The game should be out this summer. Meeting with G.O.D. Rather than take a stodgy booth inside the Los Angeles Convention Center, Gathering of Developers rented a parking lot across the street, set up some trailers to house computers, a bar to keep everyone happy, and a stage with live music. The party atmosphere didn't get in the way of our taking a look at two upcoming titles that will be published by the Gathering , Darkstone and KISS Psycho Circus . Darkstone , developed by French developer Delphine Software , is a fantasy role playing game. Each game is lengthy, Delphine claims as much as 30 hours per game.
Players can choose male or female characters of four different classes.
Combat is point and click and there are around 50 spells that can be used as well. The game looked nearly complete and is due for a July release. Don't be surprised by the steep system requirements though, anything much less than a Pentium 2 need not apply. Third Law Interactive was showing off a very early build of KISS Psycho Circus , a first person shooter being developed using the LithTech engine. Although it is really early, the game play looks like it will add a variety of innovations including hordes of monsters on screen at one time and animated weapon effects which were very cool.