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A spin-off of the Two Worlds RPG franchise previously designed as part of the marketing for Two Worlds II will be getting its own stand alone game release. Publisher Topware announced today that Two Worlds II Castle Defense will be released on its own for the PC and Mac on May 17.

The game, which takes place in between Two Worlds I and II, has you taking control of the game universe's bad guys Emperor Gandohar and his henchman Sordahon. You have to fight off waves of enemies with a variety of attacks and in several different settings. You can down both PC and Mac demos of the game here at Big Download.

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This patch updates Two Worlds II from v1.0 to 1.2 and includes a number of gameplay fixes and balance changes. The patch is available for both the PC and Mac releases. Continue reading after the jump for a full list of changes.

"After the downfall of Aziraal, God of Fire, the Dark Lord Gandohar has nearly achieved his objective to disrupt the balance between the elements. Dark magic surges into the land to fill the void. Recognizing the potential for complete control over the dark powers, Gandohar starts to use the power of Aziraal trap within Kyra, the descendant of the Orphans. Despite her ancestry, Kyra cannot endure the strain. With Antaloor already in his clutches, Gandohar concocts a new plan from his stronghold in Oswaroth. There are still those who struggle against the tyrant, hoping to shift the balance of forces in their favor. The fight for Antaloor continues..."

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The fantasy RPG sequel Two Worlds II has been released in parts of Europe for a while now but it will finally be released in the US soon. The game was originally set for release this week but today its co-publisher Topware announced it will finally be released in the US on February 4.

In the same press release, Topware announced that a limited Royal Edition of the game is now available for pre-order. The PC/Mac Royal Edition is apparently only accessible at Amazon.com where it shows only two copies are avaialble. The $79.99 Royal Edition includes the Reality Pump-developed game along with extras like a Dragon Queen statuette, a behind-the-scenes DVD, a double sided poster with a map of the game's fantasy world, an exclusive art book, playig cards and exclusive in-game weapons and items.

The labyrinth of ancient Greece lends its name to any large, dungeon-like maze, and this Two Worlds 2 trailer definitely fits both of those criteria. Shown entirely from the perspective of the player, it pits the hero against undead knights and the confusing layout of a massive maze. Naturally, there's plenty of time lapse. Funnily enough, it actually makes us fairly interested in Two Worlds 2, if just to see what puzzles or environments the developers manage to put in. The combat doesn't look all that intriguing, however. We never were fans of stiff fighting.

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Two Worlds II, already released in parts of Europe last fall, is finally scheduled to show up for the US market in early February. In the first video developer diary released by its US publisher Southpeak Games, Scott Cromie, the creative director of the game's co-publisher TopWare Interactive talks about some of the game's new features compared to the original title.

Those features include the improved graphical engine which Cromie claims shows off the best visuals no matter which platform the game is made for. Players can also dismantle weapons in the game to upgrade equipment and the spell system can now be customized to make over 1 million potential spells available.

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You may remember earlier this year that developers Topware Interactive and Gaijin Entertainment released Battle Vs Chess, a fantasy strategy take on the classic chess game. That move apparently didn't make Interplay very happy. The publisher filed a lawsuit against Topware on September 24, claiming that Battle Vs Chess was an infringement on Interplay's own Battle Chess trademark.

In a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Interplay announced that the court battle against Topware has succeeded in a preliminary injunction being granted that prevents Topware from "further use of Battle Chess or any confusingly similar title by TopWare." So that pretty much means that the game can't be sold until it gets a new title.

[Via Fallout Wika]

While Two Worlds II has yet to be released here in the US, folks in Europe who have already bought the Reality Pump-developed fantasy RPG can now download files that will add native Mac support for people who purchased the Royal and Premium Edition of the game.

Owners of the game will have to put in the game's serial number and the included bonus code in order to download the Mac game files. The PC version must be in the PC's disk drive during the installation of the Mac files. The Mac retail version goes on sale on January 25 which is also the date that the game is released in the US.

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Earlier this fall, the fantasy RPG sequel Two Worlds II got a last minute delay here in the US to January 2011. Today the game's main publisher TopWare Interactive announced that the game from developer Reality Pump Studios now has a more specific January 25 release date for the US and UK.

Two Worlds II has already been released in other parts of Europe and today TopWare stated that the game has already sold one million units in its first three weeks of release. Southpeak Games will still be the game's distributor here in the US but TopWare will take over the game's release in the UK and Ireland.

[Via email press release]

Earlier this week, publisher Southpeak Interactive announced that the US release of the fantasy RPG sequel Two Worlds II was being pushed back from October to January 2011. At the time the publisher stated the delay was to give the game "heavyweight quality assurance." Now the game's co-developer TopWare Interactive claims otherwise, telling GameSpot that Two Worlds II was actually completed earlier this month.

According to TopWare, the game's delay in the US was actually because Southpeak felt the game might get lost in the shuffle of other RPG titles coming out this fall. Company spokesperson James Seaman states, " .. fans only have so much time to spend playing these content-rich games, and there were concerns our title could potentially be lost in the fanfare." The game's European publisher Zuxxez will still release Two Worlds II "in a handful of territories October 21", according to the report.

Chess is one of those classic games that everybody should learn to play. Just like checkers and Go, it provides plenty of strategic thinking while being fun in its own right. Naturally, gamers want something a little more visceral than simple capturing, and the result was Battle Chess. Now there is Battle Vs Chess, an update of the classic game that puts a new face to old pieces. This trailer shows some of the new environments, animations, and pieces, and we are positively stunned by how beautiful it is. It may be a re-skinning of chess, but that's fine with use. Lush environments, smooth animations, and timeless strategy are a dream come true!

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