The Dark Pictures Anthology

The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of interactive drama survival horror video games developed by Supermassive Games and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The series premiered with Man of Medan in 2019, which is followed by Little Hope and the in-development House of Ashes.

The Dark Pictures Anthology
Series logo
Genre(s)Interactive drama, survival horror
Developer(s)Supermassive Games
Publisher(s)Bandai Namco Entertainment
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
First releaseMan of Medan
30 August 2019
Latest releaseLittle Hope
30 October 2020

Games

The series is planned to consist of eight games, of which two have been published.[1]

Common elements

The games in the series are horror-themed, and have players making decisions for their characters and watching their consequences play out. The games have support for co-operative multiplayer play, where each player controls one character.[4]

Development

The series is developed by Supermassive Games. In 2020, publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment described the series as difficult to market as a series, as it was called an "anthology" while only having one entry; they considered it a long-term investment, that they thought would make more sense to players and would get a larger audience as more games become available.[5]

Reception
Aggregate review scores
Game Metacritic
Man of Medan (PC) 75/100[6]
(PS4) 69/100[7]
(XONE) 69/100[8]
Little Hope (PC) 73/100[9]
(PS4) 71/100[10]
(XONE) 67/100[11]

During its debut week, Man of Medan was the third best selling physical game in the UK,[12] and the best selling in EMEAA territories,[lower-alpha 1][13] and reached one million copies sold worldwide after a year on sale.[5] Little Hope's physical sales for its first week in the UK were 47% lower than Man of Medan's; GamesIndustry.biz commented that this may in part be due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to a larger amount of players buying digital versions of video games than in previous years.[14]

Notes
  1. Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia

References
  1. Murray, Sean (15 July 2019). "Man Of Medan Will Be First Of Eight In Dark Pictures Series, Will Introduce Multiplayer". The Gamer. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. Gerblick, Jordan (8 July 2020). "The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope gets a new trailer and October release date". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. Yang, George (30 October 2020). "House of Ashes, Third Entry in The Dark Pictures Anthology, Releases in 2021". The Escapist. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. Bolding, Jonathan (2020-10-31). "House of Ashes is the next Dark Pictures Anthology game, here's the trailer". PC Gamer. Future plc. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  5. Dealessandri, Marie (2020-08-13). "Bandai Namco: How long can we sustain working with independent studios?". GamesIndustry.biz. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  6. "The Dark Pictures Anthology - Man of Medan Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  7. "The Dark Pictures Anthology - Man of Medan Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  8. "The Dark Pictures Anthology - Man of Medan Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  9. "The Dark Pictures Anthology - Little Hope Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  10. "The Dark Pictures Anthology - Little Hope Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  11. "The Dark Pictures Anthology - Little Hope Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  12. Dring, Christopher (2019-09-02). "PlatinumGames scores first UK No.1 with Astral Chain". GamesIndustry.biz. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  13. Handrahan, Matthew (2019-09-06). "Supermassive Games' The Dark Pictures tops EMEAA chart". GamesIndustry.biz. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  14. Dring, Christopher (2020-11-02). "Soft opening week for Watch Dogs Legion and Pikmin 3 | UK Physical Charts". GamesIndustry.biz. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
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