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New Eternal Darkness Titles Promised

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cthulu-tastic dept.

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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  1. Re:If you're not familiar with the Gamecube game.. by wilgibson · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I must agree Eternal Darkness was friggin' creepy with all the lights turned out, it was creepy in general until you figured out what was going on. Even worse with the surround sound going. My girlfriend won't even watch me play it late at night it creeps her out so much. It is honestly one of the "best games no one has really heard of" on the Cube. It didn't release to a lot of fanfare, and it died out pretty quick... I've still got my copy mainly because I haven't totally completed it yet, just have to work up the nerve to go through it one more time to see the real ending.

  2. Doesnt Nintendo have the rights to the IP? by LordZardoz · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As far as I know, Nintendo has the rights to the IP for Eternal Darkness, since they published it as a 2nd party title. Also, the split between Nintendo and Silicon Knights was somewhat rancorous as I understand it. Given that, it seems unlikely that a sequel will happen unless Silicon Knights can persuade a publisher to buy the IP from Nintendo.

    The only other viable situation would be for the game to come out on the Wii, but that wont happen unless the poeple at Ninendo or those at Silicon KNights that were central to the split have parted ways or something.

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

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