Dungeons: The Dark Lord Released, Officially

Some of you may have already picked up Realmforge’s Dungeons: The Dark Lord when it was made available by a couple of digital download services a few days early, but for those of us who waited for our retailer of choice, the standalone expansion pack should now be widely available across North America. Cue the press release:

“Dungeons The Dark Lord” Available Now in North America!

Show your friends your darkest side in this standalone expansion to (Dungeons)

Ridgewood, NJ, September 27, 2011 Kalypso Media USA is pleased to announce the retail release of Dungeons The Dark Lord, the stand-alone expansion to Dungeons, the game that challenged players to show off their evil sides. In Dungeons The Dark Lord, players will craft elaborate dungeons, laden with traps, treasure and monsters, in an attempt to lure in hapless heroes. Once those heroes enter the dungeon, they’ll become fodder for the torture racks of the Dungeon Lord and his friends. Dungeons The Dark Lord adds a new campaign map, a new single-player storyline, additional prestige gimmicks and more importantly multiplayer gameplay! Players will now be able to go head-to-head in various competitive modes, proving who is the most sinister gamer of all.

Dungeons – The Dark Lord is the sequel to the much-loved Dungeons, the game where the more evil you are, the better! In Dungeons – The Dark Lord, there’s a slew of exciting new features, including four-player multiplayer in three modes! Along with the addition of multiplayer modes such as Deathmatch and King of the Hill, there’s now the ability to play as some of the game’s popular bosses (Minos, The Dungeon Lord, the Zombie King and more) in multiplayer, along with the addition of an extensive single-player campaign, a new dungeon setting and lots of new dungeon gimmicks.

Features of Dungeons – The Dark Lord:
Ԣ Four multiplayer modes for up to four players: Deathmatch, King of the Hill, Survival and Pi̱ata
‘¢ Entirely new, fully scripted and voiced single-player campaign
‘¢ New dungeon setting (ice crystal cave) with new graphics, unique dungeon gimmicks and a new boss monster The Yeti
‘¢ Playable bosses in multiplayer modes (Minos, Zombie King, Calypso and Dungeon Lord)
‘¢ Various dungeon graphics sets and inventories are now available
‘¢ New set of skills specifically for multiplayer modes

For more information on Dungeons The Dark Lord please visit www.dungeons-game.com

Dungeons has been rated “M” for “Mature” (Blood and Violence) by the ESRB.

About The Kalypso Media Group

Founded in 2006 in Germany by industry veterans Simon Hellwig and Stefan Marcinek, Kalypso Media is a global, independent developer, marketer and publisher of interactive entertainment software that employs nearly 100 video game industry experts world-wide.

Along with Headquarters in Worms, Germany, the company has offices in the United Kingdom and the United States.  Kalypso Media also enjoys very strong global digital distribution through its Kalypso Media Digital Ltd. Subsidiary, and owns three development studios Realmforge Studios GmbH, Gaming Minds Studios GmbH and Noumena Studios GmbH and works with multiple leading independent developers.

Kalypso Media’˜s recent titles include Boulder Dash XL and The First Templar for Xbox 360, and Dungeons for Windows PC. Upcoming multi-platform titles include Tropico 4, The Dark Eye Demonicon and Port Royale 3, along with Dungeons The Dark Lord and Jagged Alliance: Back in Action for Windows PC. Further information about Kalypso Media is available at http://www.kalypsomedia.com.