At the annual Games Convention Koonami Digital Entertainment GmbH announced that they will release a new title for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 platforms, a role playing game due for release in 2010. The name of the video game will be Lords of Shadows and is developed by Mercury Steam. We are talking about an action-adventure title that should come with a lot of far ranging gameplay and visual details like never before. The setting is Southern Europe during the middle ages and a battle between good and evil. The story focuses around one man and his journey towards discovering what sacrifice means through betrayal and murder.

The player will take on the role of Gabriel and the game itself will be focused on action and adventure with puzzle solving and combat as important elements. Gameplay should be interesting with the inclusion of trademark Combat Cross, a unique multi-functional weapon system. On the whole it does seem like Lords of Shadows will be a very important title for Konami. According to Dave Cox, Executive Producer and Head of Product Planning for Konami:

“Lords of Shadow is a momentous title for us. Every element of the game pushes the host hardware to its limits, with Mercury Steam producing a game that has breath-taking visuals, incredible cinematic qualities, and varied and engrossing gameplay. It is truly an epic game but telling a human and emotive story. This is a title we hope will set a new standard for action-adventure titles.”

Whether or not this will be the case we are only to see in the future. We are looking forward to seeing trailers and previews soon.