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If you thought that the fall 2010 PC game schedule was finally all settled, think again. Our sister site Joystiq reports that Two Worlds 2, the sequel to the fantasy RPG from developer Reality Pump Studios, won't be out in October in the US. Instead the game will be released in January 2011.

In its official statement, Southpeak said the delay was to give the game "heavyweight quality assurance". That sounds an awful lot like, "We don't want any show stopping bugs this time." The new release date is apparently just confirmed for the US at the moment. Ship dates for other territories in the world will be announced later.

It's certainly one of the more interesting game titles we have heard in a while. Battle Vs Chess? Seriously, we didn't know that "Battle" was some kind of noun. Yet that's the name that developer Zuxxez and publisher Topware are giving this mix of turn-based strategy and action.

Due out this May for the PC, Mac and other platforms, the game is supposed to use some kind of authentic chess algorithm as its basis. But as you can see from the screenshot above the game is also looking much different than your normal chess program. The press release announcing the game touts its many different playing environments along with some unnamed special gameplay modes and bonuses. We hope it's as least as fun as that cool Star Wars holographic chess board on board the Millennium Falcon.

Last Friday, developer Reality Pump announced Two Worlds II, the sequel to their 2007 fantasy RPG. However, Reality Pump already had a sequel announced for the game, Two Worlds: The Temptation, that began life as an expansion pack. Now our sister site Joystiq has posted world from the developer that Two Worlds II is a totally new game and that Two Worlds: The Temptation is actually canceled.

What happened? Accoridng to Dirk Hassinger, who runs the US part of the company, Topware, after work began on Two Worlds: The Temptation, " . . . we found the technology outdated and started a new engine generation from the scratch. Now it is a real Two Worlds II with state-of-the-art technology." He admits that some ideas and story elements from Two Worlds: The Temptation might find its way into Two Worlds II but that ultimately the game is "a different title and not a simple rename."

Developer Zuxxez has been working on Two Worlds: The Temptation, the next game in their fantasy RPG series that started as a simple expansion but has since changed to a full stand alone sequel. Today Zuxxez released some new screenshots from the game that we have reproduced here.

Most of the new screenshots are enviromental in nature but there are some that show off some of the game's creatures like the above shot which has cross between a dragon and a raptor that looks extremely hungry. Two Worlds: The Temptation is expected to be released in late 2009. Southpeak Games will be the US publisher for the game as they were for the original Two Worlds.

Two worlds are better then one. OK, maybe not, but more new content is coming for Reality Pump's RPG, Two Worlds. Xbox 360 users got a taste of "Tainted Blood" last month, but come May 1st PC gamers will be able to download the extra content for free from the game's official website.

Gamers who bought the GotY edition of Two Worlds received the new PC multiplayer add-on with their purchase, but those who didn't snag it will soon be able to take on the new adventures in Antaloor. "Tainted Blood" will let players hunt down a crazy Necromancer (we thought Charles Manson was still in prison), "unsolve" the mystery of a massacre in a woodcutters' camp (which oddly enough sounds like the current state of Vista), deal with a rebel knight (what Jack Thompson likely thinks of himself) and more. Just what the "more" is, we'd surely like to know since "more" can mean anything... or nothing.

The add-on also lets players visit the new Business and Training Center, which we doubt is run by Kinkos. The fictional town of Tharnburg now provides a large trader's district as well as various arenas to try out those fresh and phat new combat techniques.

ZUXXEZ Entertainment also announced that another add-on called "Curse of the Souls" is coming to your world (or maybe it's two worlds) soon.