From November 1st 2002, the experience of playing a video game at home will change forever. The launch of Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem marks the first release ever of a psychological thriller, which promises an encounter that you've never had before. Once you switch on your NINTENDO GAMECUBE there will be no turning back�. Nintendo's Eternal Darkness will make you question your sanity.

Even before the Nintendo logo rolls out, there is something different about the game that makes you shiver with uneasiness. A few minutes into the game, you find yourself in a locked room surrounded by sword wielding skeletons and worse still, no weapons to defend yourself. But did you really get locked in with them? Did you really die? Then you realise�you're not playing this game; it's playing with you.

With up to 50 hours of gameplay, the eerily epic tale of Eternal Darkness begins when university graduate, Alexandra Roivas, is woken one night by a disturbing phone call about her grandfather's gruesome death. Promising to unravel the mystery, her discovery of a tome catapults the story across 20 centuries of ancient evil that have touched the lives of 12 chosen characters. Each chapter will unveil the many faces of evil - where you will go head to head with scary bonethieves, vampires, zombies, three-headed horrors and Great Ancients.

The game is watching you and will prey on your weaknesses. If your character does not hold nerve in battle and defeat enough enemies - the level of sanity will drop. Like nothing you've seen before, your sanity is monitored by a unique on-screen sanity meter that must be sustained at all times. If it drops below average, you might find that your limbs painfully drop off one by one or that you have lost all of your weapons. Then a white flash appears and you realise it didn't happen. Your character was only hallucinating. Is this what it's like to go insane?

As Alex digs deeper into the tome, you get to control each fighter from a Roman centurion, an archaeologist to a journalist, drawn together by destiny to fight their fate. The game also allows you to master a range of authentic weapons throughout history such as swords, shotguns and a special magick system where you can cast and create numerous wicked spells to help you in battle.

Having already set the U.S. games industry alight with rave reviews, Eternal Darkness offers some of the scariest moments in video gaming history and showcases some of the most beautiful and realistic graphics on the NINTENDO GAMECUBE. The breath-taking soundtrack and excellent voice samples will also haunt you throughout the experience as it provides an eerie backdrop adding depth to the game. As you past the flickering lights and lurking shadows, it's not a matter of whether you'll lose your mind but when? Take a deep breath� trust no one, not even yourself because it's quite likely that none of this is real.

Since its launch on May 3rd, the millionth NINTENDO GAMECUBE has been shipped into store in Europe, after just 11 weeks. With an outstanding line up of games being released before Christmas, starring the biggest names in interactive entertainment, Nintendo shows the best is yet to come.

Eternal Darkness is exclusive to Nintendo and launches on 1 November for the NINTENDO GAMECUBE for an estimated retail price of around 60 Euros.