Usually we don’t hear about games going gold until maybe a week or two ahead of release, but that’s not the case with Divinity II: Ego Draconis. CDV has announced that the PC and Xbox 360 action-RPG has already gone gold, well in advance of the game’s confirmed January 5, 2010 North American ship date. Seems like CDV is purposefully holding back the release to avoid the stiff holiday competition, and I don’t blame them for a second. Although it’s not like the release schedule will be thinning out all that much early next year…
In other Divinity II news, CDV is currently running an “Epic PC Sweepstakes” with a custom gaming rig up for grabs (among other sweet prizes) and a GameStop pre-order campaign offering the Blood Echelon Armor and Weapon Set as bonus in-game items. Click the provided links for all the details.
Matt Litten is a 27 year old from-the-womb gamer turned video game reviewer/blogger and current editor/owner/operator of VGBlogger.com.
In 2004, Matt landed his first gig in the video game review business writing for the now-defunct website BonusStage.com. After the close of BonusStage, the former staff went on to found VGBlogger.com, and after a short stint as US Site Manager for AceGamez Matt turned his attention to making VGBlogger one of the top video game blogs in all the blogosphere.
Some of Matt's all-time favorite games include ICO, Shadow of the Colossus, Metal Gear Solid, Legend of Zelda, and, well...too many others to list here.
Given that Divine Divinity is one of my all-time favorite RPG’s, you might guess I’m frothing at the mouth for this one. My Euro friends tell me it is very well done, and some UK and Aussies who have the English translation say that is also nicely handled. Can’t wait to play this!
Oh – and PC gamers note that the GameStop pre-order bonus items are for teh X360 version only.