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cdv Software Entertainment today announced details on its limited collector’s edition of the upcoming Action RPG Sacred 2: Fallen Angel. The PC collector’s edition is available for pre-order exclusively through Amazon.com for U.S. consumers. The collector’s edition will be available in Canada through Amazon.ca, Future Shop and EB Games Canada.

This special edition will offer unique packaging, an extra DVD containing the “Elite Texture Pack,” a set of ultra-high resolution textures for users of high-end computers, a code to unlock the Carrier Imp (a special “pet” that transports the player’s treasure and additional inventory to its owner whenever summoned), a four-song music sampler from Nuclear Blast records, a printed map of the world of Ancaria, and an electronic version of the Sacred 2 “Art and Vision” booklet.

Sacred 2 for the PC is set for release later this week.

The Games For windows version of Ascaron’s action-RPG, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, has gone gold and will be in stores in November. Sadly, those waiting for the game to come to consoles will have to wait a very long time: those games won’t hit retail until February 2009!

Developed by Ascaron, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is a hack-and-slash action-RPG promising a rich story that takes place in a giant, open-ended and seamless world. This world is apparently packed with massive dungeons, hundreds of bad guys and hundreds of challenging quests. Ascaron says that its game will also feature intelligent enemies, and multiplayer battles for up to 16 players.

Ascaron’s previous game and its expansions proved to be capable fun RPG endeavors, so this new game is not without a fair share of public interest.

cdv Software Entertainment USA and Atari have inked a multi-year, third-party distribution agreement. Atari will serve as the exclusive North American distributor for key console, handheld and multi-platform video games released under the cdv USA brand.

The first games to be published by Atari include Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (Games For Windows, Xbox 360 and PS3), I Heart Geeks! and My Little Baby (Nintendo DS). Sacred 2: Fallen Angel will ship for PC on November 11, 2008, and will be released for consoles on February 17, 2009.

I’m looking forward to Sacred 2 on the consoles, so here’s hoping it doesn’t suck!

If you do most of your computing on a laptop and consider yourself an RPG aficionado, then Ascaron’s announcement about Sacred 2 might be of interest to you. The German developer and publisher announced this morning that it is optimizing its next big role-playing game for play on laptop PCs. The game is apparently being tweaked so it will run as well on a laptop using an 128Mb onboard graphics chipsets as it does on a hardcore gaming rig

The focus of these optimizations specific to laptops include core processes, graphic optimization and notebook-only features. These tweaks include in-game battery and wi-fi indicator displays, and the Ad-Hoc multiplayer mode (AMM). All functions are actively supported by the Intel Centrino Processor Technology, says Ascaron.

Sacred 2 will be released in October 2008 by cdv Software.

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cdv Software Entertainment USA has inked a deal with Fireglow to promote and distribute its upcoming role-playing game, Stranger. Shipping on March 3, Stranger is a mix of real-time strategy and role-playing from the developers behind the Sudden Strike series of WWII RTS games for the PC. Fireglow’’s game will contain a 30-hour single-player campaign, multiplayer for up to eight players, three playable heroes, hundreds of unique monsters and gameplay that deviates from the traditional RPG path.