Square-Enix announces a release date for Europe

[Vilhelm]

http://www.strategyinformer.com/news/10822...ope-on-27th-may

 

May 27. Limited edition with four in-game items also announced.

 

Full press release:

 

London (03 February, 2011) – Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX

Edited February 3, 2011 by Vilhelm

[Sannom]

From the announcement :

 

In DUNGEON SIEGE III, players assume the role of one of four legionnaires in the crumbling kingdom of Ehb

 

Should we consider this as 'proof' that there will be only four classes/characters in the game, or should we wait for more previews?

[C2B]

From the announcement :

 

In DUNGEON SIEGE III, players assume the role of one of four legionnaires in the crumbling kingdom of Ehb

 

Should we consider this as 'proof' that there will be only four classes/characters in the game, or should we wait for more previews?

 

It's vague. But yeah.

 

Little disappointing. Then again. Diablo II had only one more at release.

 

How many does III have by the way?

[Bendu]

Four are ok, if each of them has its own origin story at the begining.

 

BTW: DSIII Box Art

Edited February 3, 2011 by Bendu

[C2B]

Four are ok, if each of them has its own origin story at the begining.

 

BTW: DSIII Box Art

 

WOW That looks sweet.

[WorstUsernameEver]

Going by the box art, one of the characters is a girl that dual wields pistols. Weird choice.

[Flouride]

Four classes is certainly enough, they might add few later on with expansions/dlcs.

 

Release date at the moment seems okay, though if L.A Noire gets pushed back a week or is massive hit like Red Dead Redemption that might hurt initial sales of DS3. Witcher 2 is also released 2 weeks prior to DS3.

 

The box art looks sweet

[WorstUsernameEver]

I don't think there's much of an overlap between L.A. Noire's audience and Dungeon Siege III. There might be some between TW2 and DSIII though.

 

EDIT: Also, four "heroes" sounds okay when you consider that everyone of them has an origin and complete voice-acting and that it's likely that many side-quest will overlap and such. It probably would be prohibitively expensive to have more characters. Hopefully having only 4 "heroes" will make them distinctive enough while still giving you the ability to customize them even if right now it looks like the customization will be very limited.

Edited February 3, 2011 by WorstUsernameEver

[Bendu]

Also interesting: PEGI 16 rating?

 

PEGI 16

This rating is applied once the depiction of violence (or sexual activity) reaches a stage that looks the same as would be expected in real life. More extreme bad language, the concept of the use of tobacco and drugs and the depiction of criminal activities can be content of games that are rated 16.

[Labadal]

My Dual Shock 3 is ready.

 

My release date prediction wasn't that far off(June).

[C2B]

Also interesting: PEGI 16 rating?

 

PEGI 16

This rating is applied once the depiction of violence (or sexual activity) reaches a stage that looks the same as would be expected in real life. More extreme bad language, the concept of the use of tobacco and drugs and the depiction of criminal activities can be content of games that are rated 16.

 

 

No wait. Doesn't surprise me that much.

Edited February 3, 2011 by C2B

[Sannom]

Going by the box art, one of the characters is a girl that dual wields pistols. Weird choice.

 

I didn't even notice the first time, I thought it was a mage character with her hands glowing .

[Flouride]

I don't think there's much of an overlap between L.A. Noire's audience and Dungeon Siege III. There might be some between TW2 and DSIII though.

 

 

Sure there is, L.A Noire is one of those games pretty much everyone is expected to buy, even some crpg fans. If you look at what Red Dead Redemption did to all competition back in 2009 that should give an example. Pretty much every game released during that time suffered and didn't pull the numbers that were expected.

[Dabu]

No, not May! L.A. Noire will kill this game!

[Starwars]

The box arts are awesome, love the way they got the bird in there like that. Looks great.

 

May 27 is fine by me. Bring it on.

[Morgoth]

Wow, so many great games coming out in May.

 

Duke Nukem, Witcher 2, LA Noire, DS3...

[Bendu]

It's up for pre-order on Amazon.com.

 

Pre-order Bonus Offer

Pre-order Dungeon Siege 3 and receive the Bite of the Arakun, a Ring of Poison and Withering which gives all of your weapons a chance poison your target with lingering injury or soften their defenses.

[Pop]

Is same-console multiplayer out?

[Dabu]

Wow, so many great games coming out in May.

 

Duke Nukem, Witcher 2, LA Noire, DS3...

Why do I know, that DS3 won't sell properly well?

[HoonDing]

Same month as the Witcher is pretty pants.

[Raptor 1]

Anyone knows if it will be the same release date for Northamerica?

[Labadal]

May 31 for North America.

[Raptor 1]

May 31 for North America.

 

Thanks.

[HoonDing]

Any reason why it is coming out in Europe first? Normally this only happens for European developed games?

[Sannom]

Obsidian tradition perhaps? From now on, each every two games, Obsidian's products will be released first in Australia, then in Europe, and then finally in the U.S.

 

Seriously, maybe that it's because the 'western' division of Square Enix is actually old Eidos Interactives, and the headquarters of that company are in the UK?