Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Launches PlayStation 4 Version of Classic Dungeon Brawler “Gauntlet: Slayer Edition”
(August 11, 2015 – Burbank, CA) – The Warrior, Wizard, Valkyrie and Elf of the co-op classic “Gauntlet,” are back in action on the PlayStation Network in “Gauntlet: Slayer Edition”! Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Arrowhead Game Studios announced today the online enabled dungeon brawler is live now on the PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system for $19.99.
Based on one of the first multiplayer arcade games, this new “Gauntlet” experience is a perfect couch co-op game, allowing players to select from four classic fantasy-based characters - Warrior, Wizard, Valkyrie or Elf – each with a distinctive play style, unique strengths and weaknesses. In this enhanced edition of the game, players will encounter new hero weapons and abilities, new monster types, and additional features that increase team dynamics and strategy, including spin attacks, shield throws, summoning, and magic abilities for the iconic characters, as well as a new, anticipated Endless gameplay mode.
New opportunities in “Gauntlet: Slayer Edition” include daily Colosseum challenges, loadout options, relic and potion functionality, weapon abilities and customization, and much more.
Get in the game now: https://store.PlayStation.com/#!/en-us/games/gauntlet-slayer-edition/cid=UP1018-CUSA00701_00-GAUNTLETGAME0000
“Gauntlet: Slayer Edition” is rated M for Mature by the ESRB for Violence, Blood and Gore, with a setting to disable the game's gore.
To check out the launch trailer for “Gauntlet: Slayer Edition,” please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhOXPsAd_0, or you can download the file and new screenshots here: http://bhimpact.gamespress.com/pics.asp?i=3717
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About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment:
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc., is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all platforms, including console, handheld, mobile and PC-based gaming for both internal and third party game titles.
About Arrowhead Game Studios:
Based out of Stockholm, Sweden, Arrowhead Game Studios is an award winning game development company focusing on developing games that are innovative and challenging, targeting primarily creative gamers. The company philosophy is based on three guiding principles - entertainment, innovation and quality. Arrowhead was named one of Game Developer Magazine's “Top 30 Developers.”
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