Two Worlds II

Two Worlds II is a role-playing video game developed by Polish video game developer Reality Pump and published by TopWare Interactive as a sequel to the 2007 game Two Worlds. It was released on November the 9th 2010 in mainland Europe for PC (Windows and Mac), Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.[3] The game was released on the 25th January 2011 in North-America for the same platforms. The game has been a commercial hit and has managed to sell 1 million units, three weeks afters its release in Europe.[4] By February 2011 sold units have exceeded 2 millions in number.[5]
Contents [hide]
1 Development
2 Reception
3 Controversy
4 Release Dates
5 External links
6 References
[edit]Development

Two Worlds II was shown off at PAX East in 2010, and received generally favorable previews. Gamervision's Jonathan Cooper said that "gamers have one hell of a surprise in store for them later this year."[6]
[edit]Reception

Reception of Two Worlds II has been mixed to positive, with the PC version being the most well-received. The PC version of the game currently holds a score of 76 on Metacritic, with the PlayStation 3 and 360 versions at 73 and 67, respectively.[7][8][9] While generally regarded as a huge improvement over its predecessor, with particular praise given to the amount of content, weapon upgrade and magic systems, the game has been criticized for low-quality animations, a clunky, unintuitive interface, and shoddy production values.
By early December, the game had sold over one million copies in mainland Europe.[4]
[edit]Controversy

The game was originally scheduled to be released in early October until the publisher announced one week prior that it would be delayed until January. It has been proposed that this was either a marketing gimmick or opportunity to improve the game to its furthest potential.[10]
The game's publisher Topware Interactive has been accused of influencing reviews scores of Two Worlds II. The company purportedly blacklists any outlets that awards a score less than 7/10.[11]
[edit]Release Dates

The release date for the game in the UK was set for February 4 but due to unforeseen circumstances the shipment of games was damaged, Topware's Managing Director James Seaman said "We just received the container from China with the Collector's Edition and other components and they are wrecked...Several components were just a total wreck and unacceptable for us to give out to our fans.” The new release date was scheduled for February 25 and all pre-order customers are expected to be receiving them by or on this date. Both GAME and Zavvi.com have since cancelled their existing pre-orders of the game with customers, stating that they would not be receiving the game in stock and offered their apologies. After speaking with GAME, Eurogamer got in contact with TopWare's managing director James Seaman, who denied rumours of Two World II's release date being pushed back to March 15, but stated "But we will be doing something different - stay tuned" [12] TopWare have since decided to forego a retail release, and will make Two Worlds II available only via the online retailer Amazon.com, being quoted as saying “If you had pre-ordered this award winning title elsewhere, they will not have stock as Amazon will be fulfilling all of the United Kingdom. Amazon will have all versions in stock, including the esteemed Royal Edition. We will make sure that the UK is taken care of.” [13]
Two Worlds II, remains unreleased in Australia, and is on indefinate hold.