An 8,500-hour countdown clock is ticking down to an Ecco the Dolphin remaster and sequel reveal

A new Ecco the Dolphin game is in the works, and a countdown website is now ticking down to what I can only assume will be an official reveal when it hits the zero mark—which will happen in a little over 8,500 hours. That's an unusually long haul for one of these reveal countdowns, which based on my experience typically clock in at maybe a week or two before the big unveiling happens—or the server crashes when everyone starts mashing the refresh button at the same time, as the case may be. Ecco the Dolphin was a hit when it launched on the Sega Genesis in 1992, ultimately being ported to various other platforms and spawning two sequels, The Tides of Time in 1994 and Defender of the Future in 2000.

Author: andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)

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