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‘Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare’, ‘Metroid II’ Released for Nintendo Switch Online Service
While we’re waiting on THQ Nordic and Pieces Interactive to give us an update on the upcoming remake of Alone in the Dark, Nintendo fans got a bit of a surprise to tide them over until we finally return to the Derceto mansion. That surprise is the release of the Game Boy Color version of Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare.
The game was among the crop of Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance titles announced for the Nintendo Switch Online and Online Expansion Pack service. Obviously, while this version of Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare can’t compete with the PlayStation or Dreamcast versions that were released around the same time, the GBC version is still pretty impressive for what developer Pocket Studios was able to do, particularly in the graphics department.
Also announced was Metroid II: Return of Samus, which still gets lost in the adoration competition between those who loved the original game, and those who love Super Metroid. The game certainly holds up better today than the NES original, and the minimalist music and the cavernous environment of SR388 certainly ups the dread and tension you’d want from an old-school Metroid game.
Meanwhile, the Alone in the Dark remake is currently in development for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam.
Remember back in 2022 when developer Survios had announced that they were teaming up with 20th Century Games to develop a new Alien title? Well seeing as it’s Alien Day, Survios has announced their brand-new VR title, Alien: Rogue Incursion. Coming “Holiday 2024” to the PlayStation VR2, SteamVR, and Quest 3, Rogue Incursion will feature an original story that “fully surrounds players within the terrors of the Alien universe”.
Details on the game are light at the moment, but the official site describes the upcoming title as being “designed by Alien fans for Alien fans”, with Survios aiming to craft a “technically advanced, and frightfully immersive Alien virtual reality game.”
Seeing as Alien: Isolation never got official VR support when it was released, this is obviously a welcome announcement. In the meantime, if you’re keen to experience an Alien game in VR, you can always check out the fan-made mod for Alien: Isolation by Nibre_, which allows both the Steam and Epic Games Store version of Alien: Isolation to be played using the Oculus.
And speaking of Alien: Isolation, as you might expect, it’s got a hefty 80% discount going on at the moment on Steam until May 1. So if you still haven’t grabbed it after all these years, this is as good a time as any.
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