Frictional Games co-founder Thomas Grip discusses Amnesia: The Bunker and the art of horror games in this Kotaku inte…
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You can get Soma for free today on GOG. You can go to the game’s store page and simply claim it. We reviewed the game positively when it came out back in 2015.
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Psychological horror game SOMA is coming to Xbox One on Dec 1 with a new mode that removes the monsters. The idea behind “safe mode” is to let players experience “the atmosphere and story of SOMA free of harm.” Last year, a Steam user released a mod for the PC version that did the same thing, and frankly, it made the…
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Six months after the release of SOMA, developer Frictional Games has revealed its changing up its future plans in a big way by developing two games at once. It was five years between Amnesia and SOMA. They revealed one of the games may downplay horror, but things seems in flux right now.
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When the credits rolled on SOMA, my head fell into my hands. I felt relief that the harrowing journey was over, and…
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The developers of horror classic Amnesia: The Dark Descent will release their new game, SOMA, on September 22. Set underwater, it’s coming to both PlayStation 4 and PC. There’s a new gameplay trailer, too.
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The latest teaser trailer for SOMA was released today and suggests that the games takes place in an underwater…