By Shadow of the Eternals will see its funding campaign temporarily dropped.
Crowdfunding for the Eternal Darkness spiritual successor on both Kickstarter and developer Precusor Games' website will be pulled and relaunched in a few weeks.
"Since we announced this Kickstarter campaign we have seen more support from our community than we had ever hoped for," said CEO Paul Caporicci.
"Along with this support has come a host of a new exciting opportunities that will make the game better than we envisioned.
"As a result, we have chosen to temporarily take down the Shadow of the Eternals crowdfunding campaigns on both Kickstarter and our own website on Thursday, June 6."
He continued: "This doesn't mean we are going away - far from it. We'll be re-launching the Kickstarter in just a few short weeks with a reveal of these exciting new developments."
All funds donated to the project will be returned in full to backers, while forums will remain open until the project returns.
"We want to thank everyone who has participated, volunteered, and spoken up to support us," added the post.
"You are our community and we value you more than you know. Stay tuned and we'll be back soon!"
Precusor Games recently said Shadow of the Eternals is unlikely to be funded if the Kickstarter failed.
The current crowdfunding campaign is only intended to pay for the pilot episode of Shadow of the Eternals.
A total of 12 have been planned for the game, which follows the investigation into a mysterious cult across 2,500 years.
Eternal Darkness launched on the GameCube in 2002. The game was notable for its sanity system, which introduced different effects based on the playable character's state of mind.
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Watch a gameplay video of Eternal Darkness below:
