[2] Dungeon Lords MMXII was released in Europe on September 28, 2012, and in North America on October 5, 2012.

Dungeon Lords' gameplay features a combat system where weapon combos are controllable by mouse movements.

[5] Many gamers experienced extensive problems while playing the original release of the game, including quest items disappearing from inventories, NPCs getting stuck, key quests failing, doors that do not work, etc.

"[14] Greg Kasavin of GameSpot wrote that the game, though fun, is unbalanced and was missing key features at launch.

It has since been put on hold indefinitely due to market research results and game engine instability.