June2022
Memory Pak After 20 Years, Eternal Darkness Really Deserves A Second Life
Being stuck on one system is pure insanity
Picture the setting. You’re walking around a grand mansion, testing out keys on locked doors, investigating every nook and cranny, and simply trying your best to figure out where you need to go and what you need to do. The rooms are well-lit and the furniture neatly positioned together. By all accounts,...
October2020
Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel #65 - Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Chattur’gha, Narokath, Santak, Pargon, Pargon...
Welcome one and all to Box Art Brawl, the battle between two or more regional box art variants to find out which one's the most aesthetically pleasing to the most discerning, intelligent — and may we say charming — of all internet users: your lovely selves. Last time we commiserated about the...
March2017
News Denis Dyack Thinks Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes Could Come To Nintendo Switch
Virtual Console, or something bigger?
Former Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack may be more concerned with posting videos regarding quantum mechanics than developing video games these days, but he's still involved in the industry and continues to plug away at Shadow of the Eternals, the spiritual successor to Eternal Darkness - one of his former...
December2016
News Nintendo Files Trademark Application For Eternal Darkness
Possible virtual console release on the Switch?
Fans of Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem have had a rough decade. While the franchise lays dormant from Nintendo, a spiritual successor titled Shadows of the Eternal was to be developed (by ex-Silicon Knights devs) for the Wii U. Unfortunately it didn't hit an adequate amount of funding via...
January2016
News Shadow Moses Is A Fan-Made Metal Gear Solid For The HD Era
But how long before Konami closes it down?
As we all know, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has parted ways with Konami, which means that we're unlikely to see another "true" Metal Gear title, despite plans by the publisher to continue the franchise without its founder. If such a realisation leaves you feeling a bit blue, then cast your eyes over...
October2014
News Former President Of Silicon Knights Announces New Entertainment Company, QE2
Will the spiritual successor to Eternal Darkness finally be released?
Dennis Dyack, former president of the now defunct Canadian-based developer, Silicon Knights, has announced the formation of a new entertainment company titled, Quantum Entanglement Entertainment Inc., also abbreviated to,“QE2.” The new company will focus on the development of...
January2014
News Silicon Knights Loses Appeal in Epic Games Lawsuit
Leaves the struggling company with $9.2 million in fees
To gamers with some experience of past console generations, Silicon Knights may be a name that provokes waves of nostalgia. From a Nintendo perspective its stand-out games are Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem and Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes on the GameCube. Its development history since...
July2013
News Nintendo Files New Eternal Darkness Trademark
Adds downloadable options
Don’t worry, your sanity meter is full: Nintendo has in fact filed a new trademark for Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem that suggests a possibility of seeing the 2002 GameCube title in download form. According to Siliconera, Nintendo filed the new trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on 23rd...
May2013
News Denis Dyack: X-Men Destiny Accusations Affecting Shadow Of The Eternals Development
"I've got to do something about this"
Last last year, Kotaku reported that Silicon Knights was on its last legs, crippled by mismanagement. The blame was laid squarely at the door of founder Denis Dyack, who has since left the company and joined Precursor Games — which is hard at work at the Wii U title Shadow of the Eternals. Dyack was accused...
News Rumours Of The Demise Of Silicon Knights Are Greatly Exaggerated
Founder Denis Dyack joins Precursor full time, but studio is still "alive"
Silicon Knights chief financial officer Mike Mays has refuted claims that the studio is all but dead, telling Polygon that it is "very busy" and "definitely alive". The studio remains embroiled in a legal battle with Epic Games, and insider reports suggest that focus on...
March2013
News Nintendo Renews Eternal Darkness Trademark
A sequel could yet see the light of day
Released in 2002 on the GameCube, survival horror title Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem became an instant cult classic. Since then there have been glimpses of evidence that a sequel would eventually come to be, but up to now it hasn't happened. The game has come excruciatingly close to a sequel and now,...
November2012
News Struggling Silicon Knights Ordered To Recall Unsold Games
X-Men Destiny May Become A Collector's Item
A while back we reported that Eternal Darkness developer Silicon Knights was effectively on the ropes, with less than five staff members remaining in the company. The outlook has just gotten significantly worse, as it has transpired that the Canadian studio has been ordered to recall most of its recent...
October2012
News Insider Reports Suggest That Focus On Eternal Darkness 2 Has Crippled Silicon Knights
Less than five staffers remain
After the critical disaster that was X-Men Destiny, things were looking pretty bleak for developer Silicon Knights. However, a recent report by Kotaku — based on interviews with former staff members — reveals just how bad things have become. The studio is believed to have less than five employees, including company...
June2012
Feature Nostalgia vs. Eternal Darkness
Jon celebrates the 10th anniversary of this cult horror classic by losing his mind, in more ways than one
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem is one of those games whose cult status has snowballed since it hit in 2002, and with good reason. As a fairly innovative horror game from Silicon Knights and Nintendo, it kept players on their toes for its...
February2010
News New Trademark for Eternal Darkness
Is there light at the end of the tunnel for this Gamecube classic?
Kotaku.com spotted the re-upping for the trade mark of the highly lauded GameCube title, Eternal Darkness. That means ... what, exactly? Nintendo is considering a new title for the Wii? Can you imagine motion control to deal with Sanity effects? Or is this just Nintendo squatting on...
