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Swedish developer Zeal Game Studio is working on A Game of Dwarves. The new title is certain to spark comparisons with enduring indie darling Dwarf Fortress. Both games challenge you to oversee a team of diminutive adventurers as they explore, mine and customise randomly generated subterranean environments. Visually speaking, however, the two games are poles apart. Where Dwarf Fortress features retro inspired 2D graphics, A Game of Dwarves has been given the full polygonal treatment.

In its brief press release regarding the game, publisher Paradox Interactive cautions that “people might get short with you when you play” this game.  A pun that obscure and ungainly doesn’t come along every day, folks. Therefore it is being recognised with a coveted Thorson Prize. Congratulations to Paradox Interactive, which joins previous winners Namco Bandai and 505 Games.

A Game of Dwarves is in production for PS3 and PC. A release date is yet to be announced.