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  • Frictional Games, the developers of Amnesia and Soma, maybe teasing a new game

    Frictional Games, the developers of Amnesia and Soma, maybe teasing a new game

    All the gamers out there, are you waiting for a new thrill in your gaming life? If yes, then you have come to the right place! All the information that you have been waiting for, comes right away.

    Frictional Games, the developers of Amnesia and Soma, maybe teasing a new game

    Frictional Games

    Frictional Games is a company that develops video games. It was founded in January 2007 by Thomas Grip and Jens Nilsson. The game has created a lot of survival horror games. It is very popular for its games. Two of its most famous video games are Amnesia and Soma.

    Frictional’s in-house game engine is HPL. HPL got its name after H.P. Lovecraft.

    Amnesia and Soma

    Amnesia and Soma are two games whose developer is Frictional Games. They both are survival horror adventure video games. Amnesia got its release in 2010 for MS Windows and other operating systems, in 2016 for the PS4 platform and in 2018 for Xbox One. Whereas Soma got its release in 2015 for PS4, MS Windows, OS X and other operating systems, and in 2017 for Xbox One. These two releases were a boon for Frictional Games, making it very popular in the gaming world.

    A hint of a new game

    Frictional games may be teasing people about their next game. It may be possible that they are using ARG for the same. ARG refers to the Augmented Reality Games. They are a way to engage with fans, game lovers and use them to promote their titles.

    The two popular releases, Amnesia and Soma make the people more desperate to know about this. This ARG tease started in December 2019.

    Earlier this year, there was a GIF that was trending all over the internet. The GIF shows a small white design on a completely black background. It was like a small embryo, which may be related to the nature of the game.

    There were other reports also, according to which, if you carefully look over the symbol present on the lower right of the screen, you will get a piece of URL. The URL is suWaF-aldV4.

    When you put this into a YouTube URL, you find an unlisted video on the Frictional Games account. Another discovery gives one more YouTube code which leads to a video named “Box 7 Reel2, Partial Success”. The video clip hints towards what’s coming.

    Conclusion

    The first clip features a picture of rocks with a blue color eye on it and in the second clip, there is an intense noise. Though it is not clear right now, the video, the sounds, the symbols, all these hints to a new thrill coming your way.

    These types of ARG Campaigns definitely provide huge popularity and make it big news. Companies use ARGs to increase the curiosity and interests of people. If this is true then this will be great news for the gamers and gaming fans out there. The fans are already waiting for this to happen, and are trying their best to find out what’s cooking.

  • Frictional Games: Amnesia Developer Teasing Next Game With Spooky ARG

    Frictional Games: Amnesia Developer Teasing Next Game With Spooky ARG

    Amnesia developer Frictional Games released teasers on their website. The Dark Descent, the studio behind Amnesia, launched a super spooky ARG designed to tease new game with videos. Augmented Reality Games are an excellent way to interact with hardcore fans with many game creators using them to promote their titles. A pulsating neuron featured on their website which slowly grew into a pulsating cell. It went through another change, starting off an ARG. While the cell now looks like a human embryo, there are now other changes visible on the website. The social media icons now feature an eye-shaped interloper as spotted by Foxnull on ResetEra. While clicking on it does nothing, you can hover your cursor on it to catch part of a YouTube URL.

    Amnesia - The Dark Descent - Frictional Games
    Amnesia – The Dark Descent

    Sweden-based Frictional Games has released many titles, the more popular among them being Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, and Soma. Soma is the latest release in the list and is commonly agreed by the players that it is Frictional Games’ best game so far. The game has a submarine research centre backdrop with a thrilling storyline and gripping gameplay. The makers have managed to capture all the feeling required to make this a huge hit in the survival horror genre. The game was released for PC and PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2015 and 2017 respectively.

    The Teaser

    Let’s get down to the teaser in detail. It began as a flashing, blue light which later evolved into a human embryo. The makers have managed to add another mystery element by having a hidden URL among the social media links. The links lead to a video titled “Box 52, Tape 16.” The 10-second clip shows rocks and focuses on one that has a blue symbol engraved into its surface. In addition to this, there is another link waiting to be found as well. The second link takes you to another video which has a chilling sound but no visible imagery or video. This is titled “Box 7 Reel 2, Partial Success.”

    Frictional Games
    Frictional Games

    The second video clip highlights a lot of background noise with erratic screaming that sounds only half-human. It is terrifying enough to make you want to stop the video. If you examine the rocks, the video clips, and all the yelling together, it looks like a very good indication of what is to come. Spooky, scary, and creepy – the teasers have all the elements to keep us hooked. The studio is well-known to come up with titles that can scare the wits out of its players. With an ARG involving the fan community, you can be sure the game is only going to be more terrifying than the promos.

    What else?

    The first recording ends with a text that mentions that it’s a video cassette from February 16, 1983. It is apparent that it is part of a private collection. It ends with “Marked Shetpe, KSSR”, where KSSR stands for Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, known today as the Republic of Kazakhstan. Shept, refers to a village in Kazakhstan.