Alone in the Dark 4: The New NightmareI admit that the majority of my exposure to the Alone in the Dark series involves Christian Slater and Tara Reid but that doesn't make me any less excited to talk about it. Generally speaking my favorite portable games tend to be either RPGs or puzzlers - there are a few exceptions but I rarely tend to get hyped up for anything outside of these genres.

News has been circulating for awhile now that a new Alone in the Dark would be making it's way to next-gen consoles and the PC but until now Nintendo appeared to be left out of the survival-horror love. DS-x2 is reporting that Alone in the Dark 5: Near Death may be working it's way to the Nintendo DS sometime in the near future. Citing listings on several European online retailers as proof DS-x2 speculates the game may in fact be heading to both the Wii and DS despite the lack of any official announcement.

Along with Alone in the Dark Atari also looks to be releasing a slew of other DS titles between now and early next year. While release dates are probably for the European market you can peruse them below - entries marked with an asterisk may also see a Nintendo Wii release:

  1. Tabaluga 2
  2. Lucky Luke: Go West!
  3. Asterix Olympic Games *
  4. Cooking *
  5. Fashion Academy