Bunker

Last night, for an evening hosted by StrictlyVC, this editor sat down with Trae Stephens, a former government intelligence analyst turned early Palantir employee turned investor at Founders Fund, where Stephens has cofounded two companies. One of these is Anduril, the buzzy defense tech company that is now valued at $8.4 billion by its investors. The other is Sol, which makes a single-purpose, $350 headset that weighs about the same as a pair of sunglasses and that is focused squarely on reading, a bit like a…

Frictional’s Amnesia games are fueled by guilt, and Amnesia: The Bunker — the latest installment, released today — is no exception. The Bunker has all the hallmarks of the beloved horror series: a nigh-invincible monster that stalks the player, a clunky interface that forces you to grapple with items physically, a historical setting with a Lovecraftian twist, and a protagonist who has forgotten something terrible.But The Bunker is a marked departure from a long-established formula. Set in the trenches of World War I, it…

Though the horror genre has a rich history of using monsters as stand-ins for something truly horrifying, scary video games aren’t always so thematically ambitious. There’s a slew of zombie games, for instance, that trade in sharp social commentary for mindless shooting. That trend always leaves me looking for more cerebral horror games, ones that scratch the same itch as 2010’s psychologically unnerving Amnesia: The Dark Descent. So perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised that the first horror game that would accomplish…

Will you explore the bunker? Another month, another slew of games being added to Xbox Game Pass. Typically games new games are added to the service twice a month, so this is essentially the first wave of games for June. This time there’s a little bit of everything, but the headline game here is certainly Amnesia: The Bunker. The horror game suffered yet another delay last month, but the confirmation of its inclusion to the Game Pass as a day one release is probably a good indicator it’s finally releasing. Fans of …

Frictional Games has released a Steam demo for its upcoming horror game Amnesia: The Bunker.  Starting from May 23 through to June 30, a free demo for Amnesia: The Bunker is available to play on Steam. The full game launches on June 6, but the trial will allow players to try out a section of the game one week in advance. “Trapped in a WW1 bunker, a relentless monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on,” the Steam description reads. Amnesia: The Bunker. Credit:…

There’s another delay but at least it’s short The upcoming horror game Amnesia The Bunker has bee delayed once again. In a social media video Friday, the game’s creative lead Fredrik Olsson confirmed that the title will now release on June 6. It’s just two weeks, but this comes only days before its initial release time on May 16. Olsson explained the reason why there’s an Amnesia The Bunker delay. Rare crashes plague Amnesia The Bunker As Amnesia The Bunker has been going through the certification process, Olsson…

Hunker down a little longer Frictional Games has announced that a last-minute delay has affected its upcoming horror sequel Amnesia: The Bunker, which will no longer meet its May 16 release date — The first-person spooker will now launch on PlayStation, PC, and Xbox platforms one week later on May 23. “We’re pushing the release of Amnesia: The Bunker back by one week, and it will now be coming out on May 23 instead,” noted the indie developer on Twitter. “This will give us a little more time to polish the game and…

Developer Frictional Games announced that its upcoming game Amnesia: The Bunker has been delayed by one week. The game will now launch on May 23, 2023."This will give us a little more time to polish the game and make sure everything is perfect before launch," reads a tweet from the developer as part of its announcement. This news comes after the game suffered a delay from March to May of this year, following its initial reveal in December 2022. You need a javascript enabled…

Survival-horror games that allow me to fight back against whatever is trying to kill me are my jam. I like to exert a certain amount of control over my environment when trapped in frightful situations--it's how I cope. I don't dislike horror games where the main threat is an unkillable monster you just have to run away from. I'm just usually paralyzed with indecision and fear and wish I were literally anywhere else when trying to play them.It made checking out Amnesia: The Bunker at GDC particularly…

Frictional Games is working on a new “SOMA-style” title alongside Amnesia: The Bunker. Originally released by the studio in 2015, SOMA is a sci-fi horror game “set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean”. Players were tasked with surviving the sort of “hostile world” that would make them “question their very existence.” Since then though, Frictional Games has been focused on the long-running Amnesia series, with The Bunker due for release later this year, following on 2020’s Amnesia: Rebirth. However in a new interview…