Overlord is set in a fantasy world, where the player takes the role of a resurrected warrior known as 'The Overlord' who has control over hordes of gremlin-like creatures known as 'Minions'. A sequel, Overlord II, was released in June 2009, followed by a spinoff for the Wii, entitled Overlord: Dark Legend, and a Nintendo DS game called Overlord: Minions. A PlayStation 3 version of the game, entitled Overlord: Raising Hell, was released in June 2008, which included both the original game and its downloadable content. An expansion pack entitled Overlord: Raising Hell was released in February 2008, along with additional multiplayer maps and a local split-screen co-op mode. After over a year and a half of development, its release in 2007 was met with generally favourable reviews, and helped boost overall sales for Codemasters that year. ĭevelopment on the game began in early 2006 and the game was announced in May of the same year, with gameplay demonstrated at E3 2006. It was released in 2007 in North America on 26 June, in Europe on 29 June and Australia on 6 July. Overlord is an action role-playing video game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Codemasters for Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Linux and PlayStation 3.
