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Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment Announced Gauntlet
BURBANK, Calif. – March 17, in the year of our Lord 2014
– Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today
announced Gauntlet, a completely modernized action RPG version
of the celebrated dungeon crawler, will be available this summer
via Steam for PC, offering full support for SteamOS and the
upcoming Steam Machines shipping the second half of this
year. The game will lead the launch of WB Games Vault, a
direct-to-digital portfolio that will deliver paid games based
on popular Warner Bros. and Midway brands, plus original IP,
across multiple digital networks.
“With Gauntlet we combined the arcade style of the original game
with an entirely new look and feature set that includes
emergent, local and online four-player gameplay,” said David
Haddad, Senior Vice President, Digital Games, Warner Bros.
Interactive Entertainment. “Gauntlet will be the first title in
the WB Games Vault portfolio, which will provide us with an
opportunity to access emerging talent within the game
development community and match unique skills and experience
with our extensive library of properties.”
Gauntlet, developed by Arrowhead Game Studios, innovates on past
titles while staying true to the brand’s legendary format.
Players select from four classic fantasy-based characters:
Warrior, Wizard, Valkyrie, or Elf. Each character has its own
unique strengths and weaknesses. For example, the Warrior does
the most damage in melee combat, the Wizard has the most
powerful magic, the Valkyrie has the most armor and the Elf
moves the fastest. Distinctive play styles, procedural dungeons
and an impressive art style keep the gameplay fresh.
"To us at Arrowhead, Gauntlet is one of the most defining games
from our childhoods, and it's amazing to be able to work with
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on a brand new version,”
said Johan Pilestedt, CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios. “Gauntlet
is one of the original and best known video game properties and
we are looking forward to creating a fresh, yet true to the
original, take on a multiplayer masterpiece.”
Upon selecting a playable character, the gameplay is set within
dungeons where the object is to fight through the chambers
slaying evil creatures and completing challenges. An assortment
of special items can be located in each dungeon that can restore
the player’s health, unlock doors, and shift the odds in the
player’s favor with magical relics which can aid the player in
surviving longer in the Gauntlet. The enemies are a vast
assortment of fantasy-based monsters, including ghosts, grunts,
demons, spiders, sorcerers and skeleton warriors.