<![CDATA[Kotaku: Ascaron]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Ascaron]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/ascaron http://kotaku.com/tag/ascaron <![CDATA[Gaming Minds Picks Up Where Ascaron Left Off]]> After picking up the majority of Sacred 2 developer Ascaron's assets earlier this month, Kalypso Media now announces the formation of Gaming Minds Studios, where former Ascaron devs work on former Ascaron games. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5296932&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sacred 2 Looks Fine On The PlayStation 3]]> We're a week away from the console release for Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, and Ascaron has released a lovely set of PlayStation 3 screens just in case anyone doubted that version existed. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5240864&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sacred 2 Blessed With A Console Release Date]]> cdv Software and Ascaron Entertainment deliver Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners to the world of Ancaria in mid-May, announcing the official release date for Sacred 2: Fallen Angel. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5216527&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Console Sacred 2 Faces May Delay]]> Console owners wishing to travel the lands of Ancaria will have to delay their vacation plans, as the release date for Sacred 2: Fallen Angel for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 slips to May. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5172099&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sacred 2 T-Energy Trailer]]> The latest trailer for Sacred 2: Fallen Angel focuses on T-energy, the mysterious power that fuels the world of Ancaria's magic. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5162757&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sacred 2: How German Metal Band Blind Guardian Got Involved]]> In this behind the scenes video for Ascaron's Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, Blind Guardian vocalist Hansi Kürsch explains how a German heavy metal band gets into a video game. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5154472&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sacred 2 Update Brings Sacred 2 Network And Holiday Cheer]]> The latest update to Ascaron's PC RPG Sacred 2: Fallen Angel not only includes the beta version of the Sacred 2 network, but also contains a health dose of holiday cheer. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5112182&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sacred 2 DRM Encourages Sharing, Caring]]> With game publishers getting blasted over strict digital rights management solutions in their PC titles left and right these days, Ascaron and cdv Software Entertainment USA are taking a rather different approach. Rather than limit the number of times you can install the game on various machines, you'll be able to install Sacred 2: Fallen Angel on as many systems as you'd like as a sort of "Try Before You Buy" feature. Purchasers of retail or digital copies of the game can pass it around to friends, which lets them play the full version of the game for one calendar day before requiring they buy the title. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5079431&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sacred 2 Trailer Lays It On A Bit Thick]]> There is a real air of YEAAAH! about this trailer for Ascaron's action prequel Sacred 2: Fallen Angel - as if they hired a 15 year old KISS fan to direct and kept him well stocked with energy drinks and popping candy. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5077308&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sacred 2 Console Versions Slip To 2009]]> While PC gamers will still be getting their next fix of Diablo-style action RPG goodness next month, console owners will have to wait a bit longer for Ascaron's Sacred 2: Fallen Angel. Both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game have slipped to early 2009 in order to get online multiplayer up to speed. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5066482&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (PS3) - Inquisitor And Temple Guardian Screens and Concept Art]]> The sequel to the 2004 Action RPG Sacred will be out for Xbox 360 & PS3 at the beginning of November. To whet your whistle, we have a selection of screenshots and concept art featuring two of the character classes new to the game - the Temple Guardian and the Inquisitor. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5044816&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Deep Silver At Games Convention 2008]]> Publisher Deep Silver is teaming up partners GSC Game World, Ascaron Entertainment, and Game Life to form a rather impressive presence at the Games Convention 2008 next week. On the more hardcore side of things we'll see a definite slant towards PC gaming, with the adventure game Secret Files 2 - Puritas Cordis, Piranha Bytes new RPG Risen, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, and X3: Terran Conflict, along with the Sacred 2: Fallen Angel for the PC, PS3, and 360 and their Wii survival horror game Curs3ed Mountain. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5035524&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sacred 2 Pushed 2 September]]> Ascaron's Diabloesque Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, once slated for a Q1 2008 release, has now been officially pushed back to September 2008. In a post on the game's official website, the company explains that the game is being delayed in order to make it the best damn Sacred 2: Fallen Angel it can possibly be.
An extension of the development process was necessary in order to ensure that we realize all the development plans and ship both PC and Xbox 360 versions with the best possible quality and stability.
In other words, it wasn't done yet. The post appeared on the site on Christmas day, which makes it a dubious sort of Christmas present for fans of the game or German symphonic fantasy metal. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=338078&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sacred 2 Bringing Arena to Leipzig]]> Sacred 2: Fallen Angel developer Ascaron is one of Germany's leading game developers, so you know they're going to be rolling up on Leipzig in style. Not only are they staging a worldwide exclusive test of the multiplayer aspects of their latest action RPG, they've constructed a 1600 foot arena separate from their main booth for visitors and press to battle it out on. Preregistered contestants will be ushered from a briefing room to the arena floor accompanied by fanfares as they take their seats and compete for exclusive prizes. If you are among those lucky enough to be attending the 2007 Games Convention, hit up www.sacred2.com to sign up for a slot. Everyone who enters receives a GC T-shirt, a copy of the original Sacred, a 5 Euro Wirecard voucher and a Sacred novel. Exactly the sort of thing that made the old E3 so much fun! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=285660&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Gallery: A Vampyre Story]]> A Vampyre Story is the upcoming point and click adventure game for the PC from Ascaron, written by Bill Tiller, a former LucasArts employee who worked on classics like The Dig, The Curse of Monkey Island, and Indiana Jones. Combining 3D animation with 2D adventure sensibilities, the game follows opera singer Mona De Lafitte, who though cursed with an undead existence doesn't let that stop her from pursuing her dream of singing opera in Paris. Expect bizarre characters and dark humor all around. More »
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