The Eternal Darkness trademark has been extended

I love to be scared - the anxiety, the adrenaline. Whether its being enveloped by a good book, teetering on the edge of my seat in the theatre or plunging head-first into the world of survival horror, I want to be there.

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Remember Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem?  Not everyone got a chance to play it, because, well, not every horror gaming fan owned a Nintendo GameCube.  I admit, I didn’t own the console until Twilight Princess, and by that time, it was pretty tricky to find a copy of Eternal Darkness that didn’t cost more than the GameCube itself.  There’s Dolphin, the emulator, but…some people really can’t be bothered.  It turns out that those people might not be left out after all, as the trademark for the Eternal Darkness franchise has been extended by Nintendo.

What they plan to do with this trademark is really unclear.  They could just want to keep any future titles exclusive, or it could mean that Silicon Knights is working on a Eternal Darkness project.  Considering the problems that Silicon Knights has had recently, it’s almost doubtful that they’re actually working on it.  But who knows what tomorrow might bring, right?  Perhaps Nintendo could bring the original title to the Wii-U as an HD remake or port, or through the Virtual Console?  I could really get into having the Game Pad wig-out while I was focusing on the screen.

It’s also important to note that this is the fifth extension.  I don’t know how long these extensions actually last for, but it’s clear that Nintendo doesn’t want to let this thing go.  Good call, Nintendo – the Wii-U needs more horror titles.

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  • http://twitter.com/Nekroido Nekroido

    I can’t play it on my Wii, so I’m super exited about this. *___*

  • http://twitter.com/SuccessorOfFate Fernando Silva

    Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Redemption?

  • ljbad

    With what happened to SK (basically dead), I don’t think there’s any way we’ll ever see this, at least not with them as the developers.

  • GrimSanto

    At this point, I would take a remake of the game or HD version.

  • luigiix

    Whatever it is, more Eternal Darkness is always good news :D

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ryan-Keys/501348683 Ryan Keys

    I hope it’s a new game and I hope it’s not by Silicon Knights. Not counting their MGS remake, which is good but doesn’t really hold a candle to the original, they’ve only ever made 2 decent games. Blood Omen and Eternal Darkness, and they know it.

    That’s why they ended up wasting the X-Men budget on trying to make Eternal Darkness 2. I mean, I get that it proves they’re passionate (or desperate) enough about Eternal Darkness that they were willing to do that, but from a business standpoint it also proves that they are willing to divert funds intended for one property and use it for their own secret project. I wouldn’t trust them to make it if I was Nintendo.