Atlus, in partnership with developer Kylotonn Entertainment, has announced a new medieval action–adventure game today. Titled The Cursed Crusade, the game boasts two-player online/offline co-op in a story set at the end of the 12th century revolving around a pair of cursed warriors fighting to save their souls.
“A story of salvation and survival, The Cursed Crusade brings to life the mystery and allure of the Middle Ages,” said Aram Jabbari, Manager of PR and Sales at Atlus. “The game’s main characters are not heroes; they’re just men, susceptible to temptation, easily made to feel doubt and despair. The raw, gritty accuracy of many of the game’s historical locations is sharply contrasted by Denz and Esteban’s supernatural struggle to save their souls. Their affliction, the Templar’s Curse, threatens to accelerate their descent into hell, burning their humanity away as it engulfs the space around them in demonic flame.”
The game’s said to “marry the beauty and wonder of medieval Europe with thrilling adventure and dark fantasy.” Its co-op third-person adventure promises to “consume you.”
The Cursed Crusade is scheduled for a summer 2011 release on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.
