Crispy Gamer News

MMO’s and iPod games seem to be the soup of the day, though there is some great news for owners of Sacred 2 and word that Nintendo has settled a lawsuit with Nyko. Take off those shoes off and jump into the news stream.

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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.

This week will see many highly anticipated games, as they like to see in the press releases. Of course, there will also be a lot of highly ignored releases this week that are geared towards casual gamers and tweens - but i’ve omitted most of those from the list below. so what are this week’s big releases. The biggest is the second expansion pack to World of Warcraft - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. I suspect our fearless leader will be standing in line at Midnight somewhere in Florida so he can get in the action extra early. My prediction: MIA for the rest of the week beginning Nov 14..

Other big titles this week include Call of Duty: World at War, Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, the new Pokémon Ranger DS title, and Mirror’s Edge. Honestly, i’m really only excited about the new Call of Duty but I have my doubts about this non-Infinity ward developed shooter. Animal Crossing and Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe hit at the very tail end of the week (or the beginning of next week depending on how much importance you place on Sunday’s place in your weekly calendar).

While not every game on the list is a huge title there’s some other interesting releases being rolled out. Atlus’ Eternal Poison slides onto the PS2, Ascaron’s Sacred 2 hits the PC, FaceBreaker K.O. Party lands on the Wii, Pro Evolution Soccer hits multiple platforms. Full schedule after the break. For those of you looking for the new SmackDown vs. RAW game - it’s at retail right now.
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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!