Publisher stakes claim to Gauntlet DS, This is Vegas, and Criminal Web addresses, indicating previously abandoned projects may be revived. Last year Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment purchased Midway for $49 million, instantly establishing itself in the fighting game genre with the Mortal Kombat series. Along with the fighting franchise, WBIE also picked up Midway's extensive back catalog of arcade and console games, as well as a few more recent titles that never saw the light of day.
That Gaming Site writes: In February Gauntlet for the Nintendo DS had surprisingly disappeared, no one was willing to comment regarding the games status and fans assumed it was cancelled. The ESRB however has revealed a listing for the canceled title.
Eidos have confirmed that Gauntlet, a modern reworking of the classic fantasy hack and slash arcade game from Midway, will be released on Nintendo DS this October.
Eidos has announced the upcoming release of Gauntlet for the Nintendo DS. Not just a port of the arcade hack-n-slash game, the DS version will include a number of multiplayer, and graphic, enhancements. Features of Gauntlet on the Nintendo DS: - Choose from Elf, Warrior, Wizard, and Valkyrie - Four-player Wi-Fi cooperative or competitive play - Voiceover IP (VoIP) - Three realms featuring 40 maps - Ranked multiplayer in 3 game modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Treasure Hoard
Eidos is bringing a new version of arcade classic Gauntlet to Nintendo DS.This latest iteration on the venerable classic, which is in development at Backbone Entertainment (Sonic Rivals 2 for PSP), uses a brand new design that sounds more like it was inspired by the original title, rather than being a direct sequel.
The game will still be based around co-operative play, fighting monsters and exploring maps, but will include
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