Beyond the 30-hour single-player adventure, Titan Quest supports six-player multiplayer-questing. Iron Lore also said competitions for fan-created content will follow the game's release to encourage use of the editor and nurture the community they hope will still be playing Titan Quest 10 years down the line, Diablo-style.

With an emphasis on extracting the fun action from the tales, Titan Quest promises to update that seemingly simple, but deeply mysterious, action-RPG formula while retaining the appeal for the serious adventurer. If the balance works out, maybe it'll do for classical literature what Mr. Angelina Jolie and Eric Bana put together couldn't pull off. Action RPGers can get their hands on it next month.