Alone in the Dark review: an unabashed ode to a ’90s horror classic

Amazon's Fallout adaptation is set to release later this month, and in preparation the cast and crew have started sharing titbits about its production and their work on the series.

Pieces Interactive’s Alone in the Dark launched on March 20th for Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC to a mixed reaction. Nevertheless, a new update is available with bug fixes and shotgun balancing for those who took the plunge.

has many puzzles for you to solve, including one in the Gallery of Derceto in Chapter 2 where you have to reassemble the plate pieces of a Clock. Arranging the broken parts of this Clock will unlock a new area to explore, allowing you to progress further. This task demands the right equipment, which can only be found by completing other puzzles along the way.

Chapter 4 of has a section where you are trapped in the Medical Ward until you solve a puzzle that uses the area's blueprints. You have to escape by not only finding the floor plans of the Ward but also by arranging them in the right pattern on a grid. Those who channel their inner architect have the best chance to find the right solution.

Developer Pieces Interactive has released its first Alone in the Dark update since the horror remake launched earlier this month.

As you progress through Chapter 2 of , you'll encounter a plate in the Boiler Room with a mosaic of images acting as a puzzle you must solve. Some of the plate's pieces are missing, preventing you from fixing the boiler at first. Gathering every piece of this puzzle will allow you to arrange parts together in a specific pattern and unlock a new area.

The new reboot of Alone in the Dark is here, but the game still has a lot of old-school survival horror flavor, which means a lot of puzzles, secrets, and other mysteries to unravel. But don’t worry, we here at Wccftech are here to guide you past the tricky bits.

Another hectic week is in the bag, and I’ve been playing Dragon’s Dogma 2 so I could collect the video footage for our review and obviously not for any kind of enjoyment. It is definitely very, very fun though, even if you have to look out for the odd disappearing Pawn on PS5. Other than that it’s been New Star GP, Unicorn Overlord, Street Fighter 6, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and some Songs of Silence for my gaming week.

If you're staring at a safe in the new horror game Alone in the Dark, and you can't for the life of you work out what the safe code is, you've come to the right place for some answers.

Without Alone in the Dark, quite simply, there is no survival horror as we know it today. Way back in 1992, when the original game led us down the haunted hallways of the Derceto mansion for the first time, the impact that ill-fated journey would have on the landscape of video games could not have been fully understood. 

Alone in the Dark is the definition of slow burn horror – something that’s pretty much a given when playing, reading, or watching anything that takes heavy inspiration from the works of H.P. Lovecraft. A modern take of the 1992 classic created by Infogrames, it’s easy to see why THQ wanted to take a punt at reanimating the series, especially when you consider the back-to-back successes Capcom has enjoyed with its recent string of Resident Evil remakes. After all, it was Alone in the Dark that inspired Shinji Mikami in creating the very first Resident Evil all those years ago. Both games took place in a sprawling manor complex teeming with jump scares and puzzles, though Alone in the Dark veered more towards the occult and committing to a period setting.

The Alone in the Dark franchise is no stranger to attempted reboots and revivals, and we’ve got another one of those on our hands now. Developer Pieces Interactive and publisher THQ Nordic’s Alone in the Dark, an expanded reimagining of the series’ first instalment, is out now for PC and consoles. Check out its launch trailer below.