Midway Games informed that they are currently developing a new Gauntlet game titled Seven Sorrows. The game will be released on the PC, PS2 and Xbox later this year. According to the press release, Seven Sorrows is the fusion of fantasy fighting action with the strategy of user-friendly RPG elements. It’s interesting to note that John Romero (Doom, Quake) and Josh Sawyer (Icewind Dale) will be working on the title with the development team at Midway’s San Diego studio.

“Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows captures the nostalgia of the legendary franchise, and also delivers the darkest, most intense Gauntlet saga ever,” said Matt Booty, senior vice president of product development, Midway. “Blending an intuitive combat system, accessible RPG elements, and new junction skills, Seven Sorrows features the dynamic co-op it’s known for, and, for the first time ever, it is online supporting up to four players.”

Centuries ago, four immortal heroes set out to kill the most powerful emperor their age had ever known. They failed, and for their crimes, three were crucified on a great tree at the bottom of the world. Mysteriously set free, the heroes set out to finish what they had started, only to find that they must now save their tormentor from his own dreams and madness. Driven to grief by seven acts of deep cruelty and selfishness, the emperor seeks to undo the one that pains him the most: the murder of his lover, Cusirimay. If the ancient heroes cannot undo the emperor’s deeds on their own, his mad plans may tear apart the world.