Obscure: The Aftermath

Edge writes: Amsterdam-based Playlogic on Wednesday posted higher sales and earnings figures for the second quarter ending June 30, thanks to sales of games including Obscure II for Wii. Q2 revenues rose 343 percent to $4.3 million, up from $1.1 million for the comparable quarter last year. The firm said that Dragon Hunters for DS and Simon the Sorcerer 4 for PC helped drive sales. The firm released seven titles during the first half of its fiscal year.

Ignition Entertainment Ltd., a worldwide publisher and developer of videogames, and co-publisher Playlogic today announced that Obscure: The Aftermath has reached Gold Master status! It is scheduled for release on March 25, 2008, for Wii home video game system from Nintendo ($29.99), PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system ($19.99) and PC ($14.99).

A number of Nintendo games score very well in EGM this month including Professor Layton and Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword. Full review scores and rumors below. Wii: Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed - C+ D+ C+ No More Heroes - B A- B- Obscure: The Aftermath - D+ D D+ (Shame of the Month) Multiplatform: Sega Superstars Tennis - B- C+ C DS: Professor Layton - A- B+ A- (Silver) Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword - A- A- B (Silver) Ace Attorney 4 - A- B+ A- (Silver) Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - A B- B- Rumors EA plans on making a mixed-martial arts game Wii Fit delayed in the US because Nintendo is making a bigger Balance Board

From the article: Ignition Entertainment has partnered with Chicago-based music group THE AUDITION on the band's latest music video. The music video for Warm Me Up, the pop-rock quintet's first single off their second album, Champion (Victory Records), features gameplay footage from Ignition's upcoming survival-horror videogame Obscure: The Aftermath (Wii, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, PC).

When Playlogic revealed that it was set to bring a sequel to its horror game 'Obscure', many were surprised that it was not only coming to PlayStation 2 but Ninendo's Wii as well. Now Cubed³ has sat down with the team to see what Wii owners can expect, find out how the title plays, what is different from the Sony edition and if Obscure will ever have a future on the DS.

Survival horror can be a lot of hard work, especially when there's no light relief to break up the gore-filled barrage of trouser-filling frights. So just as the movie world has Scream and The Faculty to have fun with the formula, so gaming has Obscure - and we've been given hands-on access to a nearly finished PS2 build of its sequel, Obscure II. The game's unique in that its co-operative two-player mode runs for the entire game. We were impressed with the sheer number of dialogue lines as

Today, Playlogic has announced that it will be releasing Obscure II for the PS2 and PC in Q3 2007 and for the Wii in Q4 2007. If you are into campy teen horror flicks and survival horror games, this game may just be for you, with a soundtrack performed by the Boston Symphonic Orchestra and the Paris Opera Children's Choir.