Atari - Famous Writer on Alone in the Dark Script

Atari (well known third-party video game publisher) has recently announced teaming up with one of New-York's most famous writers, Lorenzo Carcaterra who will be dealing with Alone in the Dark's storyline and character lines. Alone in the Dark will itself be set in New York City's iconic Central Park. The game being developed by Eden Games for Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PS3 and PC.

It's not a surprise that Carcaterra is handling the writing on Eden's survival horror, as the man has more than twenty years of writing experience, now flooding Alone in the Dark with the most authentic NYC experience yet in a video game. A memorable high point in the man's career would be his consulting and writing for shows such as Law and Order and achieving success as the best selling author of such books as Apaches, Gangster and Sleepers, the latter of which became the hit film starring Robert De Niro and Brad Pitt.

Here are some of Lorenzo Carcaterra's impressions on the newly assigned project: "Alone in the Dark was a challenge," he said, "which allowed me to bring a realistic feel to an apocalyptic situation facing New York City and really dig into the Central Park conspiracy idea. It also allowed me to write for hard-edged characters, some good, some bad, all forced to confront a force whose power they could never imagine. The story never stalls, always moves in overdrive and the characters zoom right along at warp speed, stopping long enough along the way to say a few lines that keep driving the plot forward. The end result is, I hope, a roller-coaster of a thrill ride that should be tons of fun to play."

In Alone in the Dark, players take the role of Edward Carnby. Over the course of one apocalyptic night gamers must uncover the earth-shattering secret behind Central Park, in a dramatic, fast-paced storyline, state-of-the-art visuals and high levels of real-world interaction and physics. AI is at its peak as you might have imagined. In the immensely wide-open environment anyone can come from anywhere, while anything can mean everything.