<s>
Darkened	B-Application
Skye	I-Application
is	O
a	O
third-person	O
action-adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Boston	B-Application
Animation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
GameCube	B-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
2002	O
and	O
the	O
PAL	O
regions	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
packaged	O
with	O
Outlaw	B-Application
Golf	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
protagonist	O
of	O
Darkened	B-Application
Skye	I-Application
is	O
Skye	O
,	O
a	O
shepherd	O
who	O
wants	O
to	O
get	O
more	O
enjoyment	O
out	O
of	O
life	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
voiced	O
by	O
Linda	O
Larkin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
M	B-Application
's	I-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
sold	O
well	O
,	O
producer	O
Elizabeth	O
Braswell	O
was	O
asked	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
Skittles	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DeSharone	O
led	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
over	O
50	O
people	O
in	O
Kyiv	O
across	O
two	O
years	O
,	O
working	O
on	O
Darkened	B-Application
Skye	I-Application
simultaneously	O
with	O
M	O
's	O
The	O
Lost	O
Formulas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
time	O
Darkened	B-Application
Skye	I-Application
was	O
finished	O
,	O
Simon	O
&	O
Schuster	O
considered	O
removing	O
the	O
Skittles	O
association	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
developers	O
already	O
incorporated	O
the	O
candy	O
into	O
the	O
gameplay	O
and	O
in-game	O
text	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
ended	O
up	O
with	O
only	O
no	O
references	O
to	O
Skittles	O
on	O
the	O
box	O
cover	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Boston	B-Application
Animation	I-Application
largely	O
outsourced	O
the	O
development	O
&	O
programming	O
to	O
a	O
team	O
based	O
in	O
Ukraine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
version	O
was	O
shipped	O
in	O
January	O
2002	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Darkened	B-Application
Skye	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
on	O
both	O
platforms	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
was	O
compared	O
to	O
games	O
like	O
Tomb	B-Application
Raider	I-Application
and	O
Star	B-Application
Fox	I-Application
Adventures	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameTrailers	O
placed	O
Darkened	B-Application
Skye	I-Application
as	O
number	O
two	O
in	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
10	O
Shameless	O
Licensed	O
Games	O
"	O
,	O
behind	O
Chase	B-Application
the	I-Application
Chuck	I-Application
Wagon	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
