Dungeon Siege 3 WAS coming to PCs

June 6th, 2008

Chris Taylor, head of Gas Powered Games and the designer behind Dungeon Siege, has confirmed that Dungeon Siege fans can look forward to Dungeon Siege 3. This announcement came in an exclusive interview with the German branch of Eurogamer.

It seems however that the production process of the game has processed to some degree as some concrete information on the game is becoming available. Taylor says:

“There will be some things that are very much like Dungeon Siege 1 and 2, but some things will be simplified. I am done with multi-character parties; I really think that it’ s all going to be about a forty-five hero. It’ s too much to manage.”

Gamers have long been used to the concept of parties in RPG games — in fact it’s a feature most ofus take for granted. But it seems from Taylor’s quote that any future Dungeon Siege release will be played by a single character, something that we also see in Space Siege, another title that Gas Powered Games is working on.

A date has not been announced but it’s unlikely to be this year!

Update

It has been eighteen months since this interview took place and sadly the release of Dungeon Siege 3 seems as far off as ever. Given the probable release of Diablo 3 in late 2010 / early 2011 this probably wouldn’t be the best time for a release of a fantasy RPG rival anyway. It looks like we’ll have to hold our breaths or get our RPG fix somewhere else such as the expansion packs below if you haven’t tried them:

Dungeon Siege 2: Broken World Expansion Pack

by 2K Games (Windows)
Buy new: $29.99 $10.35

10 additional hours of primary quest gameplay and an additional 5 hours of optional quests and levels. 40 new monsters. Two brand new character classes. New pets. New powers and skills that will allow you to create unique and powerful items.

Dungeon Siege Plus Legends of Aranna Expansion Pack

by XPLOSIV (Windows)
Buy new: $29.99 $14.04

This adventure reveals the origins, lives, and eventual downfall of the ancient Utraean civilization. Featuring a new part of the world to explore, treasures to loot, and mysteries to unlock. Improved group gameplay; play through with friends and complete all the quests together.

Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony

by 2K Games (Sony PSP)
Buy new: from $45.00

4 unique characters. 8 Hero Classes. 16 Legendary Classes. 16 different Pets and Companions. Over 100 monsters including many new creatures. 100 stunning spells and abilities. Powerful weapons and armor – all fully enchantable. Flying and naval vehicles allow access to remote areas.

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Lego

Kinda sad that the whole party feature is being removed. I still have the great memories of going to stonebridge and finding a wanna be nature mage to party with. But I do hope that Gas Powered Games can make some good features to combat and story. I also do hope they can make the world beaurtiful like in the first two games.

Good luck to Chris Taylor.
Ezekiel

First they release Supreme Commander 2, then hopefully they'll release Dungeon Siege 3. To my great shame I've only finished Broken World an hour ago, but it hooked me to DS2 even more than before (off to do a FoS tomorrow). Please make DS3 a great successor, full of multiclassing possibilities.

FoS: Melee + Nature
BA: Ranged + Combat
Maybe a weapons master : Melee and Ranged
Maybe an elemental evoker : Nature and combat

Keep the great combat coming the likes of which Diablo can't hope to compete
nguyen viet quat

i just play Dungeon sige version 2 ! great ! it is game better Diablo which is waiting. I don't know when DS is issued ?
Asith Ram

One Of the diehard fan of this Dungeon Siege series created by Gas powerd games and produced by MS...can't forget the memories of "Kingdom Of Ehb" The series ,The best feature Is the storyline..fantastic!!..then Roleplay field ..awsome!! textures and world ..Incredible!! all these makes me a big addict to this game...playedmore than 3 times the same storyline...intrsting still!!!....please be sooooon!!!! Xpecting Great things R waitin In upcomin Dungeon Siege III....lots of Thanks Chris Taylor
Joe

Um... if this was really even announced, don't you think we might have heard a little bit more about it by now?

From what I've read on a seperate article, Chris Taylor said that the game wasn't even planned yet, and they were still tossing ideas around. So it's not even official that it will come. If it does though, it better redeem the series. DS1 was a great RPG when it came out and gave a fresh new way to build up one's character. DS2 was too Diablo-ish, and lacked some quality compared to DS1.

Anyway, here's where I got that other article from:

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53057
Ramsmoker

Do away with parties? Whoa! What the heck is the point of having multiple races if you can't combine them into on party. I need a combat mage as well as a nature mage (wuss). I need my archer covering my mindless brute...what are you thinking?
ShawnP

I love Dungeon Siege, even better than Diablo. I thought it was superior to Diablo as you could pan around the characters, and the spells were more diverse. And I liked having 3 companions. Soon I will try it on harder levels, so I can maybe even carry a pet with me. Never tried that yet. I liked the 2nd one especially, with all of its goofy secondary quests, though some of them were a bit tedious, like the one where you had to talk to 18 different ghosts.... Can't wait for 3 to come out. Should be exciting!
tualbezi

best game ever...dungeon siege was my life..hurry up guys
Werner Lübbe

To Chris Taylor:

Take your time and make us an awsome game.

Thanks
nelo

Woot! i love these games. something that would be really cool is if they made a dark elf race, or like some sort of winged demon race. they really need to have a very wide rage of weapons and armour. and a very big world to explore. i love these games so i'm just throwing my ideas out there. i hope its better then the first to.

thanks chris.
Isen

For DS3, I’m hoping for an immense game world with an immense selection of Armour and weapons and spells. I want to get lost in this virtual world so don’t show borders on minimaps! Something along the lines of DS1 with some DS2 incorporated but not as flashy or childish.

Having a pet or adding one party member seems fine, though I have for the most part only used single characters. Character levels should max at 150 or 200 so game balancing is easier. Concepts of Elves, Humans, Dwarves, Dryads, Giants should be continued with possibly some more choices as well as dozens of skins. There should be more than 3 towns and definitely more than a handful of merchants. And tones of secret areas. The game world should be very deep because, despite the storyline, that is what will bring back the players.
Fire Woman

All this news about my favorite games is just mind blowing. Glad to hear that there will be a Dungeon Siege III and Diablo III. Simply made my holidays a bit brighter. Thanks everyone.

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