Dungeon Party Welcomes its First New Class: the Bard

PARIS -

- Dungeon Party, the Quick-Fire, Dungeon Crawling, Free-to-Play Developed by Cyanide, Brings a New Class to the Game: the Bard.

Cyanide, the Paris-based video game development studio, today announced the addition of a brand-new class for Dungeon Party, its madcap and fast moving, dungeon crawling free-to-play. The BARD joins the hilarious trio composed of the Wizard, the Thief and the Executioner and, just like his companions, he will break heroic fantasy codes by playing neither harp nor lute, but rock ‘n’ roll.

The Bard brings new gameplay mechanics to Dungeon Party as well as new possibilities for 2v2, 3v3 and 5v5 games, with both an attacking and defensive support role. Using his instruments and vocal ‘talents’ he boosts team-mates while preventing enemies from casting spells, using actions or moving normally. When he sings, flashy 3D effects are displayed, matching his rock ‘n’ roll behaviour.

POLYPHONY SOLO is one example of the spells available to the Bard class : Polyphony was popular in Europe during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance and the Bard is determined to resurrect it as a musical genre. Unfortunately, he sings alone! The result is a musical massacre, but it does have the effect of upsetting his enemies whose chance of making a fumble increases for a few seconds.

The BARD is available at the Dungeon Party item shop. More information is available on the official Dungeon Party website at www.dungeon-party.com.

Screenshots:

ftp://ftp.cyanide-studio.com/Press/DungeonParty/Classes/BARD/

Regarding Dungeon Party

Dungeon Party(R) is a fast-action, dungeon crawling free-to-play for the PC in which two teams, made up of 2 to 5 players, have to reach and capture a treasure chest hidden deep inside dungeons full of deadly traps and monsters. As soon as one of the teams manages to grab the treasure, it has to rush for the exit, fighting off opposition attacks, while trying to control a treasure chest which has a mind of it’s own! The player can choose between 4 hero classes: a wizard, a thief, an executioner and a bard. Accounts can be created for free at www.dungeon-party.com, likewise for the game client.

Regarding Cyanide Studio

Cyanide is a privately held, French video game development studio, founded in 2000. The company employs 70 people in two studios, one in Paris (France) and the second in Montreal (Canada). Best-known for its sports management sims, such as the very successful Pro Cycling Manager series, Cyanide has, amongst others, released an RTS called Chaos League and a Hack ‘n’ Slash called Loki. In 2009, Cyanide brought to market the critically acclaimed Blood Bowl (an adaptation of Games Workshop’s well-known board game), the annual edition of Pro Cycling Manager - Tour de France 2009, Dungeon Party, iSurf and Dungeon Raider for iPhone. The studio is currently working on the adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ for both Pc and console platforms.

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Press Contact Alexandre Scriabine ascriabine@cyanide-studio.com Cyanide - 5 Boulevard des Bouvets 92000 Nanterre, France - Tel: +33(0)1-47-86-30-80, Fax : +33(0)1-47-86-24-60 - www.cyanide-studio.com

Source: Cyanide

Press Contact: Alexandre Scriabine, ascriabine at cyanide-studio.com. Cyanide - 5 Boulevard des Bouvets 92000 Nanterre, France - Tel: +33(0)1-47-86-30-80, Fax : +33(0)1-47-86-24-60 - https://www.cyanide-studio.com