[i]UBISOFT ANNOUNCES DARK MESSIAH™ OF MIGHT & MAGIC®
New Might & Magic® game to be powered by Source™ Engine from Valve
SAN FRANCISCO – AUGUST 4, 2005 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announces the development of Dark Messiah™ of Might & Magic®, a new first-person action game for the PC, powered by an enhanced version of the Source™ Engine, the award-winning game technology Valve created to power Half-Life®2.
Developed by Arkane Studios, the team behind the critically acclaimed Arx Fatalis game, Dark Messiah of Might & Magic puts players in a first-person perspective, allowing them to immerse themselves in the legendary Might and Magic universe as never before. It is also the world’s first fantasy action game to feature a complete first-person combat system. It takes full advantage of the Source™ Engine’s exceptional technological enhancements in areas such as character animation, advanced AI, real-world physics and shader-based rendering.
Ubisoft acquired the Might and Magic brand in 2003, and Dark Messiah of Might & Magic is the second title Ubisoft will be launching as it restores this famed franchise to glory. Dark Messiah of Might & Magic is scheduled for a summer 2006 release and will be shown for the first time at the Games Convention in Germany on August 17, 2005.[/i]
Valve seems to be really behind this title for some reason.
As far as I’ve heard it, the story is like: some people at Valve really dug Arx Fatalis and it was them to approach Arkane Studios to talk about a Source engine licensing deal.
Well that’s definitely a rebranding (look at the goblins, orcs, spiders), and looks tops. The only thing saying its not an rpg is some press release waffle, so hopefully that’s all it is, and we get Arx2 under a different name.
I suppose that video was for a publisher or someone like that.
