Penumbra-Requiem posts

Macintosh owners and folks who use the Linux OS haven't been able to check out the Penumbra series of first person horror adventure games as one large title. But that's changing on Friday. Developer Frictional Games has announced that it will release The Penumbra Collection for Mac and Linux users on that day. The collection (Penumbra: Overture, Penumbra: Black Plague and the Penumbra: Requiem expansion) will be made available as one download rather than the original's "three downloads with three serials" version.

Beginning with the release on Friday and ending on Sunday you can download the Penumbra Collection for Mac and Linux for a mere $5. The price goes back up to its normal $20 on Monday.

Valve's Steam service has announced its regular weekend sale, cutting the prices on a couple of acclaimed horror themed action-adventure titles. All of the Penumbra games from developer Frictional Games have been cut 75 percent for this weekend only.

You can choose to buy Penumbra Black Plague Gold Edition (with the original game and the expansion Penumbra Requiem) or Penumbra Overture separately for $3.75 and $2.50, respectively. Or you can get both games in the Penumbra collectors pack for just $5. Either way it's a massive bargain. Frictional Games are currently working on their next horror themed game Unknown for release sometime in 2010.

The Penumbra Collection puts the entire psychological horror series into one box. It will include Penumbra: Overture, Penumbra: Black Plague and the recent expansion Penumbra: Requiem. Expect to dive into the mystery later this month when the collection releases.

Download HD Penumbra Collection Trailer (59 MB)
Download Penumbra: Black Plague Demo (133 MB)
Download Penumbra: Overture Demo for Windows (117 MB) and Mac (133 MB)

With their Penumbra game series retired for a while with the release of Penumbra: Requiem, developer Frictional Games is already in development of their next major game project. The company has launched a teaser site for the still unnamed game which will be a first person survival horror title set in an old castle the late 18th century.

Frictional Games that the title will have "all new technology and ideas to become the most advanced, content filled and creative game from our studio to date." The teaser site has some concept artwork from the game as well as a message that is in code that is almost certainly some clue as to the nature of the title. There's no word yet on a release date for the new game.

Penumbra: Requiem, the expansion to Penumbra: Black Plague is available exclusively through GamersGate and Direct2Drive.

"The expansion will tie together the previous Penumbra games and give the series its climactic resolution. Requiem takes up where the last game ended and sees Philip, the game's protagonist, falling deeper into madness which forces him to fight some inner demons as well as outer ones. Players will be taken on a tense journey filled with psychological horror and the most unspeakable things lurking in the darkness."

Download the Penumbra: Requiem v1.01 Patch (8 MB)

A few weeks ago, developer Frictional Games released Penumbra: Requiem, an expansion pack and final chapter in their Penumbra first person action-adventure series. Now comes word that a version of the game will be released that will support the special force feedback features found in the Novint Falcon PC game controller.

Using the HaptX technology, the special version of Penumbra: Requiem will enable users of the Novint Falcon to "feel" aspects of the game that they would be able to before. The two previous Penumbra games also had special HaptX-supported versions. The HaptX version of Penumbra: Requiem, published by Paradox Interactive, is scheduled to be released sometime in December.

The Penumbra first person horror action-adventure game series just got an expansion pack. Penumbra: Requiem is now available for download at Gamersgate and Direct2Drive for just $9.99. The expansion from developer Frictional Games requires the installation of Penumbra: Black Plague.

In a note on the Frictional Games web site site, the developers state that this expansion concentrates on the physics puzzles and gameplay more than previous installments. According to the site, "Requiem does its best to deliver a nightmarish and feverish atmosphere. Penumbra: Requiem is an attempt to deliver a fresh and rewarding experience and not just some rehash of previous material." While the expansion is for the moment for the Windows platform Macintosh and Linux users will get their own versions soon, according to the web site.

Frictional Games' Penumbra: Requiem, an expansion to the previously released Penumbra: Overture and Penumbra: Black Plague, will be released on August 27. The expansion will made available as an exclusive digital download at GamersGate.

Penumbra: Requiem will delve deeper into character Philip's explorations into the Tuurngait infection.

Frictional Games have released two games in their acclaimed Penumbra series of first person horror action-adventure games so far. Both Penumbra: Overture and Penumbra: Black Plague were released in retail stores as well as digital download versions. You can even purchase a special version of Penumbra: Overture that is designed to work with the Novint Falcon controller to "feel" the objects you interact with in the game world.

Today the game's publisher Paradox Interactive announced that it will offer a new Penumbra expansion that will be made available exclusively via digital download from Paradox's Gamersgate web site. The new expansion will be titled Requiem and according to Paradox's press release it is being designed to tie up loose ends that were a part of the first two titles.Can you trust your senses and figure out what's real and what's not? That is apparently the theme of Requiem so be prepared to be scared out of your...well, whatever it is you need to be scared out of. Pricing and a release date for Penumbra: Requiem have yet to be revealed.