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This week's new PC game release includes the PC version of one of the most anticipated game titles of 2009. We also get a downloadable movie tie-in game and an RTS title that finally shows up in the US after its 2008 release in Europe:

Modern Warfare 2: Developer Infinity Ward releases the next game in their first person shooter series as they de-emphasize the "Call of Duty" in the title. The global hopping single player game deals once again with high stakes terrorists and is complimented by the Special Ops co-op levels and their multiplayer modes. Many PC players have expressed their dismay over Infinity Ward's decision to do away with dedicated servers for the game.

If you have been wondering when Sacred 2: Ice and Blood would be released in the US, wonder no more. The expansion pack to the 2008 released action-RPG and the last game from its developer Ascaron Entertainment before its shut down earlier this year, will be heading to the US via Steam on November 13. Pricing for the expansion has yet to be revealed.

According to the Steam pre-order page, Sacred 2 Ice and Blood will add over 30 hours of gameplay to the original game with two new regions to explore along with new monsters, items and a new playable character called The Dragon Mage.

These gameplay videos for the upcoming Sacred 2: Ice & Blood, the follow-up to Fallen Angel, reveal the Crystal Region and Blood Cursed Blood Forest. As expected, these areas are filled with dangers and capitalize on the "ice and blood" theme. Especially the blood.

The expansion is expected to release sometime later this fall.

Download HD Sacred 2: Ice & Blood 'Crystal Region' Trailer (104 MB)
Download HD Sacred 2: Ice & Blood 'Cursed Blood Forest' Trailer (108 MB)
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This trailer for Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel: Ice & Blood provides first looks at the upcoming content add-on, which includes additional realms and a new class: the Dragon Mage. The add-on is expected to release in the fall.

Download HD Sacred 2: Ice & Blood Trailer (140 MB)

It's now official. The well known German-based game developer Ascaron Entertainment has now closed its doors completely. The company, best known for the action-RPG games Sacred and it's recent sequel Sacred 2, declared bankruptcy a few months ago and recently sold off much of their assets to Kalypso Media. The final blow was apparently made late last week as Ascaron's Studio 2 was also shut down, according to a message board post on the Sacred web site.

So what about the previously announced plans for a Sacred 2 add-on, title Ice and Blood? According to the message board post, "The Addon (PC version) is almost finished, a hand full of devs are still there and will work at the last bits required." The plan is for Deep Silver to publish the add-on in Germany in late August but there's no word yet on a US release for Ice and Blood.

[Via Blue's News]

While there's no word yet on when this will reach the US, publisher Deep Silver has announced the first details on Sacred 2: Ice and Blood, the promised expansion pack to the 2008 fantasy RPG from developer Ascaron Entertainment. The German-language press release reveales that the expansion is due out sometime before the end of 2009 and will include a new playable character, the Dragonmage, along with two new areas, new quests and monsters and the usual more.

CDV published the original game in the US but at the moment there's no word if they will be handling the expansion as well. In the meantime the first screenshots from Sacred 2: Ice and Blood have been released (via PCGamesHardware.com)

Gallery: Sacred 2: Ice and Blood