SouthEnd and Deep Silver announced the upcoming release of Sacred Citadel : coming soon to a not better specified date of 2013, this game will bring us into the fantasy world of the previous Sacred but leaving drawings of the usual RPG. Sacred Citadel will be an action/side-scrolling platformer with a combat system "evolution" in which the attacks will change according to the player's directional input, the type of weapon used and the character's class.

There will be also unlockable abilities with increasing experience and lootabili objects. The ability to play and inco-op inspired comics graphics complete the picture. Below the slideshow movie.

Update : the Publisher has released more information on the title. Ve the below.

Three Warriors team up against an evil force that threatens to enslave the peaceful world of Ancaria. Zane Ashen Empire has created an army of ORC Grimmoc, changing in order to generate lethal enemies to Seraphim. Only the Union of these heroes will allow them to have a hope of success, supporting each other with their skills!

Deep Silver today announced the game side-scrolling combat Sacred Citadel, a new independent title set in the rich Sacred universe. Sacred Citadel will reinvent the familiar feeling of classic arcade fighting games, setting a new benchmark for all future titles in the category.

There are several character classes can be used, as the Warrior Safiri, the Ranger and the shaman Ancariano Khukuri, each with their own unique abilities, further customizable through typical functions of the RPG genre and various objects. Each character will also be able to grasp with both hands different weapons, combo attacks and execute double jumps. All this is combined with an arcade gaming experience memorable and fluid, a State-of-the-art graphics and spectacular effects. It will also be possible to use mounts and war machines, investing the money earned in the cities of the world of Sacred Citadel.

Sacred Citadel will also offer an exciting multiplayer mode: up to three people can join forces to challenge the enemy, in a mode to free inlet and outlet where the action doesn't know a moment of respite.

The events narrated in Sacred Citadel will play the role of prelude for the next chapter in the history of Sacred and will raise the veil on an intriguing secret of Serafino, with whom the players encountered in action RPG Sacred 3, currently being developed by keen games and coming on the market in 2013.