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Alone in the Darkis among the most thrilling experiences a game has ever delivered in the history of video games. The horror of the gamehas been recreated by Pieces Interactivewhich will be released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 30 May 2025. But before that, publishers of the game, THQ Nordic, felt a need to tickle the amygdala of people via a real-life experience.
To fulfill this fantasy, they reached out to Realm Pictures alongside, a small group of creatives who created areal-life versionof the fan-favorite stealth video gameHitmanin 2016. Alongside HAVAS Entertainment, they recreated the Derceto Manor for content creators to give them an immersive experience of the game.
Alone in the Dark Just Got Real
Influencers including PewDiePie, Gnu, and Rubius were invited to explore this dilapidated house on an island on the Thames which was quite frightening for them. As the influencers took on the role of urban explorers, it wasn’t surprising to see them influenced by the events that followed, thanks to the team who set them up for the experience while working day and night.
And it wasn’t a cakewalk for the team. They had to find a perfect place to make the experience as real as possible for the participants. Thankfully, they find the mansion where they recreated the game’s experience. Instead of putting camera operators in the house, they hid 80 cameras around the house that gave the viewers aParanormal Activity-like feel.
Given the small setting, it was impossible to keep a control room nearby the house so they decided to operate it within the house without letting the participants have a hint about it. All of them were pulling the strings while sitting in a room that served as the nerve center of the operation. Eventually, they pulled it off, giving the influencers terror of their life.
That Has Given Them the Experience of a Lifetime
While the participants screamed their lungs out in this real-lifeAlone in the Darkexperience, the team laughed their lungs out while they threw stuff from bookshelves and controlled the resin-filled dolls via remote controls. All in all, it was a successful attempt by the team and influencers definitely won’t be trying anything like that for a while it seems.
New Alone in the Dark Trailer has Fans Clamouring for Answers
The remake of the game wasplanned for a 2023 releasebut was delayed attributing to a barrage of games releasing at that particular point in time. Moreover, they wanted to avoid clashing with thesequel to the survival horror gameAlan Wake.
All in all, the real-life experience of the game was a success, now it’s time to witness the remake. Now that the chaotic release window has passed, it remains to be seen if the game will be able to send the horrors as the originalAlone in the Darksent back in the day.
Do you think theAlone in the Darkremake will be a success? Tell us in the comments.
Anurag Batham
Gaming Journalist
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Anurag Batham is a video games correspondent at FandomWire. With over two years of experience in writing for different industries, his past works show his passion for the metaverse and his awareness of the environment. He’s always playing with ideas to turn them into captivating stories.A gaming enthusiast who can prove it when you have a round of Call of Duty (COD) with him. And it may take more than a coffee with him if you are to talk to him about Marvel. One can find a reader in him who’s always keen to perfect what he already knows and to learn everything new.
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