{"id":1344277,"date":"2025-10-02T18:07:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T18:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oHfB3dGSnLkV8gusX3Ntca"},"modified":"2025-10-02T18:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T18:07:26","slug":"amnesia-creator-frictional-games-teases-its-next-game-and-it-may-be-something-new-but-it-sure-feels-like-soma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/amnesia-creator-frictional-games-teases-its-next-game-and-it-may-be-something-new-but-it-sure-feels-like-soma\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesia creator Frictional Games teases its next game, and it may be something new but it sure feels like SOMA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Frictional Games, the videogame horrorsmiths responsible for the Penumbra<\/a>, Amnesia<\/a>, and SOMA<\/a> games, is teasing something new\u2014and yes, as you might expect, it looks creepy as hell.<\/p>\n

The clip that appeared yesterday on YouTube, entitled Frictional_Next_Project.mp4, is actually the culmination of an ARG that, as laid out by Polygon<\/a>, began last week with a small update to SOMA. Released on September 22, the patch “fixed faulty spam filters on Simon\u2019s PC,” according to the patch notes<\/a>, which warned that “users may still receive suspicious correspondence due to treemail 0.1 filtering process issues.”<\/p>\n

Players immediately began checking Simon’s email and quickly discovered a link to hotelsamsara.com<\/a>, “a new investment opportunity promising an out of this world experience.”<\/p>\n

“Since time immemorial mankind has dreamt of the stars and what lies beyond,” the site says. “Now LuxuryNext is prepared to deliver on that promise. Introducing Hotel Samsara. A place like no other. A promise like no other. Exclusive. Luxurious. In Samsara, wishes will come true.”<\/p>\n

More puzzles followed, as is the way with ARGs, eventually leading to this end-of-game teaser:<\/p>\n

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