Two Worlds II UK release date delayed

By Robert Purchese Published 1 February, 2011

Well fantasy that.

There's been another UK release hiccup for Two Worlds II; the ambitious fantasy RPG has been pushed back from a 4th February release (this Friday) to 18th February, TopWare Interactive has confirmed to Eurogamer.

That's after slipping from a 25th January date before that, and an autumn 2010 date before that.

Thankfully, the goods are worth the wait.

Wizard-robed Eurogamer reviewer Al Bickham declared: "There is real innovation here, and there are some ballsy forays into game-styles that are way outside the standard tick-list of features for the genre, both online and off. There's also a great deal of absorbing content to enjoy, not to mention consistent, meaningful progression, creative quests, and empowering customisation systems that let you craft your own rewards form a plethora of resources. If you can live with the lo-fi elements, there's an awful lot to enjoy."

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

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Comments (24) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • landlock #1 1 year ago

    Imported the German release months ago, a very solid title improved over the original in eitherway really. Though a game with so much talking they really need to get some better voices.

  • midnight_walker #2 1 year ago

    How can they decide 3 days before release that it needs to be delayed? Confused...

  • Bumbuliuz #3 1 year ago

    I have been playing it the last few days. I like it, it's such an improvement over the first one. I'm just happy it was released before christmas where I live.

  • s3kShUn8 #4 1 year ago

    Again?? And not even a reason to accompany this slap to the face of us UK/Ireland gamers who've been patiently waiting for this to be released over here. This is getting quite ridiculous now.....

  • DUFFMAN5 #5 1 year ago

    Lads get it from Ebay or ?
    I got my UK/Pal version back in mid Dec. ALL English. I only paid £38, so you are not getting ripped off. although some greedy wanker wants £150 for the GAME ltd edition...

  • HL706 #6 1 year ago

    @midnight_walker

    Can only be issues with the actual production of discs/media at this stage as the game is (and has been) finished for a while. Kinda glad its been pushed back til payday though. I'd have bought this on Friday and left myself short for the rest of the month :o

  • Kayin #7 1 year ago

    After the debacle of the first game, I'm surprised to find that I really want to buy the sequel.

    Apparently though, *they* don't want to sell me it any time soon. Scumbags. :(

  • Mr_Brown #8 1 year ago

    Great was going to pick this up Friday. What a joke, you'd have thought after the first game that they'd make the effort with this release. Now that I have to wait, I may just till it's around £20.

  • arcam #9 1 year ago

    Download version is available at GamersGate here: [link url=http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-TW2/two-worlds-2
    ]http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-TW2/two-w...[/link]

    Maybe some other places too, not sure.

  • SClaw #10 1 year ago

    Was there are link in the text there? I couldn't quite see it :p

  • WinterSnowblind #11 1 year ago

    Got mine from Shopto a few weeks ago and it even has a UK Pegi rating on it.
    Did they accidentally ship it early? Why is the game being delayed if it's clearly in stock everywhere..

  • Byzanite #12 1 year ago

    Got mine from 365games.co.uk before Xmas. For whatever reason they are delaying there was nothing essential missing from my copy.
    It is a very immersive, solid game although I havent touched multiplayer yet. Feels like Two Worlds too without the terrible FPS problems of the first.

  • Seoh #13 1 year ago

    Shopto have had the PC version available for weeks, fully English too. I bought it and it's good, very hard at times, but good.

  • cowell #14 1 year ago

    Did somebody forget to submit it to the BBFC?

  • apoc_reg #15 1 year ago

    I've had this game for ages after importing from Amazon.de

    Are they trying to nuke it with all these delays?!!?

  • Accelra #16 1 year ago

    Have they patched the game yet since the US launch?

    My German copy is a bit shafted at the moment due to the loading glitch around a the mages guild part of the map.

  • JayG #17 1 year ago

    Had same problem, but last hot fix patch fixed it. Rarely crashes now.

  • Haloboy #18 1 year ago

    Wtf? I've been playing the german english language version the last few days and it's 100% ripe and ready for release. It's gone from being a relatively uncared for to a much anticipated release the last few weeks thanks to lots of positive feedback. And rightly so. I think it's superb.

    Two Words. Release it!

  • levitate #19 1 year ago

    So if Shopto and Amazon has the game in stock, what's the problem?

  • AdamAsunder #20 1 year ago

    So they've put it out the same week as MvC3? Well it's going to have to wait now as I can't get both.

    Unless my gf is feeling particularly generous for my birthday.
    Edited by AdamAsunder at 01/02/11 @ 11:19

  • Darren #21 1 year ago

    You can buy the PC version now; I got mine on Saturday from a retailer on Amazon who got the European version in stock three weeks early. Cost me £24.53. It can also be bought through a few digital download distributors too, including (I believe) GamersGate and ZuxxeZ.

  • Haloboy #22 1 year ago

    Shopto says pre-order. Released in 10 days?

    As mentioned it is available to buy right now on Amazon from various outlets for just £26.

  • butler` #23 1 year ago

    What a mess.

  • GiraffeeDreams #24 1 year ago

    I don't understand why it's been delayed, I work in a videogame store and I have sold a copy of this on the 360 and PS3 as far back as December! The actual European disc version.