Amnesia: The Bunker ups the terror with hardcode Shell Shock update, out today

Frictional Games is celebrating the spooky season with a free update for its acclaimed WW1 horror Amensia: The Bunker, designed to make the already traumatic experience even more terrifying. And if your nerves are up to the challenge, the Halloween Update launches today.

Frictional’s creative lead Fredrik Olsson began teasing a hardcore Shell Shock mode last month, detailing a few of the sadistic features it would bring, but with it now here as part of today’s Halloween Update, the studio has provided a little more information on what’s in store.

For starters, as previously confirmed, The Bunker’s Admin Office will no longer be the safe haven it once was in Shell Shock mode; its reassuringly sturdy steel doors are replaced with wood, meaning, yes, the monster can get in. And speaking of that pursuing horror, Shell Shock mode gives it new behaviours designed to increase its unpredictability.

Elsewhere, lockers and their combinations will now appear in random locations, meaning you won’t be able to rely on prior knowledge each playthrough, and saving your progress now requires using limited fuel. And if your mind immediately springs to the Fuel Storage Room, which previously offered some respite in the form of unlimited fuel, it’s been locked and has its own combination located somewhere in the bunker. Not that finding it will be easy – electricity must be restored to each Bunker zone individually to illuminate your surroundings.