Puzzle Quest Devs Are at It Again

Infinite Interactive, developers of Puzzle Quest, are making a third installment in the series. Galactrix will soon release, but that hasn’t stopped them from shamelessly promoting Deathbringer.

Deathbringer will be set in the same world as the original Puzzle Quest, but it will concentrate more heavily on the RPG elements and even go so far as to include a branching, multi-level dungeon mechanic. Though the addictive puzzle action we all love is not being abandoned. Best of all, two-player co-op play will be supported.

Deathbringer is being developed for PC and will later be ported to all three current home consoles. Expect a late 2009 or early 2010 release.

Below you’ll find a list of features for the game as reported by IGN:

• Real-time, fast-action puzzle gameplay.
• Persistent Heroes who can be saved and carried over from dungeon to dungeon.
• Multiplayer support for up to two-player cooperative gameplay.
• Multiple Hero Skill Trees to choose from – all with unique attacks and abilities.
• Companion Mode, where an intelligent A.I. companion (with player defined action scripts) accompanies the player, to complement the player’s skills. There are four companions to choose from. Companions are persistent just like heroes – each Companion will grow over time, gaining skills as they adventure with the hero. There will also be 5 hidden familiars that can only be found through completing hard side quests.
• Via an open architecture, new dungeons and monsters to be added to the game after release.
• Over 100 Magic Items for heroes to use.
• Spell System which is simple, fun and spectacular.
• Multiple Dungeons to adventure in – all with detailed and exciting level-design.
• Simple interface which should be familiar to most console & PC gamers.
• Replayability via hero skills and combinations, and also random dungeon elements and extensible items.
• High quality graphics developed for Infinite’s Sage Engine.
• Excellent Music – High quality soundtrack featuring thematic music, and dynamic music support.
• High quality sound effects, including plenty of speech and all manner of magical whooshes and crashes, all in 3D positional sound!