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Have a timely new Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs trailer
This is certainly an (un)pleasant Halloween surprise. Frictional Games and thechineseroom have posted a teaser trailer for Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and here I am, creeped out -- it's not even 9:00am. Today is off to a great start! PC Gamer caught up with thechineseroom's Dan Pinchbeck to get more context for this new horror game set against the backdrop of industrialization in 1899 London. He says that "It's fairly true to the spirit of [Amnesia: The Dark Descent]. There's a definite case of 'don't fix what isn't broken.' We're not going to be arming the player up at all -- you're still going to be hiding for most of it and running and peeking and not wanting to open doors and things like that. I think that's kind of the core spirit of the game really, so we don't want to take that away from the player." Continuing, Pinchbeck notes that it won't be too familiar an experience, saying "We've tried to do some stuff which will keep the player on their toes a little bit, to stop them from being able to play the same way. So there's changes to the way some of the things behave in the game. It's difficult to talk about that without giving too much away really." And, really, I don't want to hear more -- the less we know, the better. The Dark Descent has steadily grown its audience over the last two years. Come 2013, there's going to be a lot of nervous excitement in the air. I can't wait to see people freak out on YouTube. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs interview: we talk to the devs about their scarefest sequel [PC Gamer] Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
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| 1:45 PM on 03.12.2013 A Machine for Pigs has become more like Dark Descent |

In an interview, thechineseroom creative director Dan Pinchbeck told Rock, Paper, Shotgun that the upcoming horror title Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs has ended up becoming "more of a natural successor to Dark Descent than we e...more
| 7:15 PM on 02.19.2013 Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs slated for summer release |

A Machine For Pigs, the follow-up to 2010's indie horror breakthrough hit Amnesia: The Dark Descent, is nearly finished and planned for a summer release, according to an update on publisher Frictional Games' blog. Developer t...more
| 9:00 PM on 07.12.2012 A Machine for Pigs down for maintenance, pushed to 2013 |

Good games take time. Fortunately for us, Frictional Games (Amnesia, Penumbra) and thechineseroom (Dear Esther) collaborative follow-up to Amnesia: The Dark Descent is looking to be a good game. So, don't expect it to come ou...more
| 9:00 PM on 02.22.2012 Details drop for Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs |

Yes, it is officially an Amnesia game. The rumors are true, and the first official details about Frictional and thechineseroom's upcoming horror game have dropped, courtesy of an interview over at Joystiq. The game is set in ...more
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