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While developer Frogwares has been hinting about developing a sequel to their horror adventure game Dracula Origin via posting screenshots on its Facebook page for some time, this week the company's web site finally announced its plans for Dracula Origin 2.

The sequel will feature Dracula teaming up with his arch enemy Van Helsing to fight The Queen of Vampires (apparently that's her only name) who has kidnapped Dracula's love Mina. While the web site does not give a release date, a Facebook post from a Frogwares rep states, " The game will be released in (a) couple of months." Meanwhile you can still save 30 percent off all of Frogwares' games from now until January 31.

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Last April, developer Frogwares announced plans to release The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, the latest adventure game from the team behind a number of other adventure games starring the classic consulting detective. At the time the game was supposed to come out in the fall of 2010.

Now a recent post on Frogwares' Facebook page has a rep from the developer admitting the game is now due for release at the end of 2011. In another post the developer said the game will be released for the PC, Xbox 360 and the PS3. In the meantime the developer is working on another game, the sequel to Dracula Origin, that Frogwares says will be out in about three months.

We haven't heard much from adventure game developer Frogwares lately. The last word we had from the company was that they were working on a new title in its long running Sherlock Holmes series. However there's been no news on that game, The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, since a teaser trailer was released last April.

While the company's web site hasn't been updated in months, Frogware's official Facebook page has been posting updates and screenshots from upcoming games. One of them is a previously unannounced sequel to Dracula: Origin, its horror themed game that was first released in 2008. The Facebook page has a number of screenshots from the sequel but there's no other info on the game that's been revealed. There's also no info on what happened to The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, which was supposed to be released by the end of 2010.

The free-to-play fantasy online real-time strategy game, World of Battles, officially launches out of beta today and the newest install client is now available. A trailer and system requirements are shown after the jump. Visit the official website for more information and to sign up for an account.

"World of Battles is set in a medieval universe where 8 races battle it out to dominate the entire world. Take control of your armies and earn the right to be called the Lord of War. Players can choose to play any one of 8 popular fantasy races, from humans to elves, the Living Dead through to Orcs and Dwarves. World of Battles allows for a very high level of customization, right down to individual soldiers within your battalions. Once your troops are recruited, trained and ready for combat it's up to you to decide on how best to equip them before heading out into the field of battle."

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The GoG.com web site has just landed yet another publishing deal for its DRM-free PC game download service. This time GoG.com will be adding games from developer Frogwares, best known for their long running series of adventure games starring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's consulting detective Sherlock Holmes.

The first game from Frogwares on GoG.com is also their first Sherlock Holmes title, Secret of the Silver Earring. First released in 2004, the game has you trying to solve a murder that is seemingly committed right in front of Holmes himself. The game is now available to purchase and download from GoG.com for $9.99.

Developer Frogwares has made a number of adventure games starring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's master detective Sherlock Holmes. Today the developer and its publisher Focus Home Entertainment announced they were working on an all new game in the series, The Testament of Sherlock Holmes.

At the moment, Frogwares is being mysterious about what the game will be about, saying only that it will give Sherlock Holmes "the most dangerous investigation of his entire career." A teaser trailer has also been released but as you can see above it's, well, pretty mysterious as well. The game is due for release in late 2010.

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This week over at GameTap, the PC game subscription service has added Dracula: Origin to its premimum list of games users can check out with their monthly fee. The horror adventure game that deals with the classic vampire was developed by Frogwares who is best known for their series of Sherlock Holmes-themed adventure games including this year's Sherlock Holmes Vs Jack The Ripper.

Also this week, the open world action game Just Cause is now free to play for a week on GameTap. The title from developer Avalanche Studios and publisher Eidos just got its movie rights bought out this week. Finally check out two more upcoming GameTap TV commercials created by the Mega64 team after the jump:

This is an official trailer for the point-and-click mystery adventure game, Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper, expected to release in May.

"Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper allows you to play as the greatest detective of all in the London of 1888. A series of particularly horrible murders creates a real psychosis throughout the country. Atrociously mutilated prostitutes' bodies are found by the police without them being able to find a serious lead. Sherlock Holmes starts looking for clues in the dark and sinister alleys of Whitechapel in order to follow the macabre trail of the one the press now calls Jack the Ripper. During an adventure full of twists, Sherlock Holmes will try to bring out the true identity and the motives of the one who hides behind this scary alias."

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Focus Home Interactive is closing in on the release of Sherlock Holmes Vs. Jack The Ripper, the latest game in the adventure game series that stars Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective. This week the publisher sent over some new screenshots from the game that we have added to our gallery.

Developed by Frogwares, the game pits the greatest fictional crime-fighter of all time against the very real Jack The Ripper serial killer. The game itself combines the traditional third person "point-and-click" gameplay with a first person viewpoint as well, along with a "original crime scene reconstitution system". Sounds kinda icky, actually. The game is scheduled for release for the PC next month.

A couple of months ago Focus Home Interactive announced plans to release Sherlock Holmes Vs Jack The Ripper, the latest in a series of adventure games starring the great fictional detective from developer Frogwares. This week the developer sent over some more screenshots of the game.

One of the new shots shows off the first person viewpoint of the game which will be combined with the more traditional adventure game "point-and-click" third person viewpoint. As we have reported before, the literary creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will try to solve the real life London murders of the legendary serial killer. The game is scheduled for release sometime in 2009.