Alone in the Dark

Developer: Eden
Format: Xbox 360, PC, PS3, Wii, PS2
Genre: Survival Horror

Survival horror taken to the next level

Shockingly bad Christian Slater movie aside, Alone in the Dark is a bullet-proof series that pretty much kickstarted the survival horror genre before crossing over to the big screen and now finally getting its next-gen outing on Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. The original Alone in the Dark is the video game that launched survival gaming and set the standard within the genre. Now the series returns with a heart-stopping action survival experience realised through the use of state-of-the-art real-time physics and unprecedented environmental interaction.

The game is split into episodes in a TV series-style format. The developer, Eden Games has departed from the typical ten hour game based on film-style scripts and structures and focuses on TV-season format in order to deliver a constant sustained pace and high level of narrative intensity. Over the course of one apocalyptic night, hero Edward Carnby must uncover the earth-shattering secret hidden in New York's iconic Central Park.

With approximately 30-40 minutes of gameplay comprising each episode, the structure of Alone in the Dark is adapted for an audience familiar with the hard-hitting bite-size delivery of TV dramas, offering easy accessibility whether the player has hours to devote or only wants a quick TV-style fix. Every episode will close with a nail-biting cliff-hanger ending to rattle players' nerves, and if the player is leaving the game, a video teaser of the next episode will play to leave them wanting more.

Atari thinks it has the answer to the runaway success of the Resident Evil series of games. With both Alone in the Dark and Resident Evil 5 launching within 6 weeks of each other we're sure to find out soon enough!

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