The very good Eurogamer published a preview of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. While they go over the origins and the physics of the action game over again, they provide some very interesting details about the multiplayer mode:

"The game is played across five maps, like a tug-of-war inversed. Starting at the centre one, a win or loss pushes the team one step back along the geographically-linked maps. That team loses again, and it's another step back to the final stronghold. A loss there loses the match. Of course, if one wins, it pushes back in the other direction. Played between Human and Undead teams, the final human fortress is shown off, where the defenders look down from sky-high crenulations and the attackers can push elaborate siege towers against the walls to gain access. The armies are comprised of five inter-supporting classes. For example, the human team consists of the Archer (sniper), Knight (melee warrior), Mage (offensive spells), Assassin (the stealth character, who mixes invisibility with similar disguise-self roles to Team Fotresses' spy) and the Priestess, who does healing-style group support."

That reminds me of some Unreal Tournament games played on the Face map with co-workers a couple of years ago. But of course, there wasn't any undead in that game.