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SACRED 2 – Fallen Angel: Console versions due for release in 2009

ASCARON, one of the leading manufacturers and developers of games software, and Deep Silver, the games label of Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, today announced the release date for the console versions of Sacred 2 – Fallen Angel. Sacred 2 – Fallen Angel is being developed for PLAYSTATION®3 and the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®, and will be released in the first quarter of 2009.

“We have committed ourselves to offering gamers nothing but top quality. In order to be able to further optimize the online components of the console versions, and ensure a simultaneous release world-wide, we have chosen to aim for this release date for the console versions,” says Heiko tom Felde, CEO of ASCARON.

Sacred 2 – Fallen Angel offers Action RPG fans an elaborate new development with numerous new features and extensions of the popular game mechanics. In Sacred 2 – Fallen Angel, the player gradually discovers a huge, freely explorable world with tons of details and top-notch graphics. Sacred 2 – Fallen Angel captivates players with a thrilling storyline that may be experienced in two completely different ways (light and shadow campaigns).

The world of Ancaria has no level limits and can be explored without loading times. Through its great attention to detail and high-quality graphics, Sacred 2 – Fallen Angel will enchant gamers around the globe.

Official Website: www.sacred2.com

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

Ascaron Entertainment Announces Sacred 2: Fallen Angel for the PlayStation 3

ASCARON ENTERTAINMENT GmbH, one of Europe’s leading game developers, today announced that the PLAYSTATION® 3 version of their upcoming action RPG, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel will hit retail shelves this fall.

“Role-playing game enthusiasts have always been strongly represented on the PLAYSTATION® platforms, and we are delighted to offer a version of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel for the PlayStation® 3,” said Heiko tom Felde, Managing Director of ASCARON ENTERTAINMENT GmbH. “We’ve been working on this version for more than a year, and can now proudly reveal it and its new features, to an entirely new audience.”

This version of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel will feature enhanced graphics, 5.1 Channel Dolby™ Surround Sound and support drop-in cooperative play, as well as other multiplayer gaming modes via the Internet. The game also features two-player shared-screen gaming on one console – players simply pick up a controller, press “Start” and join their friends. Players can save their characters and use them in all game modes – allowing the same character to be used both in single-player or multiplayer modes, accumulating experience and loot seamlessly. The controls and interface have been developed from scratch for the PLAYSTATION 3 to ensure fluid and intuitive game play optimized for the platform throughout.

SACRED 2 Fallen Angel: New Release Date Announced

SACRED 2 Fallen AngelASCARON, a leading European entertainment software developer, announces a new release date for SACRED 2 – Fallen Angel. The announcement sees both PC and Xbox 360 versions scheduled for release in September 2008.

The additional time is to be used for optimizing the crucial areas of multiplayer gameplay and balancing. Planning for a longer and in-depth beta test, which is subdivided into several different phases, is already underway.

“A highly anticipated AAA title such as SACRED 2 – Fallen Angel is a great responsibility with high expectations to manage and live up to. To achieve our goal, we have decided to give SACRED 2 – Fallen Angel more time in order to be perfected and polished in every single area, allowing us to deliver the quality which is expected, rather than striving for an early release,” says Heiko tom Felde, Managing Director of ASCARON Entertainment GmbH.

SACRED 2 – Fallen Angel
Developer: Ascaron Studio 2
Genre: Action RPG
System: PC, Xbox 360
Release: September, 2008
Publisher: Koch Media / Deep Silver

General information on SACRED/SACRED 2:
Published exclusively for PC in 2004, SACRED sold more than 1.8 million copies, making it one of the most successful Action RPG’s worldwide. Developed in-house by Ascaron Studio 2, SACRED 2 – Fallen Angel is the official sequel to the best selling SACRED.