Amnesia: The Dark Descent now available for download

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Mac, PC and Linux gamers seeking a good scare won’t have to wait for Halloween. Frictional Games has announced that Amnesia: The Dark Descent—a first-person horror game with a focus on immersion—is now available for instant download. Unlike most horror games that toss a few scares around a whole lot of action, Amnesia instead focuses on story and atmosphere. I’ve been playing this game for a week now, and I can say the tension and scares come quickly and frequently.

In a genre otherwise populated by “one-man-army action hero” sagas, Amnesia finds you almost completely defenseless, something the developers believe not only makes the game a lot scarier, but also gives a vastly different experience. Enter an interactive nightmare where reality is a fragile concept. It really does feel like a journey through an effective haunted house, where anticipation of the next scare is often more effective than the scare itself.

A simultaneous launch on Windows, Mac and Linux, Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes with four translations in addition to the original English version, is DRM free, and is available from most major online retailers in addition to Frictional’s online store.

Recommended computer specifications:

• Windows XP/Vista/7, Mac OS X v10.5.8/10.6.4 or Linux distribution released in 2010
• NVIDIA GeForce 6 / ATI Radeon HD
• 2.0 GHz CPU
• 2 GB RAM
• 2.5 GB Free hard disk space

Amnesia: The Dark Descent is available now for $20.00. For additional details, including screenshots and videos, visit www.amnesiagame.com.

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