E3 10: Gameloft Announces Dragon Hunter: Alliance

I guess this is sort of a warm up for the rest of E3, but Gameloft, a smaller publisher, has revealed a new Gauntlet-style co-op action-RPG for PSN this morning, called Dragon Hunter: Alliance.

The trailer (embedded above for your viewing convenience) claims it to be 'The Ultimate Action RPG,' a claim which I can only assume is either highly delusional or a bald-faced lie, as Gauntlet-style games have been done to death (least of all by the Gauntlet series itself).

Gameloft's PR speak aside, however, if you were craving some co-op hack-n-slash on PSN, Dragon Hunter: Alliance may be worth keeping in mind.

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Konami Announces Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgement

In rather awkward news, Konami announced earlier this week that they will be reviving the PS1 SRPG series Vandal Hearts on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network late this summer.

The downloadable title, Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgement, takes place on Sostegaria, a continent from the original game, and follows a young man named Tobias Martin who attempts to protect his homeland as two countries prepare to go to war.

Though the game's developer has not been officially announced, the art style suggests that Flames of Judgement is being developed by a North American studio, and has swapped a Japanese gothic look for a 90s Saturday morning cartoon show approach. While I'm not a "Japanese devs or GTFO" snob, I... can't say I really appreciate this different direction.

The SRPG title is scheduled for an August release on XBLA and a September release on PSN.

I'm all for the resurrection of old series, but this isn't exactly what I had hoped for...

[Destructoid]
[RPGamer]