It wasn't so long ago that we brought you word of BioWare's fan-based effort to name the new alien race which resides within their upcoming Nintendo DS RPG effort, Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood. Now, it seems the names have been submitted, the votes have been cast, the results tallied, and the name chosen. Such as the process would have been expected to proceed, one might imagine.

According to website The Sonic Stadium, another website, Sonic Nerds, became the winner (imagine that) with their chosen nom de plume for the big bad guys who come out of nowhere and start kicking everyone's butts royally. This time, that race's name will be "The Zoah," beating out other entries such as "Gravitus," "Dusk," "Psykore," and "Darknood."

Incidently, longtime SEGA fans might be thinking "Gosh, that name sounds familiar" before breaking down into fits of crying over what the company once was. As it happens, and is no doubt uncoincidental, The Zoah was the name of a pivotal town from the SEGA Saturn RPG Panzer Dragoon Saga.

Sonic Chronic-what-cles is due out in Autumn, and Kombo will keep you up to date on whatever other scraplets of information we come across.