GDC 2010: Bethesda Softworks Offers First Look of inXile Entertainment's Hunted: The Demon's Forge
Brian Fargo talks about his new Unreal Engine 3 co-op dungeon crawler
SAN FRANCISCO -- Bethesda Softworks, a ZeniMax Media company, showed media behind closed doors at the St. Regis Hotel during GDC 2010 a new third-person perspective Unreal Engine 3 game from inXile Entertainment. Bethesda Softworks will publish Hunted: The Demon’s Forge for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
inXile Entertainment was founded in 2002 by industry veteran Brian Fargo. During his distinguished tenure in the video game business, Fargo has been behind some of the greatest fantasy game franchises of all time including The Bard's Tale, Baldur's Gate, and Fallout. Hunted’s development is being overseen by Fargo while Michael “Maxx” Kaufman serves as the game’s director. Previously, Kaufman served as art director on such titles as Kingpin: Life of Crime, Redneck Rampage and the award-winning 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.
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