Topic: WB Games Vault" Made-for-Digital Portfolio announced; plus Gauntlet announced for steam.

Its funny in one of those Wii U threads as well the comments of one of the indie game announces. So its pretty intresting too see more big developers move into this field of having a balance portfolio and not riding everything on one game being a hit.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced Gauntlet, a completely modernized action RPG version of the celebrated dungeon crawler, will be available this summer via Steam for PC, offering full support for SteamOS and the upcoming Steam Machines shipping the second half of this year. The game will lead the launch of WB Games Vault, a direct-to-digital portfolio that will deliver paid games based on popular Warner Bros. and Midway brands, plus original IP, across multiple digital networks.

The actual announcement for today is a new Guantlet game coming to PC this summer and probably consoles later.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Announces Gauntlet

Reboot of Arcade Classic Is Lead Game in "WB Games Vault" Made-for-Digital Portfolio

BURBANK, Calif. - March 17, 2014 - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced Gauntlet, a completely modernized action RPG version of the celebrated dungeon crawler, will be available this summer via Steam for PC, offering full support for SteamOS and the upcoming Steam Machines shipping the second half of this year. The game will lead the launch of WB Games Vault, a direct-to-digital portfolio that will deliver paid games based on popular Warner Bros. and Midway brands, plus original IP, across multiple digital networks.

"With Gauntlet we combined the arcade style of the original game with an entirely new look and feature set that includes emergent, local and online four-player gameplay," said David Haddad, Senior Vice President, Digital Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. "Gauntlet will be the first title in the WB Games Vault portfolio, which will provide us with an opportunity to access emerging talent within the game development community and match unique skills and experience with our extensive library of properties."

Gauntlet, developed by Arrowhead Game Studios, innovates on past titles while staying true to the brand's legendary format. Players select from four classic fantasy-based characters: Warrior, Wizard, Valkyrie, or Elf. Each character has its own unique strengths and weaknesses. For example, the Warrior does the most damage in melee combat, the Wizard has the most powerful magic, the Valkyrie has the most armor and the Elf moves the fastest. Distinctive play styles, procedural dungeons and an impressive art style keep the gameplay fresh.

"To us at Arrowhead, Gauntlet is one of the most defining games from our childhoods, and it's amazing to be able to work with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on a brand new version," said Johan Pilestedt, CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios. "Gauntlet is one of the original and best known video game properties and we are looking forward to creating a fresh, yet true to the original, take on a multiplayer masterpiece."

Upon selecting a playable character, the gameplay is set within dungeons where the object is to fight through the chambers slaying evil creatures and completing challenges. An assortment of special items can be located in each dungeon that can restore the player's health, unlock doors, and shift the odds in the player's favor with magical relics which can aid the player in surviving longer in the Gauntlet. The enemies are a vast assortment of fantasy-based monsters, including ghosts, grunts, demons, spiders, sorcerers and skeleton warriors.

For more information on Gauntlet, please visit www.Gauntlet.com, https://www.facebook.com/PlayGauntlet or https://twitter.com/Gauntlet.

I think your going to see WB lean on Lego, Justice League, Lord of the Rings,and Mortal Kombat for the brands and IP they really push at reatil along with new things like that Zombie game here and there. On the digital side of things is where you to see the non MK midway stuff be pushed as well as DC stuff that isn't justice league or batman.

They're overall games announced this year looks pretty good.

Lego the Hobbit- next month
Batman Arkham Knight - 2014
Gauntlet- 2014
Middle Earth: Shadows of Mordor -2014
Mad Max- 2014 but will probably get pushed back to next year
Dying Light- 2014

Plus i'm epecting to get announced soon
LEGO DC 3
Mortal Kombat 2
Sucide Squad

Ubisoft started doing this last year supplementing they're big retail releases with smaller games on digital platforms.

This is good news. Hope its successful so more companies take note of it.