Proof that Black Sigil Exists: A Launch Trailer

Studio Archcraft and Graffiti Entertainment's eternally delayed vapourware project, Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled, released last week in North America. That sounds like a lie, right? I know I know. If I hadn't been playing it myself, I too would be all "pfffft, stop your LIES!" right now, too.

Graffiti, though, wants you to believe, and has released a launch trailer for the game, which you can watch below.



So there you go.

As I mentioned above, I myself have put several hours into the game, and can honestly say that the game is well-done. Inevitable comparisons to Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI aside, Studio Archcraft has succeeded in making an SNES RPG for the current generation (assuming you count the DS as "current") which has its own staying power.

I'll try to get an impression article up for it sometime this week for those interested.

Not News: Black Sigil Delay #573

So, by now, I'm sure you know that I've more or less given up on ever being able to play Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled. For whatever reason, the game just refuses to be real. I don't know what it is, but I no longer have any faith in it as a legitimate product anymore. More like a rumor of a game that refuses to disappear.

Well, in keeping with that, I thought some of you that perhaps believed, for whatever reason, that the game was actually going to make its April release (confirmed by the publisher to be the last delay) has actually been delayed again until May.

...Are you seriously surprised?

Graffiti has allegedly given some bullshit excuse why they have delayed the game again, but I'm sure we'll be hearing more of their excuses in the following months, so I won't waste your time with it.

For whatever it's worth, though, they have posted two new trailers that look at the first 6 characters in the game and how they handle in combat. Give them a watch, but please bear in mind that this is not actually a game you will ever get to play. Think of them more as documentaries.

Characters Trailer 1


Characters Trailer 2


Graffiti claims that Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled will be available on Nintendo DS on May 12, 2009. We all know they're lying through their teeth though.

[Graffiti Entertainment]

Black Sigil Delayed AGAIN

Apparently, publisher Graffiti Entertainment enjoyed receiving our Silver Vaporware Award so much, that they have decided to go for it for another year, as the publisher has announced this week that their eternally delayed neo-retro DS RPG, Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled, will be delayed by at least another month.

For those of you new to the heart-wrenching drama of this title, let me give you a quick update on events surrounding it: Black Sigil (formerly Project Exile) never makes its release date.

Graffiti has offered no reason for the delay, but some fans have speculated that the game's original release of mid-March puts it at a competitive disadvantage against bigger name DS RPGs like Suikoden Tierkreis and Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume.

Whatever the reason, the delay has further reinforced to me that the game is never coming out. Ever. So I might as well just give up hoping.

Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled will supposedly now be available for Nintendo DS on April 14, 2009.

Why?! Why must you always always break my heart, Black Sigil?! T^T

Black Sigil FINALLY Gets a Real Release Date

Nostalically-brilliant Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled took the Silver Medal for our Vaporware Award last year, due to its ever-elusive release date evasion. Well, no more, apparently, as publisher Graffiti Entertainment has announced that the game has finally gone gold.

As you are likely aware, Black Sigil is the first game from indie Canadian developer Studio Archcraft, and is meant as a throw-back to the old days of 16-bit RPG classics like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI.

The game follows a young knight named Kairu, one of the only people in the world without magic. The game reportedly boasts 40-50+ hours of gameplay and a tactically based turn-based battle system. The game has been in the public eye for several years now, always eluding its release dates.

This time, though, the release date is straight from the publisher, so it has to be reliable. ...Right? Right?! ^ ^;

Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled will be available for Nintendo DS on March 17, 2009 in North America.