In 1999, there was news that Interplay Productions started a division known as Interplay Films, Descent was adapted into a NBC TV movie but then was decided to become a feature film, however, since 1999, there has been no new updates on the Descent movie adaptation so the movie is considered to be dead.
Descent appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
If you used one of the cheat codes, you'd hear a female voice call you "Cheater" in a mocking tone.
Commercials for the Playstation version of the game featured the celebrities Rodney Dangerfield and Jenny McCarthy.
A complete version of Descent is available on Classic Games Collection CD featured with the July 2000 issue of PC Gamer Magazine.