For me, summertime is about one thing: Grillin' up some delicious, delicious meat. Pork is among my favorites. However, I suspect that Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs won't exactly whet my appetite for BBQ. The sequel to the amazing Amnesia: The Dark Descent is officially due out this summer.
Originally due out this past Halloween, the collaboration between original Amnesia developer Frictional Games and Dear Esther team thechineseroom was delayed until this summer. "Originally we thought it would be a short, experimental game set in the universe of Amnesia, but thechineseroom had a vision that was bigger than that. As their work progressed, the potential for a much greater project emerged," says a blog post on Frictional's website.
As a lover of both Amnesia and Dear Esther, I could not be more excited to get my hands on this thing. Dear Esther was a great little storytelling experiment, but had very little in the way of gameplay, whereas Amnesia's story was kind of weak, but had absolute gobs of atmosphere. So, combined, they should make the absolute best indie game ever. Or something.