I was a big fan of the first Overlord game on the Xbox 360 (and subsequently the PS3). It wasn’t without issue, but the concept, controls, and gameplay all worked pretty damn well. So it’s obvious I got excited when this press release hit my desk. Many a new form of Overlord is coming.
The PS3, Xbox 360, and PC will be seeing true sequels with Overlord II. You get to control an all new Overlord with more powerful minions in a game inspired by the rise of the Roman Empire.
The Wii gets Overlord Dark Legend, where players take control of a new young Overlord as he grows into his new shoes and learns how to manage his minions and take over the world.
Finally, the DS gets Overlord Minions. In the portable version, the Overlord manages his team of minions remotely, so you hardly ever see him. You get to control the minion army with the stylus and cause havok.
All of them sound really cool and I have a feeling I’ll be picking up all three new games.
The once Xbox 360 exclusive adventure that pitted an Evil puppet master and his seemingly endless array of minions is coming to the PS3. There has not be a release date yet, but developer Codemasters says this summer. There was recently downloadable content released for the 360 version, and you had to pay extra, about 10 bucks, for some expanded missions and so forth. The PS3 version will have all the content new and old on one shiny Blu-ray disc. If you are up in the air on buying this game and can wait a few months; might be a wise choice.
Just in case you are still playing Overlord, chances are you probably are not, but there will be some new pay content available. This content was supposed to come out last November, but was pushed back 3 months for reasons unknown. The new content is as follows:
Raising Hell, a single-player expansion previously released on PC, which includes new Abyss levels and Dungeon Challenges for 800 points
Challenge Pack, which hands over seven new multiplayer maps and a ‘Legendary’ single-player difficulty mode. That one’s up for 400 points
The free pack is a multiplayer?? splitscreen mode. I swear, the games I play all the time rarely get updated, yet these random ass games that are rentals at best get these updates no one is going to buy. Are you really gonna shell out 72 bucks for Overlord? Did not think so.
So it is confirmed that there will actually be a total of three different downloadable packs for Overlod on the Xbox 360. One will be free and two are labeled as premium, which means we will be paying, no prices set for the premium packs just yet. Get set for some new levels, new multiplayer maps and modes, confirmed split screen co-op action and a new difficulty, The split screen co-op alone is worth the download, I can only hope the prices for the premium content stays reasonable.
From the official press release:
Be extra evil this November as Codemasters announces Overlord: Raising Hell as part of new downloadable content. Read More »
The joy that it brings me to write this is undescribable, I am quite the fan of of Overlord and hearing that it will be getting some new downloadable content, entitled Raising Hell, instantly brings a smile to my face. From the trailer it is unclear what exactly is going on but who cares, this gives me an excuse to dust off my copy of Overlord again and have my minions burn some towns down. I would love to see this as free content, but no details have been released just yet.
Codemasters will host a stellar showing of exclusive playable reveals at this year’s Games Convention 2007 in Leipzig, Germany, running August 23rd – 26th, 2007.
The ever growing videogame developer and publisher’s showcase booth (Hall 4, F01) will feature playable premieres for Clive Barker’s Jericho™, Turning Point™: Fall of Liberty, new downloadable content for Overlord™, plus the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system edition of hit off-roader Colin McRae: DiRT™. A Codemasters Online area will be dedicated to The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™ and feature content update Book 10: The City of the Kings.
“Everyone within Codemasters is extremely excited to have both Clive Barker’s Jericho and Turning Point: Fall of Liberty playable at this year’s Games Convention in Leipzig,” states Rod Cousens, CEO, Codemasters.
“We have very high hopes for both titles and, as we continue to increase Codemasters growing presence, we recognise the significance of allowing our fans and consumers to get an early taste of what’s to come, and this year’s Games Convention in Germany is the perfect opportunity to do so.”
Yesterday we brought you a rumor that Overlord might be coming to the PS3. Today, sadly, we get to bust that rumor. Everyone here at Loot Ninja was pretty excited to see Overlord making the rounds to other consoles, but it’s not meant to be.
A spokesperson from Triumph Studios let this out to Eurogamer:
“We are not porting Overlord to PS3,” a spokesperson told Eurogamer this morning.
There you have it. The job posting is for a new, unannounced title from Triumph that should be hitting the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 sometime next year, if all goes well in development.
Could PS3 users get to fool around with minions in the near future? It seems plausible, giving a recent job posting on the Triumph Studios website for PS3 programmers.
The job posting calls for a coder with PS2 and/or PS3 experience for “Porting X360/PC code base to PS3.” Now let’s think about that for a second. Triumph Studios’ last game (aside from Overlord) was an Age of Wonders expansion in 2003. Unless they have some new, unannounced games coming our way, this job posting most likely means we’ll be seeing Overlord land on the PS3 in the near future.
What do you think? Would you like to see Overlord on other consoles? Personally, I love the game, but I’m not a big fan of ports showing up months or years later for other platforms.
Just got my hands on a copy of Overlord yesterday for the Xbox 360 and had a chance to put a couple of hours in and get a good taste of the game beyond what I had played in the demo. The game is surprisingly open ended in that you can killl innocent people or choose to spare them or even come back later and irradicate them. You are the Overlord and you make the calls.
I got 15 minions right now, which sounds like a lot of minions but you can always use more. The minions are pretty cool in that they sack and pillage for you, but also auto equip any items that they may find along the way, this is great so that you don’t have to worry about equipping each lil guy. I also learned that there are different types of minions, brown, red, blue and green, each with their own attributes. Brown minions are your basic fighters, red minions are like archers shooting fire balls, green are your stealth minions and blue are your healing minions.
The different minions will play different roles in solving different puzzles to progress through levels and you can take control of the different colors and make them do separate actions by using the RB button. The charm of this game will win you over quickly and the demo that is available is a nice way to give you a feel for the game, the demo is actually the first level of the game/ tutorial.
I am looking forward to this title and playing it more in depth to build a legion of minions. Overlord looks so far to be great fun and even has online modes, which i will explore further, a full review to come shortly.
Overlord continues to put a smile on my face, now with the possibility of weapon creation. This just adds another element of customization to the game, which I think makes it even more fun and watching your minions do backflips into the lava… GENIUS!
We're like Spaceballs... we're making Loot Ninja everything. Coming soon we'll have hats, shirts, hoodies, possibly banana hammocks if one Editor has his way...
Check out the shirt prototypes here and the hats here
Just in case you are still playing Overlord, chances are you probably are not, but there will be some new pay content available. This content was supposed to come out last November, but was pushed back 3 months for reasons unknown. The new content is as follows:
So it is confirmed that there will actually be a total of three different downloadable packs for Overlod on the Xbox 360. One will be free and two are labeled as premium, which means we will be paying, no prices set for the premium packs just yet. Get set for some new levels, new multiplayer maps and modes, confirmed split screen co-op action and a new difficulty, The split screen co-op alone is worth the download, I can only hope the prices for the premium content stays reasonable.
Codemasters will host a stellar showing of exclusive playable reveals at this year’s Games Convention 2007 in Leipzig, Germany, running August 23rd – 26th, 2007.
Yesterday we brought you a rumor that Overlord might be 
Just got my hands on a copy of Overlord yesterday for the Xbox 360 and had a chance to put a couple of hours in and get a good taste of the game beyond what I had played in the demo. The game is surprisingly open ended in that you can killl innocent people or choose to spare them or even come back later and irradicate them. You are the Overlord and you make the calls.
