Summoner (video game)
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North American PC box art for Summoner | |
| Developer(s) | Volition |
| Publisher(s) | THQ |
| Designer(s) | Sandeep Shekhar |
| Programmer(s) | Mark Allender James Hague |
| Artist(s) | Adam Pletcher |
| Writer(s) | Jason Scott Michael Breault |
| Composer(s) | Scott Lee Dan Wentz Walter Shaw |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 Microsoft Windows Mac OS PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 |
| Release | PlayStation 2 Windows Mac OS
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| Genre(s) | Action role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Summoner is an action role-playing game developed by Volition and published by THQ for the PlayStation 2. It was released as a launch title for the console and was subsequently ported to Microsoft Windows and Mac OS the following year. And in 2024, the game was ported to the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 released on the PlayStation Store. In the game, the player plays the role of Joseph and can assemble a team of compatriots and summon powerful monsters. The game has a world map, involved storyline, and unique hybrid combat system involving real-time and turn-based mechanisms.
A sequel, Summoner 2, was released in 2002. After the bankruptcy of publisher THQ in December 2012, the Summoner franchise was acquired by Nordic Games, now THQ Nordic, who released the PlayStation 2 version of the first game on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in July 2024.