21 May 2012

Industry News: Hunted: The Demon's Forge

Two veteran game designers are behind this latest RPG announcement.

Published on 15 MAR 2010 9:28am by Scott Parrino
  1. inXile
  2. Bethesda Softworks
  3. fantasy, online or multi-player, role-playing

Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax® Media company, today announced that it will publish Hunted: The Demon’s Forge™.  Hunted is being described as a fantasy action game that takes a over-the-shoulder, third-person perspective.  Some of the development talent behind the game has a solid pedigree.  Brian Fargo founded inXile Entertainment in 2002 after his work with The Bard's Tale®, Baldur's Gate®, and Fallout®.  Overseeing Fargo will be Michael "Maax" Kaufman who has previously worked as Art Director for Kingpin™: Life of Crime™, Redneck Rampage™ and Return to Castle Wolfenstein® at Gray Matter.

“We are thrilled to be working with Bethesda Softworks on this upcoming release that takes us back to our roots,” said Brian Fargo, Founder of inXile Entertainment. “Bethesda’s track record speaks for itself and the game we are developing for them is no exception.”

“inXile has an extremely talented team and we couldn’t be more pleased to have them working on one of our upcoming titles,” said Vlatko Andonov, President of Bethesda Softworks.  “We believe gamers will be really excited about what these guys have in store for them.”

In addition to Hunted, Bethesda Softworks’ roster of upcoming games includes Fallout®: New Vegas™, the next chapter in the blockbuster Fallout franchise being developed at Obsidian Entertainment, Brink™, a ground breaking shooter being developed at Splash Damage and RAGE™, the new first-person shooter being developed by id Software.

Hunted: The Demon's Forge is expected to be released on  the Xbox 360, PlayStation®3 and Games for Windows.

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