‘Shadow of the Eternals’ Revealed as ‘Eternal Darkness’ Sequel

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;05&sol;06002248&sol;shadowoftheeternalsgamescreen&period;jpg"><img class&equals;" wp-image-45899 aligncenter" alt&equals;"shadowoftheeternalsgamescreen" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;05&sol;06002248&sol;shadowoftheeternalsgamescreen-300x167&period;jpg" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"340" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Last year the fate of<em> <&sol;em>development group Silicon Knights was unknown and hanging in the balance&period;  They were best known for their psychological horror survival game <em>Eternal Darkness&comma; <&sol;em>which became a surprise sleeper hit for Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s fledgling Gamecube&period;  In the game you would play Alexandra Roivas&comma; who happens upon her grandfather&&num;8217&semi;s dismembered body at his mansion and finds a strange book&period;  Once drawn into the book&comma; Roivas is pulled into a third-person perspective traveling through twelve different time periods in the forms of twelve different people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Throughout the game certain effects would affect the game play such as the appearance of bugs all over the t&period;v&period; screen&comma; a messed up camera view&comma; blood coming from the walls and ceiling&comma; children crying&comma; footsteps&comma; and other machinations to mess with player&&num;8217&semi;s mind and abilities&period;  A sequel was planned in 2011 rumors spread when Nintendo trademarked the title but the result didn&&num;8217&semi;t pan out due to some problems between Silicon Knights and Epic Games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Positive news came today as developer Precursor Games revealed a teaser trailer for the possible sequel titled<em> Shadow of the Eternals<&sol;em>&period;  The game is currently in Kickstarter status and Precursor is hoping to rake in &dollar;1&period;5 million in funding for a campaign it will launch on Monday&period;  <em>Shadow of the Eternals<&sol;em> storyline will follow Louisiana police officer Paul Becker who is caught in a war between two cults&period;  The entire storyline will cover over a 2&comma;500 year span throughout Egypt&comma; Europe&comma; England&comma; Hungary&comma; and the U&period;S&period; in a twelve episode epic&period;  During the game play it says that players will find themselves trying to balance magick&comma; combat&comma; and maintain their sanity during &&num;8220&semi;sanity events&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Currently the game is set to appear on PC and Wii U only and a release date was not given&period;  You can check out the official teaser below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"gdd4hDM43IQ" title&equals;"Shadows of the Eternals Announced For Wii U"><a placeholder href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;gdd4hDM43IQ"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;gdd4hDM43IQ&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Shadows of the Eternals Announced For Wii U"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrace;<strong>Source&colon;<&sol;strong> <a title&equals;"Eternal Darkness Spiritual Successor 'Shadow of the Eternals' Announced&comma; Crowdfunding Begins Monday" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;joystiq&period;com&sol;2013&sol;05&sol;03&sol;eternal-darkness-successor-shadow-of-the-eternals-announced-c&sol;">Joystiq<&sol;a>&rcub;<&sol;p>&NewLine;