Obscure Dark Aura exists?
So i met a former Hydravision Employee on Assembler Games Forums and he confirmed he was in fact a true employee. (He showed me his Hydravision Entertainment ID over skype).
I wont reveal his name because of legal reasons, but he showed me he has some development disks of Obscure Dark Aura, which was intended to launch on PSP and DS. He said the builds he has are indeed playable and compiled. He has a 30%, 40% and 60% build. He also revealed to me that the game was scrapped right when they hit the 60% mark to work on other things, but it was to be a third person game.
Im in the works of trying to get him to leak them to me so we can all get our hands on them, but he has not replied to my question about that yet, but he had said he will be a…
More information, and some corrections
After emailing FP, he revealed to me he gave me a little false information and apologized.
He confirmed that nobody from past obscure games are returning, it is a complete franchise reboot, and mighty rocket is still Hydravision.
He also said Focus Interactive BOUGHT hydravision and changed the name to mighty rocket. They never closed. This was planned.
Focus now owns the IP for Funky Lab Rat and Obscure and he says he thinks the new direction will bring the series back on good footing to pave way for future games. But he said:
"Past games are past, future games are future.".
So this pretty much confirms that Obscure 2013 will be the new series. We will not see a sequel to Obscure 2.
So, i will be reverting changes to Ashley, Josh, Kenny to the …
Anyone want to help make a Fan Obscure game?
Im currently wanting help.
Im pondering the idea on what engine to use first.
First, we know it needs to be a third person game. FPS will not work.
Second, its a fan project to help keep the franchise alive. Its legal.
Third, you need to be good at coding.
Olivier Deriviere composing "Remember Me" Soundtrack
Capcoms "Remember Me" which will launch next year for PS3 and 360, will have its soundtrack composed by Obscure and Obscure 2`s composer, Olivier Deriviere. If you loved the amazing music from the 2 Obscure Games, dont forget to go on Youtube or play the game to listen to the music. It would be good nostalgia for the Obscure series music.
Also, if you want to here his music or download it for FREE, you can get the Alone In The Dark, Obscure and Obscure 2 soundtracks completely free from his website here: http://olivierderiviere.com/music/
Source: http://www.squareenixmusic.com/musicnews2.php?subaction=showfull&id=1346662834&archive=&start_from=&ucat=11&
What now?
Now that Hydravision has indeed closed, and there websites are gone, what now? The franchise has now obviously bit the dust unless its been bought out. I know Hydravision was Indie, however, this happened with Dark Energy Digital who recently developed the horror game Hydrophobia. They were indie too but it turned out they had a parent company. They went into adminship and closed. This might of happened with Hydravision too.
Maybe fangames can be done. Does any of you know about coding and stuff? We could do fan games. I always wanted to complete the story. The ending of Obscure 2 is so, cliffhanger like. Ive always wondered what happened to Shannon, Stan, and wonder if Amy survived the explosion.