Amnesia: The Dark Descent

PC, MAC / Action Adventure / Release: Sep 8, 2010 / ESRB: M

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Daily Filter: September 7, 2010

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter includes new media for R.U.S.E., Tron: Evolution, a new DLC trailer for Transformers: War for Cybertron, a "sound" trailer for the spooky Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a trailer featuring Rock Band 3 for the Nintendo DS, footage of World of Tanks, the debut trailer for Rulers of Nations as well as new videos for Kinect Sports, Kinect Joyride, and The Lord of the Rings Online. Read more »

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Amnesia: The Dark Descent Giveaway Celebrates Demo Release [Updated With Winners]

Update: The contest has ended and our five winners have been selected at random. RustySpannerz, passingstranger, Dick Marcinko, GOBGoat and funnyguy84 are the lucky lot who should check their Shackmessages for instructions on how to claim their prize.

Original: A 150MB-ish demo for Penumbra developer Frictional Games' new puzzling survival horror Amnesia: The Dark Descent can now be downloaded from FileShack in Windows, Mac and Linux flavours. Read more »

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Daily Filter: September 1, 2010

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter includes a ton of new videos for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and Aion. Other than that we've got a debut trailer for the PSN-exclusive Top Hand Rodeo Tour, DLC trailers for Mass Effect 2 and Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days as well as new media for Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Legend of Edda. Read more »

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Daily Filter: August 30, 2010

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter includes video for Company of Heroes Online, Medal of Honor, MySims SkyHeroes, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, The Secret World and UFC Undisputed 2010 on PSP. Read more »

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Daily Filter: August 10, 2010

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

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Amnesia Descending in September

Frictional Games has announced that its terrifying survival horror Amnesia: The Dark Descent will be released on September 8.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent will sneak onto Windows, Mac and Linux, priced at $20. Pre-ordering direct from Frictional for $18 will net you a key to activate the game on Steam. Read more »

"I hope these guys get the support that they deserve. They did a great job with the Penumbra ..."
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Shack PSA: Half-Off Amnesia Pre-Orders

Celebrating the inclusion of Penumbra Overture in the charity-driven pay-what-you-want Humble Indie Bundle, developer Frictional has briefly discounted the cost of pre-ordering its next game, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, by half.

The discount brings the survival-horror first-person shooter--once titled "Unknown" and currently expected to hit PC, Mac and Linux in August 2010--down to just $10. Read more »

"Must have. The trailers make this feel like a scary Arx Fatalis. I LOVE the interaction with ..."
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent Trailer Gives the Heebie-Jeebies

Penumbra developer Frictional Games has released a moody teaser trailer with several minutes of gameplay from its latest survival horror, Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

"The idea is to convey as clearly as possible that the player is in control of the character throughout the whole game," Frictional explains. "There are no cut-scenes or any sort of moments where control is taken away to force the narrative forward." Read more »

"I really enjoyed the Penumbra games, definitively going to get this one asap !"
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