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The PC game download service Direct2Drive is doing something a little different than other download sites; it's beginning to offer PC games as rentals. For $5 you can play a few games for a total of five hours. And when we say, "a few games" we mean only three at the moment (Silent Hill Homecoming, Grid and Divinity 2) If you decided you want the full version the $5 will be added to the price of the entire game purchase.

This concept isn't entirely new; Steam has offered free play weekends on a number of its titles and the OnLive service allows its users to play full games for free for a limited time before asking for money.

This is the playable demo for Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga, which includes early parts of the full game. System requirements are shown after the jump.

"In this demo, you will live the beginning of your adventure as a Dragon Slayer. A Dragon Knight has been sighted in the surroundings of Broken Valley, and this is your chance as the latest initiate of your Order to prove your value! Exploration will be rewarding, as many epic battles, numerous quests and rewards await you around every corner of this big demo's playground!"

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We don't really get a lot of truly awful games to play on Big Download, as most are at least somewhat competent. Still, there are a few that straddle the line between being hilariously and depressingly bad. Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga is one of these games. While the first Divinity was a tepid Diablo clone with a generic story, it was still passable when it came to the presentation and gameplay. Divinity 2 completely fails on almost every level, and that's after a reissue with enhanced graphics and rebalanced gameplay. We fear what the original game is like if this is the far more playable version. This is a game that only the most dedicated of hack and slash players should play, even if there were elements of the game that were approached with a remote amount of care.

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World of Warcraft players get to check out Cataclysm in a few hours here in the US. In the meantime here are some news nuggets to past the time while you are waiting in the queue:

• Steam has several automatic updates for games today including Poker Night at the Inventory, Arcadia, Rush, Doc Clock The Roasted Sandwich of Time, Divinity II; The Dragon Knight Saga, and Super Meat Boy,
• IGN is reporting that Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine is now set for release sometime in the summer of 2011.
• Here is a Minecraft music video. It's pretty nice.
• The development team behind the recently released puzzle game Rush is showing percentages of the game's Steam sales.
• The second closed beta event for Rift will be held the weekend of December 17.
• Telltale is shipping the collector DVD for Sam and Max The Devil's Playground.

In January 2010, Divinity iI: Ego Draconis was released here in the US. The fantasy RPG from developer Larian Studios was quickly followed up by the announcement of an expansion pack, Flames of Vengeance, as well as a collection, Divinity II The Dragon Knight Saga, that has a remastered version of the original game and the Flames of Vengeance expansion.

Still with us? Ok. This week both Divinity II: Flames of Vengeance and Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga have been released via download at the game's official web site by publisher Focus Home Interactive and at download sites like Direct2Drive and Gamersgate with $19.95 for the expansion pack and $39.95 for the collection. The Steam download site just has Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga available but it has three exclusive in-game armor packs and a 33 percent discount for Steam owners of the original Divinity II game. Confusing? Yep.

Divinity 2 was released for the first time approximately one year ago, and already the developers are on the ball with an enhanced edition. Subtitled Dragon Knight Saga, this new edition features revamped quests, graphics, and gameplay, as well as the expansion Flames of Vengeance. For those interested in some high-fidelity hack-and-slash action, this trailer will certainly quench your taste for destruction. It features environments, characters, and moves from the re-release, and while it never really goes in-depth into the gameplay, it's not really surprising. This is a launch trailer designed to pump up players, not give them insight into the inner workings of the game.

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Early in 2010 CDV released Divinity II, the fantasy RPG sequel from developer Larian Studios, here in the US. While CDV is basically no more here in this country, that isn't stopping Larian Studios from announcing plans for Divinity II The Dragon Knight Saga, a revamped version of the game with additional content.

Focus Home Interactive plans to publish the game in October in Europe but at the moment there's no word on a US release for the game. Divinity II The Dragon Knight Saga will include the original game but with improved graphics. It will also contain the new expansion pack Divinity II Flames of Vengeance.

A game publisher that at one time was one of the biggest in the PC game industry could be shutting down operations. The German language investor site for CDV has posted a press release announcing it has filed for insolvency in a Frankfurt court.

Launched in 1989, the company was a major PC game publisher just a few years ago with titles like the Blitzkrieg and Codename Panzers series. They also have a subsidiary in the US who recently released titles like the PC retail version of Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter and Divinity 2. Recently CDV had been in legal fights with US based Southpeak Games over breaches of contract.

[Via GamesIndustry.biz]

Released in the US in early January, the fantasy RPG Divinity II from developer Larian Studios will be getting an expansion pack later this summer. Divinity II: Flames of Vengeance will be released for the PC (and also for the Xbox 360 via download) in August. The expansion pack will continue where the ending of the original game left off with the Dragon knight character continuing his quest to fight the evil in the game's world of Rivellon.

The press release promised that the expansion pack will add 15 more hours of gameplay. In addition the original game's graphics engine is supposed to get "a solid overhaul, improving performance and graphics quality along the way." CDV published Divinity II in the US but at the moment there's no word if they will do the same for the expansion.

This TV spot trailer for Divinity 2 comes in 15, 30 and 60 second flavors depending on your patience and curiosity about the game. Yes, they're all staring at you...

The action fantasy role-playing games allows players to take the role of a Dragon Slayer who becomes a Dragon Knight (a warrior that can transform into a fire breathing dragon) to overcome a danger that threatens all of Rivellon. The 60 second trailer is featured above and shorter versions can be seen after the jump. The playable demo can be downloaded here.

"Many years have passed since the darkness of Damian's armies was repelled and Damian was banished into another realm by man's Demigod hero, the Divine. While men enjoy their first years of real peace, Damian breaks free from his bonds and returns to the world of Rivellon to take vengeance on he who imprisoned him. To do so, Damian takes control of the minds of the world's rarest and most powerful beings: the Dragon Knights, whom he unleashes on to the world. It is one of them who kills the Divine. With the dragons now on the side of evil, many young men and women of Rivellon have taken up the role of ridding the world of these dragons – they are known as Dragon Slayers."

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