Darkest of Days saves history at retail on Sept. 8

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jul 15th 2009 at 2:05PM }

Trying to move beyond PC casino games, publisher Phantom EFX is ready to release the Darkest of Days on September 8 for PC and Xbox 360. The FPS follows a time traveler who must save certain soldiers in wars because "history needs them." You know, it's the anti-Terminator.

The game is being developed by 8monkey Labs out of Cedar Falls, Iowa. That's not really important, but we so rarely get to write about devs from Iowa that it felt like it needed to be said. Some videos of the game can be found on the Darkest of Days website. Sadly, nobody says, "Come with me, if you want to live," in any of them.

Gallery: Darkest of Days

Tags: 8monkey-labs, darkest-of-days, phantom-efx

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

The Baron @ Jul 15th 2009 2:12PM

Why restrict yourself to one bunch of well-known villains from history when you can have them all?

nukee @ Jul 15th 2009 4:04PM

Sequels?

Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 15th 2009 2:13PM

This game looks like it'll be fun.

Mercilessly slaughtering confederate soldiers as they take 30 seconds to reload their muskets.

100-round magazine FTW!!!!

JXCgunrunna @ Jul 15th 2009 2:33PM

who said you were not fighting the north? that would be an interesting spin on the game.

Damian @ Jul 15th 2009 2:35PM

See attached picture.

melloncollie @ Jul 15th 2009 2:54PM

@JXCgunrunna
No it wouldn't, because eventually your side would lose.

Sly @ Jul 15th 2009 3:13PM

melloncollie, the game is alternate reality. so the south CAN win.

JXCgunrunna @ Jul 15th 2009 3:19PM

And it sounds like you go on missions to save a person that will do something good for the world or their decedents would do something good for the world so it is possible that you could fight for the nazi's to save a German scientist who was in the war so that his great great grandson can make a cure for cancer in 2023

The Dark Wayne @ Jul 15th 2009 3:27PM

or you could fight the americans to protect a nazi? Now that would be interesting

dabamf @ Jul 15th 2009 4:25PM

Beat me to it...well done. +1

Platinum_Skeet @ Jul 15th 2009 4:34PM

THE SOUTHS GONNA RISE AGAIN BOY!!!!

=P

Timdogg @ Jul 16th 2009 11:01AM

My Brother works for this company...We REALLY wanted him to throw in a cool Achievement, but alas he had no part of that :(

I have played a little of the demo...very cool engine!

Plus I am holding out for a free copy of the game :)

MystileArmor @ Jul 15th 2009 2:13PM

GET IN THA CHOPPAAH!! DO IT NOW!

Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ Jul 15th 2009 2:15PM

Don't you mean do it nauwgh!

So we can travel to the year 3012 and defeat the evil robot king?

NoughtSoClever @ Jul 15th 2009 2:53PM

You will have to team up with Bryan Boitano for that one, obviously.

Young_Nastyman (a.k.a. Thor von Clemson) @ Jul 15th 2009 4:06PM

Bryan Boitano: The Game

Anthology @ Jul 15th 2009 4:21PM

Brian doesn't need help from the likes of you.

ilovethewaggle @ Jul 15th 2009 4:38PM

damn those chicken wings were hot.

MRLN @ Jul 15th 2009 2:14PM

Woah, that's an interesting concept.

The_Punisher @ Jul 15th 2009 2:32PM

I'm sorry, but every time you post, i end up looking at your avatar and skipping over your post.

PR0F3TA @ Jul 15th 2009 2:52PM

its not a game... its a training simulator.

for further info:

http://LLBTI.ytmnd.com/

invaderalex @ Jul 15th 2009 3:43PM

You should always listen to haruhi. She is god you know?

Naota @ Jul 15th 2009 2:14PM

Interesting idea

player66 @ Jul 15th 2009 2:15PM

Sadly, nobody says in them, "Come with me, if you want to live"...yet.

Give them time, they'll come up with a clever, witty time-travel one-liner. Casual game devs are known for their witty dialogue and deep, rich storylines. Now, if this game lets you kill Hitler in his face? SOLD!

pedasn @ Jul 15th 2009 2:16PM

ah..... there's a pc tag. i love you joystiq

dabamf @ Jul 15th 2009 2:16PM

A bunch of enemies who have to reload between shots for 30 seconds, and me with an automatic assault rifle.

Can you say fish in a barrel?

Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 15th 2009 2:18PM

Look up.

Drew -- PS360: uphillbothways @ Jul 15th 2009 2:56PM

Yeah! You can't say that 'cus Storm Eagle already did. Repetition will not be tolerated!

mutd1999 @ Jul 15th 2009 6:01PM

A good soldier could reload in less than ten seconds. ;)

...this coming from a guy who works at an 1812 site...sure it's earlier, but it's the same tech.

aoday91 @ Jul 15th 2009 2:16PM

I can I go back in time and kill Hitler before he rose to power

grover96 @ Jul 15th 2009 2:22PM

But he was your great-grandfather...it creates a time paradox. So for you, no.

THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Jul 15th 2009 2:33PM

lol grover!

cimino15 @ Jul 15th 2009 2:16PM

I absolutely love this concept, and it's so funny because I've actually thought to myself before what it would be like if someone with an M4A1 with a ridiculous amount of ammo and a kevlar vest went back in time. Color me interested.

Mopo @ Jul 15th 2009 3:50PM

They do have cannons back then and what happens if you get shot in the face?

Arctrick @ Jul 15th 2009 10:27PM

@cimino15

I used to think the exact same thing. What if we COULD go back in time and pwn the soldiers of old with our helicopters, bulletproof vests, and assault rifles? WWII could have been over even faster with that kind of technology.

Unless we're talking about Wolfenstein and it's Mecha-Hitler, of course.

Stix Remix @ Jul 15th 2009 2:18PM

"History needs them"

Well, if history needed them, wouldn't they have already been saved? Isn't the protagonist therefore altering history by saving them? Or was he the original savior of these soldiers, but now is fulfilling what happened in the past by going back in time and saving the soldiers?

Is this a Back to the Future time travel? Or is it Bill & Ted?