New Gauntlet is "like making a cover of an old song"

Video games owe a lot to Gauntlet. As does Arrowhead Game Studios, whose breakout game Magicka certainly carried the torch that Gauntlet ignited back in the 80s. We talked to the team about tackling a concept that many have attempted to update and evolve over the years.

"We need to make the Gauntlet we remember," said game director Axel Lindberg. "How do we remember Gauntlet? What does it mean to us? Go with those things and make a game that represents the romanticised memory of Gauntlet."

"It's not really about what the original game was," continues CEO Johan Pilestedt. "But rather what do we remember as great with the original. How can we interpret that and make our own interpretation. It's like making a cover of an old song."

For more on Gauntlet read our feature Gauntlet: Tingling Your Ass Like It's 1985.