Darkmode or Dark Mode is an option to turn of the global lighting. It was added in the hotfix 1.032, released 14/12/2012. Darkmode can be accessed by setting the Graphics Quality option to High then checking Enable Dark Mode and finally restarting the game.
Secret Beta[]
Before the official release of darkmode there was a test version available for some time, but it was hidden and could only be activated by changing a line in the config file.