about the physics,and everythng breaks apart, and when they toppled the table over, it looks like 5 pieces of wood chunks are glued together to make the surface lol and if u shoot anywhere on it,the chunk thats 'glued' there breaks apart exactly at the 'glued' points lol,I mean,bragging about scripted physics like that is lame
this games gonna be wierd. they said it was gonna be episodic but then are we gonna have to pay 10$ for each episode? and wait even more time for the rest of the levels?