Illusion signs D3 deal

D3Publisher has enlisted the development talents of Czech Republic studio Illusion Softworks to put together an original next-generation game, due for release in the last few months of 2008.

No details for the game have been released, but D3 will have the exclusive global publishing rights for the title.

Illusion's CEO Petr Vochozka is delighted to be partnering with D3: "They publish a more streamlined portfolio of products, with any new and original intellectual property they commit to becoming the central focus of the company."

Illusion Softworks, founded in 1997, is best known for previously developing the Mafia, and Hidden and Dangerous titles.