RPGDot spoke at length with Dark Messiah of Might & Magic developer Arkane Studios. On the hot seat were CEO Raphael Colantonio and game producer Julien Roby. They discuss the balancing of the RPG and action elements, object crafting, and... food! Yes, your character needs to eat, but you won't have any Gauntlet narrator telling you when to chow down. An Alpha build of Messiah has been completed and the Q3 release appears to be on track.
Arx Fatalis fans might also be interested to know that Arkane was shopping around demos for Arx 2 when Ubisoft approached them to do Messiah, although they don't mention if they will ever follow through with the sequel to the cult favorite Xbox RPG.
[via GameBanshee]
