press | 01.11.2007
Be extra evil this November as Codemasters announces Overlord: Raising Hell as part of new downloadable content.
One free and two premium downloadable content packs coming soon for Overlord on Xbox 360.
Unleashing the wondrously evil Overlord and his army of lethal minions for a fresh round of malicious mayhem, Codemasters® today announced the forthcoming release of three downloadable content packs for Overlord, the summers hit action adventure from Triumph Studios.
The all-new content will be available this November from Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft® and comprise of one free and two premium download packs.
The premium downloadable content is led by Overlord: Raising Hell, an expansion pack that adds all-new single-player levels to the original game. An additional premium pack, the Overlord: Challenge Pack will deliver a set of all-new online multiplayer maps. Microsoft Points pricing for the two premium content packs will be confirmed at launch. A further downloadable content update will also be available free of charge. This will add split-screen play to all the original games multiplayer maps and introduce an all-new multiplayer Survival map.
Premium and Free Downloadable Content Details:
OVERLORD: RAISING HELL - Premium Downloadable content Prepare to go deeper into the Overlords twisted world as this single-player expansion pack opens a series of hellish new levels. Complete with new enemies and objectives, each new level is a supernatural abyss - a hell for each of the games five kingdoms: Mellow Hills, Evernight, Heavens Peak, the Golden Halls and the Ruborian Desert.
Access to each abyss is via a portal, which opens once a kingdom has been successfully conquered and the previous ruler banished to a personal hell within. However its not just the fallen heroes that have been dragged into the abyss: the Overlords newly loyal peasants have also been taken down into hell too.
With the undead denizens of each abyss on the attack and threatening the Overlords reign above ground, theres only one thing for it: assemble your minion army, descend into each abyss and embark on a fresh wave of tyranny in order to return the serfs to their homelands, defeat the fallen heroes once and for all, and claim the throne of each kingdoms underworld.
OVERLORD: CHALLENGE PACK - Premium Downloadable content. This additional premium download content pack is ideal for Overlords who really have something to prove. Theres pillaging fun with seven new online multiplayer maps, including the competitive Capture the Maiden map and Protect Your Power, where players must defend the Overlords tower against waves of enemy attack.
Putting minions through their toughest workout, the Challenge pack also introduces a Legendary difficulty mode, which challenges players to achieve Legendary status by using their most aggressive minion managing skills to complete the game under exceptional bad-ass circumstances.
OVERLORD: SPLIT-SCREEN MULTIPLAYER PACK - Free Downloadable Content. The free update will be available alongside the premium packs and will enable players to go head to head in an all-new split screen multiplayer mode. In addition to providing split screen play on all of the games original multiplayer maps, the update will also introduce a new multiplayer map, Rocky Race, which sees a pair of Overlords working cooperatively to survive the onslaught of an arch rock giant on the rampage.
All three content packs are set to be available this November from Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360, with Microsoft Point pricing to be announced. All three packs require players to have a full copy of Overlord for Xbox 360 in order to experience the additional content. For all the latest information and videos, be sure to visit
www.codemasters.co.uk/overlord.
Note:
PC downloadable content is expected to be made available in the New Year. A special edition PC version of Overlord, the full game, is being published as a boxed product exclusively for the German market and will include the Raising Hell, Challenge Pack and split-screen multiplayer content.
After being away from it so long the controls seemed SOOOO convoluted.