New Eternal Darkness Titles Promised

1up reports that Silicon Knights, maker of the Too Human and Eternal Darkness games, have promised they plan to return to Eternal Darkness at some point in the future. I wouldn't hold your breath for it, though. Any sequel to the Lovecraft-inspired horror title will be some time in coming. From the article: "'Although this [Eternal Darkness 1] is just one story we had in mind for the Eternal Darkness universe, there are even more manipulations, great ancients, and numerous other stories to tell...' The outspoken developer continues on by describing how their plans for Eternal Darkness tie into Too Human, as well; the upcoming trilogy represents an evolution of the studio's concept for Eternal Darkness. Instead of holding off on sequel treatments, however, they've instead decided to plan an overarching three-part story from day one. "

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I, Lucifer, Promise Eternal Darkness

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:Since the OP didn't say what the F these games

[Anonymous Coward]

Ya know, it helps if people are familiar with whatever the heck you're talking about, when you compare a game to some sort of other game.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/aloneinthedar ktrilogy/review.html

"The Alone in the Dark games cast you as private eye Edward Carnby (in the first game you can also play as a woman named Emily Hartwood), investigating a series of deaths and disappearances, all of which are
linked to the occult or the supernatural."

It's apprently some sort of nothing-like-eternal-darnkness survival myster thing, on PC.

Re:Doesnt Nintendo have the rights to the IP?

[blincoln]

Of course, I could just be wildly mistaken about who currently holds the rights to the IP.

I could see it going either way. ED was an *awesome* game, but it apparently sold very poorly, so I doubt Nintendo is really going to hold tightly onto it.

It seems like kind of a moot point, though. Silicon Knights finished Blood Omen (with the help of some Crystal Dynamics staff) in 1996. Eternal Darkness didn't come out until seven years later. Too Human is *still* unreleased, and they were working on that as a PS1 title at the same time as Blood Omen. If they're going to make it a trilogy, it will probably be about 3050CE before they can get ED2 out the door.

What I'd love to see though is a bonus disc with Too Human that includes the unfinished PS1 and Gamecube versions of the game, as well as the N64 version of Eternal Darkness =).