Today I just got the new copy of Games for Windows and the cover story is about a game called Demigod which as me extremely excited. The first exciting thing is that it’s from Chris Taylor and Gas Powered Games, the guys who brought Supreme Commander which was pretty innovative. The most exciting part however is that it’s a game inspired by the mod for Warcraft 3 called Defense of the Ancients which is fantastic and highly addictive.

For those who haven’t played Defense of the Ancients, it is basically a mashup of RTS and RPG elements. You are one hero on a squad of up to 5 heros each played by a human player. You are also on a team fighting against another team, each team is sending legions of minion units out to battle on the field of war. You both assist your team and fight the other teams heroes and prevent them from assisting their team on to victory. It’s kinda hard to describe but is fantastically addictive and I’d really recommend trying it out if you have Warcraft 3.

Another interesting part is that Gas Powered Games is funding it all themselves and plan to self publish. They’re also very much into white boxing the gameplay to make sure it’s extremely fun before tacking on art resources and such. The article in Games for Windows gives a great read on it so I’d really recommend picking it up if you can.