Atari today announced their new releasedates for december 2006 and 2007. Most interesting is probably Alone in the Dark 4, the game is coming for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and good old Playstation 2 in March 2007.
Complete releaselist:
04.12.06 - Blade Dancer (PSP, RPG)
07.12.06 - Point Blank (NDS, Shooter)
14.12.06 - Totally Spies 2 (NDS, Family)
14.12.06 - Thrillville (PS2/PSP, Simulation)
Dezember 2006 - Metal Slug Anthology (PSP, Shooter)
11.01.07 - The King of Fighters XI (PS2, Fighting)
18.01.07 - Arthur &The Minimoys (PS2/PSP/NDS/GBA, Action/Adventure)
18.01.07 - Metal Slug 1 (GBA, Shooter)
25.01.07 - SNK VS Capcom Card Figthers (NDS, Trading Card Spiel)
25.01.07 - Vegas Casino (NDS, Family)
25.01.07 - Actua Pool (NDS, Action)
31.01.07 - Samurai Shodown (PS2, Fighting)
Januar 2007 - King of Fighters Maximum Impact 2 inkl. Movie DVD (PS2, Fighting)
Januar 2007 - Metal Slug Anthology (Wii, Action)
08.02.07 - Battle Zone (PSP, Action)
15.02.07 - Test Drive Unlimited (PS2/PSP, Rennspiel)
22.02.07 - Hot PXL (PSP, Arcade)
08.03.07 - Bullet Witch (Xbox 360, Action)
22.03.07 - Dungeon & Dragons Tactics (PSP, RPG)
22.03.07 - Tamagotchi Connexion Corner Shop 2 (NDS, Simulation)
29.03.07 - Gunpey (PSP/NDS, Action)
März 2007 - Alone in the Dark 7 (PS3/PS2/Xbox 360, Action/Adventure)
As we gear up for an all-new third Test Drive Unlimited instalment, Solar Crown, now is the perfect time to look back and discover why the 2006 original was so revered.
From GameWatcher: "Embracer has shut down Pieces Interactive, the studio that recently developed the Alone in the Dark Reboot for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.
Pieces Interactive, acquired by THQ Nordic in 2017, worked on the Titan Quest franchise. Its most recent game, Alone in the Dark, received mixed critical reception at launch but was improved with subsequent patches."
Like we did not see this coming. Pieces and Alone in the Dark, had a kick me sign on their back the entire dev cycle to release. Perfect example of not reading current market trends, bad forecasting, marketing and release.
Why is it the perfect example?? It was actually one of the few games that did all those things well. In fact considering the current environment in the industry it actually did all those things very well.
The problem was the game itself was just rough around the edges and that’s the problem we currently have in the industry it’s hard to release something like that when everybody wants perfection and the developer and publisher doesn’t have enough to pay off all the reviewers.. it has a large cult following and had potential to be exactly what survival horror fans have been crying out for while they were waiting for silent hill 2. Don’t see what market trends and forecasting has anything to do with it at all. I don’t remember it fighting in its release window either.
Alone in the Dark would've gained more praise if it released in 2022, well before Alan Wake II and other horror projects
The demo they released a while back didn't leave a good impression, and it seems like they were riding far too much on Jodie Comer and David Hayter to be the driving force to buy the game. They're both great actors, but their performance on this game from what I've seen felt very stiff/forced - like they were out of their comfort zones. It's a shame to see another studio closure, though, and I hope the people effected (affected? I always get it wrong) can find more work soon.
Embracer's takeaway from this will probably be that they should focus on live service games.
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…
That's a fair point too. I would say that in light of its tepid critical/commercial response and ongoing mass layoffs across the industry I think it's understandable for fans to worry about the longer-term implications. We'll see how it plays out in the future.
No confirmation, no links, no official ATARI source!!
WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU!!! STOP POSTING RUBBISH!!
TO THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THIS SITE STOP POSTING THIS NONSENSE!!
how is this rubbush i for one wanted to know when this games gonna come it i read an interview on it and it seemed very promising
I'm not sure where you get rubbish. Oh and the caps lock is about 3 millimeters from a so I think it's easy enough to turn it off. It's is a Monday though so maybe you just woke up on the wrong side of the bed today
That website seems to be a haven for people with no brains. Anyone can make up nonsense, where is the official statement by ATARI?
For ones, check other gaming websites and you'll see the same list that's posted here. And the so called 'German' ( which is not, every dumbass dic khead knowns NL is for Netherlands you retards ) site has the news from their source Gamefront.de which is a very large German gaming website.