Hot News

Xbox One announced, launches with next-gen Kinect this year 238 4days 16hrs ago
Backward compatability is 'backwards' strategy, says Microsoft 164 3days 13hrs ago
What the community thinks of Xbox One 153 2days 17hrs ago
Xbox One not backwards compatible with 360 games 145 4days 15hrs ago
Xbox Live Gold: is it still worth it? 100 5days 17hrs ago
Xbox One does not provide any built-in DVR capabilities 84 4days 9hrs ago
Xbox One doesn't require always-on connection, but mandatory installs tied to accounts 69 4days 15hrs ago
In case you missed it, watch the Xbox One recap here 65 4days 14hrs ago
Sony explains why Gran Turismo 6 is not coming to PlayStation 4 (for now) 53 1day 19hrs ago
Kinect for Xbox One coming to PC 50 4days 8hrs ago

Latest News

Dungeons & Dragons Action-RPG 'Daggerdale' Announced, Packing Co-op

by Alice O'Connor, Dec 22, 2010 11:10am PST

If you ever wished D&D had a little more "action" in its "RPG," you may be interested in Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale, announced today. For everyone else, well, is a downloadable action-RPG with support for four-player co-op of any interest? Thought so.

Described as having "intuitive pick-up-and-play combat" with "a wide assortment of weapons, feats and powers," Daggerdale will see players defending the Dalelands from "the evil Rezlus and his Zhentarim," which surely means something to D&D fans.

While Daggerdale will support co-op for up to four heroes, you can also play solo.

Coming from Scratch: The Ultimate DJ's replacement developer Bedlam Games and publisher Atari, Daggerdale is slated for a downloadable release on PC, Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network in Spring 2011. Pricing has yet to be revealed.

Read all the News

« Previous Story
Shack PSA: GameFly Used Game Sale

Next Story »
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow DLC Detailed and Dated

Comments

14 Threads | 31 Comments

#20

Refresh Thread

By: loke662 x Show Full Post

Reply

Gary Gyax must be rolling in his grave!!!

Dec 22, 2010 6:35pm PST

toggle
Gary Gyax must be rolling in his grave!!! : loke662
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 2 replies.
- Did he roll a critical hit? : ResplendentOwl

#30

Refresh Thread

By: pepelouis x Show Full Post

Reply

still waiting for a D&D game set in the Dragonlance universe.

Dec 27, 2010 11:53am PST

still waiting for a D&D game set in the Dragonlance universe. : pepelouis

#4

Refresh Thread

By: PenicillinX57 x Show Full Post

Reply

Meh...seems like a cheap combination of Guild Wars and Torchlight. Pass.

Dec 22, 2010 11:51am PST

toggle
Meh...seems like a cheap combination of Guild Wars and Torchlight. Pass. : PenicillinX57
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 5 replies.
- toggle
  a combination of two of the finer examples in their genre... and you WOULDNT want that? some people are j... : radio_babylon
  - toggle
    Or unaware of the fact that D&D is the cooler basis for the lame generic fantasy settings of games like T... : wytefang
    - toggle
      There's nothing even remotely lame or generic about Guild Wars setting. It has a team of some of the most... : Lord Skellington
      
      Art-wise, it's sweet - I can totally agree. Story-wise, eh...not so much. : wytefang

#28

Refresh Thread

By: Beelzebud x Show Full Post

Reply

Nothing like a D&D game that doesn't even use the D&D rule set. I guess it will appeal to the console gamers that don't want to think about the games they play, but just want to smash buttons and watch stuff die.

Dec 23, 2010 1:16pm PST

Nothing like a D&D game that doesn't even use the D&D rule set. I guess it will appeal to the console g... : Beelzebud

#17

Refresh Thread

By: TwwIX x Show Full Post

Reply

I'd rather buy a hefty bag of shit from a hobo than anything developed or published by Atari.

Dec 22, 2010 4:00pm PST

toggle
I'd rather buy a hefty bag of shit from a hobo than anything developed or published by Atari. : TwwIX
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 3 replies.
- Why wouldn't you just give the hobo the money and leave empty handed? That sounds much more appealing. : erikman619
- too bad then , you missed out on the Witcher : synic0

#26

Refresh Thread

By: packav x Show Full Post

Reply

looks fun, bring to mac plz

Dec 23, 2010 8:29am PST

looks fun, bring to mac plz : packav

#25

Refresh Thread

By: Lukiopimp x Show Full Post

Reply

I'm really on the edge. Yay for co-op and D & D, nay for a game that by the video currently looks like any generic FTP asia grinder on the market.

Dec 22, 2010 11:42pm PST

I'm really on the edge. Yay for co-op and D & D, nay for a game that by the video currently looks like an... : Lukiopimp

#8

Refresh Thread

By: watcherxp x Show Full Post

Reply

Could the name be any more contrived?

Dec 22, 2010 1:28pm PST

toggle
Could the name be any more contrived? : watcherxp
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 7 replies.
- toggle
  It's a D&D RPG, so it must have "dale" at the end. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalelands : the archvile
  - toggle
    I can almost buy the "dale" suffix, but Dagger? Why not just call it "Bard's Underdale from Iceblivion... : watcherxp
    - Sworddale! : freshyk
    - "Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter: Trials of the Luremaster"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icewind_Dale:_... : the archvile
    - Earnhardtdale! : o0JediBeavis0o
    - A the archivile points out, it's a pre-existing locale in the forgotten realms... so, if you have issues ... : xsikal

#22

Refresh Thread

By: DinK x Show Full Post

Reply

FYI for people making games like this, the 4-player co-op feature elevates this from "something I saw on Shacknews" to "something a whole group of us will buy immediately."

Dec 22, 2010 8:04pm PST

FYI for people making games like this, the 4-player co-op feature elevates this from "something I saw on ... : DinK

#10

Refresh Thread

By: azshack x Show Full Post

Reply

When are they going to make a Baldur's Gate III, or any kind of tactical game with the real D&D rules again? I know that you can't make a turn-based RPG nowadays, but a little more of the dice rolling and a little less hack and slash would make me a happy camper.

Dec 22, 2010 2:00pm PST

toggle
When are they going to make a Baldur's Gate III, or any kind of tactical game with the real D&D rules aga... : azshack
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 3 replies.
- This with anything but 4th edition rules, please. : SkeezPimp
- Get the PC version of Dragon Age and zoom all the way out. That's probably the closest to Baldur's Gate ... : DinK

#6

Refresh Thread

By: synic0 x Show Full Post

Reply

if it has good gameplay I can forgive the bad graphics

Dec 22, 2010 1:01pm PST

toggle
if it has good gameplay I can forgive the bad graphics : synic0
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 2 replies.
- what ^ said : Vogerl

#1

Refresh Thread

By: GoldfishInAJarOfPickles x Show Full Post

Reply

Looks kind of generic. But I do love me some aRPGs

Dec 22, 2010 11:41am PST

toggle
Looks kind of generic. But I do love me some aRPGs : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 2 replies.
- Generic? That would be every other no-name non-famous world/setting. THIS IS SPARTA...err...D&D!! : wytefang

#3

Refresh Thread

By: wytefang x Show Full Post

Reply

Totally SWEET!!

Dec 22, 2010 11:51am PST

Totally SWEET!! : wytefang

#2

Refresh Thread

By: Memphis-Ahn x Show Full Post

Reply

Yes.
Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes.

Dec 22, 2010 11:43am PST

Yes. Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes. : Memphis-Ahn

red	r{...}r	italics	/[...]/
green	g{...}g	bold	b[...]b
blue	b{...}b	quote	q[...]q
yellow	y{...}y	sample	s[...]s
limegreen	l[...]l	underline	_[...]_
orange	n[...]n	strike	-[...]-
multisync	p[...]p	spoiler	o[...]o
olive	e[...]e	code	/{{...}}/

Hot News

Latest News

Dungeons & Dragons Action-RPG 'Daggerdale' Announced, Packing Co-op

More Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale

News

Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale

Videos

Screenshots

Comments