It was only a matter of time until the classic Beowulf was given the full 3D hack and slash treatment. And if the story was good enough to inspire Tolkien, why not a video game from 4HEAD Studios and 3D-IO.

Based on the thousand-year-old epic poem about the hero of a Germanic tribe and his Scandinavian adventures the collaboration will be an action-RPG title. All of the narrative elements are in place here for a storyline with three big bosses of increasing difficulty, and 4HEAD CEO Tobias Severin is promising to deliver an innovative fighting system. However, his team may have to exercise some creative liberties with the classic text to make that first battle with Grendel a little more interesting, lest this should turn into a wrestling title.

Beowulf is in the early stages of development and is expected to be released on the PC and one or more next gen consoles.