Gauntlet DS - Cancelled Nintendo DS Game
54Gameplay of the unreleased Nintendo DS version of Gauntlet.
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Wikipedia: The possibility of a Nintendo DS Gauntlet title was first revealed by an ESRB listing in February, 2008, which was later removed. The intended publisher, Eidos Interactive, officially announced the game on April 7, 2008, with a projected release in "summer 2008". This estimate was refined to a more specific June release date, which was later amended to October.
The game was featured in a playable state at the Penny Arcade Expo in August 2008, with both single-player and multiplayer modes available. At this time, the game was still expected to meet its October release date. Additionally, a demo of the game was made available to the public in the United States via the DS Download Station service during the summer of 2008.
By late 2008, the still-unreleased game had received several reviews in the gaming press, from magazines such as Nintendo Power, Official Nintendo Magazine, and Retro Gamer. In February 2009, however, rumors began circulating that Gauntlet had been canceled by Eidos, though no official statements were made by the involved parties.
In June 2009, Gauntlet was found to have been rated Teen on the ESRB web site under a new publisher, Majesco Entertainment, implying that a release may still be a possibility. In May 2013, Artwork of the game, depicting various classes, surfaced thanks to a former Backbone Entertainment artist.
Despite the game itself being unreleased, its engine was reused by Backbone for the Nintendo DS version of the film tie-in game G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, (released August 4, 2009 in the United States) itself a Gauntlet-style hack and slash. North American and European 100% complete ROMs were dumped and released around Christmas of 2013.