Back in May, spiritual successor to Silicon Knights, Precursor Games, launched a Kickstarter campaign to develop a spiritual successor to Eternal Darkness, Shadow of the Eternals. Unfortunately for fans of the series, the Kickstarter campaign did not meet funding goals. However, Precursor recently relaunched the campaign in hopes of getting funded this time around.
Unrelated to that, news broke that Nintendo recently filed a trademark for Eternal Darkness, which includes language that makes it seem like whatever product it ends up being will involve downloadable distribution. Using the phrases “downloadable electronic game software” and “downloadable electronic game programs,” it would appear that the new trademark will relate to either a new downloadable game, or — more likely — some kind of remake or Virtual Console release.
A trademark for Eternal Darkness was filed back in 2010, while the new one was filed this month, with the difference being the downloadable content language.
The Kickstarter and Nintendo trademark are unrelated, but both show that some important people out there think the series is worth revisiting in various capacities. Though the original GameCube Eternal Darkness was not only released on a console that struggled against its competitors at the time, thus giving the game a limited audience, it still managed to capture the gaming industry. From its interesting sanity meter mechanics, to its time-spanning story wherein you control wildly different characters linked throughout time, modern gaming tech could certainly provide interesting ways to showcase the unique mechanics and story.
Hopefully, the Kickstarter campaign meets its funding goals this time around, Nintendo has something up its sleeve, or both!
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