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Hunted: The Demon's Forge was plagued by a number of issues, both technical and fundamental, when Joystiq last saw it two months ago. At Bethesda's recent "BFG 2011" media event, developer inXile Entertainment brought a markedly improved build, if not a less generic game title.

"Feedback has been a large part of the process," David Clayman, associate brand manager for inXile, told me at the event. Gone is the shoddy blocking animation Joystiq encountered in the last build that registered a block no matter if your shield was facing an enemy or not. (inXile has since added an auto-targeting mechanic that turns your character to face the nearest attacking enemy as you begin blocking.) And fixed is the indicator that now more clearly and immediately alerts you to your partner being down and in need of a healing potion.

#chooseyourownadventure Finishing story mode is only the beginning of the adventure in inXile Entertainment's Hunted: The Demon's Forge. With the Crucible, players can spend their hard-earned gold pieces on creating and sharing endless custom dungeon romps. More »

Make your own dungeons for fun and profit!

Until last week, I had never played Hunted: The Demon's Forge. But I had heard a great deal about the game, and much of it sounded intriguing. From all accounts, Hunted sounded like a unique romp in a fantastical world, with influence taken from the most unlikely of sources. Hunted is a game with sw...

Stumble upon the deeper fundamentals of The Demon's Forge!

Learn about the new Crucible feature for Hunted: The Demon's Forge!

Explore the power of dungeon crawling with a partner as you vanquish hordes of foul creatures.

#coop Featuring both online and split-screen offline cooperative multiplayer, Hunted: The Demon's Forge is definitely a game you'll want to play with a friend. I call dibs on the elf girl. More »

If you want to kill a minotaur then the best way seems to be to get a chum to help you electrocute it. I mean, that’s common knowledge, but the Hunted trailer makes plenty of such things plain in its latest co-operative combat update. This new video features sardonic muscle dude and wry slender elf woman as they make weak quips and work in tandem to cause blood effects to happen. It’s all rather jolly. High-five, handsome fantasy archetypes! (more…)

Delve into the co-operative world of Hunted with this early look in the GT Preview!

What is Hunted: The Demon's Forge? Hunted is a dungeon crawler hack and slash action title that focuses on cooperative play. Two players can control the brutish Caddock or the lithe Elara, taking them on an adventure to save the world from an evil called the Death Stone...

Use the unique skills of each warrior to become the ultimate fighting machine in Hunted, as outlined by inXile's Game Director Maxx Kaufman!

It seems like only yesterday that I was posting a long video of Hunted: The Demon’s Forge. Quite possibly because I was. But that video was old, and this is new! And as we all know, new is best. You hear that, grandad? Besides, while both videos show sexy protagonists E’lara and Caddoc slapping around whole bestiaries of monsters, this one’s demon-strably more polished and marginally less all-over-the-place. But still quite all-over-the-place. You’ll see. (more…)

Eurogamer has the latest on hack’n'slash co-op goodtime Hunted: The Demon’s Forge and its enigmatic Crucible mode, which, not unlike a restaurant serving griddled cat, has been spotted on the menu but not discussed.

Turns out Crucible is where you’ll be spending all the gold picked up in the main campaign, using it to make your very own maps and share them with your friends. I’d expect a very basic interface, what with Hunted primarily being a release for the console machines, but it could be curious nonetheless. (more…)

Hunted: The Demon's Forge has a major problem. It's a Gears of War clone, but it also wants to be a deep, character-driven RPG. The issue is that it far too often relies on the gameplay mechanics of the former and doesn't offer the exploration elements of the latter.

During a recent San Francisco event, I was able to sample not only the introduction of the game, but a later mission in co-op mode. The game opens with a dream sequence, where the brawny and more burly of the two protagonists, Caddoc, is having a nightmare. Within, he catches a glimpse of a buxom, pale-skinned sorceress named Seraphine (voiced by Lucy Lawless) who'll play an integral role in his adventure.

It's time for another titular origin story! Today, Matthew Findley, president of inXile Entertainment, explains the creation of a studio name haunting English teachers everywhere:

I worked with Brian Fargo at Interplay for a number of years and we both left Interplay at the same time. We knew we wanted to stay in video games, so starting a company seemed like a good idea -- he spent 20 years at Interplay and I was there for 13. When we were first out there, trying to figure out what to do next, we kinda felt like we were in exile, and we made fake cards with a fake company name just to have a card to go to E3 with.

And before we ever thought of the name "inXile," Brian put as his job description on the cards: "Leader in exile." People got such a kick out of that card, we kept saying "in exile, in exile, in exile" so much that we just thought, "Why not make up a new word?" And so we did.

InXile is currently working on Hunted: The Demon's Forge, which will launch on the Xbox 360 and PS3 on June 1.

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Bethesda has always made it clear that it wants gamers to associate Hunted: The Demon's Forge with action games like Gears of War. Watching the latest trailer, we'd say "mission accomplished." Honestly, the only thing missing at this point are chainsaws, curb stomps and a dead Carmine brother.

#hunted I had no idea E'lara and Caddoc, the two mercenary stars of inXile's Hunted: The Demon Forge, could be so witty. What an eye-opener. More »

See what's in store for this new co-operative team in the new dungeon crawler adventure from Inxile Entertainment!

You thought that Bethesda would leave you alone until it assaulted your wallet with Rage in September, and then The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in November. No such luck, we're afraid. The company just announced it'll release parkour-based shooter Brink on May 17, followed by fantasy action game Hunted: The Demon's Forge on June 1. Have they no compassion?

In related news: We never noticed until this exact moment, but wouldn't Brink and Hunted be great names for a duo of hardened private dicks with noses for trouble? You know, just two long-gone daddies with fists of steel and hearts of gold mixing it up with the local toughs? Maybe May and June are their kind-hearted, cocktail waitress girlfriends? ... We're ... we're all going along on this one, aren't we?

Brink, the first-person shooter designed to make elite team play possible for everyone will be out on May 17 in North America. Hunted, the Gears-of-War-style fantasy game arrives on June 3. Both are for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. More »

Man, the world of Hunted: The Demon's Forge sounds like an awful place to live. Just listen to some of high points: A terrible rising evil, roving bands of monsters, antagonistic armies and, we're sure, plummeting real estate values. Check out the video to see why it's a buyer's market in Hunted.

A great evil has risen in the ruins of Kala Moor and it's dark influence has spread across lands once thriving, this is the world of Hunted: The Demon Forge.

#gamescom2010 You may want me as a coop partner in Hunted: The Demon's Forge, because on day one, I'll be very familiar with the dungeon crawler's cooperative combat and puzzle solving. More »

#impressions It's hard to not think of Gears of War while playing Hunted: The Demon's Forge. It's hard not to assume the Epic's blockbuster shooter would be superior to the Hunted's upcoming fantasy riff. But Hunted adds a good spice: co-operation. More »

Americans anxious to get down to the business of paying money for a game should know that Bethesda has announced pre-order incentives for its upcoming Unreal Engine 3-powered fantasy RPG, Hunted: The Demon's Forge. Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, Steam, Direct2Drive and GameStop will all offer specific bonus content, so head on past the break to get it all straight. (Why does buying a game have to be like this?)

Early buyers get a little love.

Step aside little minions.

Enjoy some fantasy dungeon crawling and modern action gameplay.

Fresh from the fire, new screens.