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Don’t Give Up On ‘Shadow of the Eternals’ Just Yet
After a disastrous attempt to bring to life the Eternal Darkness spiritual successor Shadow of the Eternals, Denis Dyack and Co. have returned with an update on the status of the game in the debut episode of the new Quantum Tunnel podcast. Dyack’s new studio, Quantum Entanglement Entertainment, will be handling its revival, which they hope to transform into a multimedia property that will span video games, film and TV.
Before any of that can happen, they’ll need to finish the game. Dyack confirmed in a recent post on the studio’s Facebook page that it’s still on the way, saying “Yes it’s still coming! We always appreciate people wanting the game but also know that it’s a frustrating wait – and you guys are awesome for sticking around with us!”
“The kickstarter failed so we had to go a different direction and start a new business with a new business model, these things take time but we’re able to do a lot more with the new company and have a lot more options. We obviously had a less than pleasant experience with some unethical press during the kickstarter so we’re making sure we have all our ducks in a row before we talk much more about SOTE, but it IS coming. We’re recording a video podcast tonight which will be released in the next day or so where we’ll talk a little more about it.”
You can find the debut episode of the Quantum Tunnel podcast he’s referring to below.
Shadow of the Eternals was originally supposed to be an episodic game set in Louisiana, and comprised of twelve 2-4 hour-long episodes that would release in a manner similar to a television show. The story followed Paul Becker, a detective tasked with investigating a brutal massacre between rival cults and their connection to the “Eternals”. That might’ve changed since we last heard from the game, or maybe not. Stay tuned!
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply saddened to learn that George A. Romero Foundation Founder and President Suzanne Desrocher-Romero has passed away.
GARF shared in a statement on socials, “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Suzanne Desrocher Romero. Suzanne passed away of natural causes on June 24 at her home in Toronto after a prolonged illness.”
The statement continues, “Suzanne was the fierce leader of the George A. Romero Estate and The George A. Romero Foundation. She worked tirelessly to preserve George’s legacy. Her work at the foundation will continue to inspire and live on for generations to come. The family asks for privacy at this time.”
Desrocher-Romero founded GARF in 2018, after her late husband’s passing in 2017, and has been a fierce advocate for his legacy and the arts. It was her mission to “strengthen horror as a serious field of global study,” and she was a tremendous fighter on behalf of Romero’s works and supporting new filmmakers inspired by his legacy.
It was Desrocher-Romero who spearheaded the recovery and restoration of The Amusement Park, and, as the person in charge of the George A. Romero estate, worked closely with author Daniel Kraus on completing unfinished novels like Pay the Piper and The Living Dead. She most recently celebrated the restoration of her favorite of Romero’s zombie films, Day of the Dead, and was hard at work producing the upcoming film Twilight of the Dead.
That passionate advocacy led to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero becoming family to Bloody Disgusting as well.
2023 marked the start of an ongoing partnership between Bloody FM and GARF on The Dead, a scripted audio series spanning multiple seasons that saw Desrocher-Romero working closely with the Bloody FM team and mentoring the series’s contributing writers with GARF. To say her loss will be felt internally is an understatement.
“Anytime George Romero is mentioned is good, because what we are doing is to provide a healthy legacy. We’re uplifting his legacy, we’re supporting the archive, and we’re also supporting the Horror Study Center. So, all of these three things are what the Foundation is striving to do. As far as I’m concerned, the more we say George Romero’s name, the better it is,” Desrocher-Romero recently told BD.
It’s the perfect encapsulation of her unwavering enthusiasm for supporting Romero’s legacy and the horror genre, and just a glimpse at how much she contributed to preserving it. She is, in short, an inspiration.
We send our deepest condolences to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero’s family, friends, and GARF.
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