Four people will be able to play through the entire story, either online or locally, in screen-quartering split-screen.īut actual gameplay details are thin. 'We wanted to bring in the camera to have a more intimate, visceral experience with the harshness of Icewind Dale,' Hattem said.Ĭo-op will still be fundamental to the experience, though.

Perhaps more importantly, a new beginning means moving from top-down gameplay to third-person. The new beginning means moving away from the Baldur's Gate setting and into Icewind Dale, hence the name change, but the story will continue to center around Drizzt Do'Urden and RA Salvatore's stories. 'We felt like this is a new beginning for the franchise.' It's been so long since the original Dark Alliance and Dark Alliance 2 - it's generations ago, console generations - we felt it wouldn't do that- those two games are really good in their own right and we're putting our own spin on things. 'It's a new story,' Tuque studio head Jeff Hattem told me in an interview. Wizards acquired Tuque a couple of months ago and there are around 55 people working there.īack to Dark Alliance: it will be a spiritual successor, not a direct successor, to the Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance games from the PlayStation 2 and Xbox era.

Livelock, the studio's first game, looks like a pretty good co-op action RPG, which bodes well. Co-op Dungeons & Dragons hack-and-slash series Dark Alliance is making a comeback.Ī brand new game, dubbed simply Dark Alliance, will be released next autumn for PC and consoles, developed by Tuque Games and Wizards of the Coast.Ī quick word on Tuque: it's a relatively unknown studio in Montreal created by ex-Ubisoft veterans.

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