It’s been revealed that Jodie Comer and David Harbour will star within the upcoming reboot of the pioneering survival-horror recreation Alone In The Darkish.
31 years after the unique Alone within the Darkish was launched, THQ Nordic are reimagining the traditional franchise with a reworked story that options characters from the primary three video games and strikes the motion to an ‘over-the-shoulder’ perspective.
Similar to the unique, this reboot will deal with a single-player journey with two acquainted characters to play as: Emily Hartwood and Edward Carnby. They’ll be portrayed by Killing Eve star Jodie Comer and Stranger Issues star David Harbor respectively.
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Talking about what followers can anticipate from the reboot, author and recreation director Mikael Hedberg stated: “We begin our story very similar to the unique. Jeremy Hartwood is haunted by the Darkish Man, and he goes to a countryside hospital referred to as Derceto within the hope to search out some assist.
“Jeremy sends a disturbing letter to Emily Hartwood, his niece, and it spooks her sufficient that she hires Detective Edward Carnby to search out out what’s occurring.”
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The story will differ barely relying on whether or not you select to play as Emily or Edward, and the folks you encounter alongside the best way will react in another way to you relying in your chosen character.
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Explaining the choice to deliver Comer and Harbor on board, Hedberg continued: “We knew early on that we had a character-driven story, so we would have liked to search out some actually good actors to make these characters come to life.”
The Alone within the Darkish reboot has additionally lastly been given a launch date: October 25, 2023.
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Pre-orders are dwell now, and anybody who does place a pre-order will get a bonus 1992 Costume Pack that places the unique recreation’s character designs into the reboot.
Earlier than that launch date rolls round, although, you’ll have the ability to expertise a prologue for Alone within the Darkish that takes place a few weeks earlier than the primary story. That’s obtainable to obtain without cost proper now.
Alone within the Darkish can be launched on October 25, 2023, for PS5, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC.
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