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Troubled game publisher JoWood has put the brakes on yet another game in development. Today the company announced that the fantasy RPG-RTS expansion pack Spellforce 2: Faith In Destiny has been delayed indefinitely. The expansion pack was first announced nearly two years ago. Jowood producer Reinhard Pollice is quoted in the press release as saying that the expansion "is already in an advanced stage, but the game experience will be further enhanced in some sectors - like multiplayer stability."

Earlier this week, Jowood also delayed another expansion pack Arcania: Fall of Setarrif , due to somewhat mysterious legal issues. It was also revealed this week that the troubled publisher, which filed for bankruptcy in January, had lost the interest of a potential investor.

This week the PC gaming buying year gets its first major AAA title with a long awaited MMO title. We also get a RPG-RTS expansion pack that been years in the making (no lie) and an European imported action-adventure game.

DC Universe Online - Developer Sony Online, which already has a ton of MMO game experience, launched its latest subscription-based game. This time the setting is the vast DC Comics super hero setting where players will be able to create their own original super heroes and super villains and ally themselves with legendary characters like Superman, Batman, Joker and Lex Luthor.

The Austria-based game publisher JoWood is in a bit of a financial pickle. Today the company announced that it has filed for material insolvency after "all efforts towards restructuring of capitalization concerning outside capital as well as equity capital had to be considered as failed."

The press release is optimistic, saying that it hopes JoWood can continue with business and hopes that "negotiations with creditors and possible investors can be positively conducted and finalized within 90 days." JoWood and its North American subsidiary Dreamcatcher Interactive, released the fantasy RPG sequel Arcadia Gothic 4 last fall with plans to release an expansion pack for that game later in 2011. Another game, the RTS-RPG expansion pack Spellforce 2: Faith In Destiny, is due out later in January.

A game that's been in developer for some time is getting delayed the week it was supposed to be released. Publisher JoWood announced today that Spellforce 2: Faith In Destiny, the stand alone expansion to the fantasy RTS-RPG game, will now be coming out in January 2011. The expansion was supposed to ship on Tuesday to stores in the US and Europe. No reason for the delay was announced.

This is just the latest delay for the game. The expansion pack was first announced way back in May 2009 for a winter 2009 release. In February of 2010, the expansion was "re-announced" for a second quarter 2010 release and finally got what appeared to be a firm November 30 release before today's announcement.

There are quite a few games due to be released this week, especially on the downloadable side, as we near the end of the year. In addition to the games listed below Futuremark plans to release its gaming themed benchmarking software, 3DMark 11, on Monday.

Super Meat Boy: After a successful run on the Xbox 360, the two man team at developer Team Meat brings its challenging (some might say too challenging) platform action game to the PC. This port will not only have some extra characters but will also support the creation of new levels, although the level editor won't be released for a while.

How long has it been since the original Spellforce 2 was released? Try 2006. Even the game's first expansion pack, Dragon Storm, was released in 2007. So after all this time publisher JoWood is finally ready to release this second stand alone expansion pack to the fantasy RTS-RPG game.

Spellforce 2: Faith In Destiny is currently scheduled for release on November 30 and the game's newly launched web site has the details and screenshots on the expansion. It will include a new single player campaign, five factions, 10 different races and other new additions and features. If you can remember that far back to the last Spellforce 2 title, you might like this as well.

Last May, publisher JoWood announced their plans to publish Spellforce 2: Faith In Destiny, the second expansion to the fantasy RPG-RTS hybrid game. Since there's been, well, nothing announced about the game and it missed its planned winter 2009 release date.

Today, JoWood basically re-announced their plans to publish the game, this time for the second quarter of 2010. They also released the game's first screenshots. Fans of the series can expect a new single player campaign featuring the player character dealing with a new threat against the game's setting of Eo. Look for new units, maps and creatures to fight in this expansion. In addition the game's graphics have supposedly gotten a revamp with better shader effects.