Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements – September Release for Xbox 360
By Stephany on Saturday, September 1st, 2007 at 11:15 AM PST In Games, Microsoft, Ubisoft
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements will finally be gracing the Xbox 360 with its presence in September, with the same content as the PC version and a few new extras that Jon told you about in July. These extras include the ability to explore four all-new levels – in some you will put your puzzle solving skills to the test, and in others you will just have to hack your way through. According to Ubisoft, the pace of the game will resemble Half Life 2 instead of the dungeon crawling style of Oblivion. Either way, gamers who prefer to play consoles instead of the PC will enjoy this great title, and it is high time it was bestowed upon us. As someone who loved the PC version, I am anxious to see how well it plays on the 360 in the comfort of my big chair in front of a great television.
Check out a list of game features after the break.
Key Features of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements for Xbox 360 include:
• More action, new challenges. Experience Might and Magic® like never before, with refined game mechanics carefully crafted for pad-controlled carnage, including a brand new lock-on feature and tweaked level design and game statistics. Explore three previously unreleased secret levels with new objectives, gameplay, and rewards.
• Multiplayer remixed. New multiplayer maps have been created exclusively for Xbox 360, while all other features have been completely remastered for an optimal Xbox LIVE® experience, allowing you to play with up to 10 players. Enlist with the Humans or the Undead and choose to play as an archer, priestess, mage or knight. Make use of powerful and unique skills and spells on the battlefield, including powers such as meteor shower, berserk charge and rain of arrows.
• Cutting-edge technology. Discover the power of the Source engine on Xbox 360, featuring jaw-dropping environments, incredible graphics and top-notch physics. Immerse yourself in a gritty first-person experience with complete body awareness, realistic movements and physics rendering, making Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements the first action game to feature a complete first-person combat system.
· Environmental mischief. Use your environment as a weapon to outsmart the most fiendish monsters. From bottomless pits to diabolical traps, players will find that that their spells and weapons are not always the most effective solution to dispatching their foes.
• Never-ending action. Challenge the forces of evil across 12 chapters and master over 30 weapons and 12 devastating spells. Engage the enemy in intense melee combat with swords, bows, staffs and daggers; summon magic powers or sneak in the shadows to stalk depraved creatures. Show no mercy as you carve deep into the enemy’s flesh and use the environment as a weapon to outsmart the most fiendish monsters.
• The Might and Magic universe’s darkest side. From bottomless pits to abandoned temples, dark catacombs and swelled cities, explore the remotest recesses of Ashan, populated with fearless Orcs, dreadful Undead, elusive Cyclops and many other creatures that defy nature’s creation. This is the darkest side of the legendary Might and Magic universe, where the forces of evil are stronger and more cunning than ever.
I would wax lyrical about this game, if I could play the damn thing. Never could get past the loading screen for the prologue level, because that’s as far as the game would progress before it crashed on my PC. Damn! Hope the 360 version is less buggy.
How is Oblivion a dungeon crawl? Its 500 hours and you can go under water, ride horses, search towns etc. In the real world today or back in the dark ages people lived in castle(houses) and there are many caves to explore even to this day. It would be really boring to have an all outdoor game.
This game has been shifted to Q1 2008
PS: According to Ubisoft the game was 80% finished while the Games Convention took place in germany. Release in September? How?
Oh I see, the game will arrive in the US in November (last date) and in Europe in Q1 2008
So the US will get this game month ahead of Europe and has now a Releasedate in September? Why? they are crazy!
Matt: Personally, I would NEVER consider Oblivion a dungeon crawl – I am just repeating what was said
Dig: From three different sources I looked up, it says that the release date for North America will be sometime this month. We will see what happens. You know how these things work.
Wait, THIS September? Do you think they’ll really manage that? I hope they do because I love these kinds of games but still…I smell a delay
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, it says on loads of websites that it will be in UK by 7th spetember but it looks like it not i would have got this for my computer but it not very high tech does any1 no when the demo will be realsed and why is it being moved into Q1 2008 that too far away!!!!!!! LOL
Chris: i agree with you about these games they are so cool … Assassin Creed lloks amamzing but it comes out november
Fable 2 and two wordls also llok reli good 
Wikipedia.org says SEPT 7, 2007 too. I marked my calendar… of course it also says Stranglehold has an August release, but its not even out yet.
ya ganesh did yours like right after you get the crystal thingy it loads and gets to the middle and exits out and says error or sumtin?
any1 no wen this game is comin out in australia???