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Kiss your loved ones goodbye: Puzzle Quest 2 confirmed

3:15 PM on 02.08.2008, Qais Fulton 25 comments

Kiss your loved ones goodbye: Puzzle Quest 2 confirmed photo
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I'm going to give it to you straight folks, I suspect shenanigans. It seems a little convenient to me that just before word of Puzzle Quest 2 being confirmed arrives, a big controversy is kicked up, distracting every forward thinking, morally just parent from the real menace. Think graphic alien orgies (with a little bit of game play somewhere, though I couldn't find it) are bad? Just you wait until the youth of the world are all hopelessly addicted, drooling fiends, their poor little fingers fused to their respective controllers.

D3's machiavellian schemes came to fruition today via a press release announcing Adam Robert's addition to D3Publisher Europe as Managing Director. Insidiously, they simultaneously confirmed a sequel for the virtual heroin that is Puzzle Quest. The press release (viewable after the jump) mentions the confirmation of the sequel seemingly as an afterthought, as if to tease those of us fiending for another dose of that RPG style, puzzle-fighting golden brown. A despicably calculated move, but one I have to respect for the evil genius it reveals.

Puzzle Quest 2 looks to be planned for release this year. Stay strong my friends, together we can beat this terrible disease. Now if you'll excuse me I have a meeting with D3, something about "the first one's free."

[Via GameAgenda -- Thanks, Jonathan]

Adam Roberts joins D3Publisher of Europe as Managing Director

D3Publisher of Europe Ltd (D3PE), a publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software, has announced the appointment of Adam Roberts as Managing Director.

Adam joins D3PE having held roles as Vivendi's UK Managing Director and Vice President of Europe, and as Sales Director for Empire Interactive. As part of his new position, he will be responsible for the sales, marketing and operational functions across Europe and the PAL regions, and will be based in D3PE's Cambridge office.

"These are very exciting times for D3PE with Dark Sector shaping up to be one of the key action titles of 2008," said Roberts. "A wealth of exciting new titles on both current and next gen over the coming months and a talented team will cement D3PE's position as one of the fastest growing game publishers in Europe. D3PE will become a force to be reckoned, and I am delighted to be part of it."

Adam brings over 17 years of industry experience to D3PE, and joins as the company looks to build on the success of its Flushed Away, Ben 10, Puzzle Quest and Earth Defence Force 2017 titles with the launch of Dark Sector: a stunning action title for PLAYSTATION®3 and Xbox 360 due for release in April. The company will also be releasing video games based on Aardman's popular Shaun the Sheep character in 2008, alongside the eagerly-awaited follow-ups to the best-selling Ben 10 and Puzzle Quest.


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Dagerr's Avatar
Dagerr at 02/08/2008 15:22
I for one, welcome our new overlords.
sleepingagain's Avatar
sleepingagain at 02/08/2008 15:23
yeessssssss!!!!!!
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 02/08/2008 15:46
Oh man. I want it.
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 02/08/2008 15:54
Hey I got this for Wii and haven't played it yet... It was a Christmas gift... Should I give it a go?
Silverhertz's Avatar
Silverhertz at 02/08/2008 16:04
Cant....resist.....soooooo....MWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 02/08/2008 16:16
I still need to try my first taste of the drug.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar
Kyousuke Nanbu at 02/08/2008 16:29
Will be as horribly hard as the first one? Well till you get the correct skills and break the game that is.
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BluDesign at 02/08/2008 16:40
I did not enjoy this as much as everyone else did. It just got boring and old. But maybe I played too much bejeweled on my cell phone to enjoy this properly.
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Eschatos at 02/08/2008 16:47
Noooooooo! Nooooooooooo! I still haven't played the first one!
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moot button at 02/08/2008 16:52
Also: Dark Sector delayed into April is the bad news
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Capn Birdseye at 02/08/2008 17:02
I really wanted to get into this, I bought it for XBLA, but I dunno, it just feels like bejewled with some tacked on RPG elements.

Oh well, we can't all have the same taste in games. I mean, I read somewhere that not everyone thinks that Mass Effect wasn't the best game released last year?!?

Yeah, I was shocked too.
Capn Birdseye's Avatar
Capn Birdseye at 02/08/2008 17:02
*was the best game last year.

Damn double negatives... ;)
JimboMac's Avatar
JimboMac at 02/08/2008 17:03
... finer temptress,
spending hours on puzzle quest,
from far away,
stays for a day,
never a frown ...
Takeshi's Avatar
Takeshi at 02/08/2008 17:03
Fuck, there goes my PSP again. Best (girl)friend likes PQ so damn much I rarely play it. But I love it.
Sabreman's Avatar
Sabreman at 02/08/2008 17:10
It's a strategy game with no strategy, so it ends up being a rather hollow experience. Stick to Bejeweled 2.
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Pangloss at 02/08/2008 17:11
God, it is such a bad sign that I read this news and thought "are they adding some new classes?"
The-Excel's Avatar
The-Excel at 02/08/2008 17:20
Don't we all expect shenanigans sometimes?
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CryingTheAnnualKingo at 02/08/2008 17:46
The success of Puzzle Quest was supposed to fund development of Warlords 5. I hope Steven Fawkner doesn't become a victim of his own success...
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dhelor at 02/08/2008 17:46
They never say that it's a sequel, they call it a "follow-up" to Puzzle Quest. I believe what they are referring to is Galactrix (http://www.infinite-interactive.com/galactrix.php), not a full-fledged sequel to PQ.
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Fading Star at 02/09/2008 18:09
Colette must not know about this or we'll lose her!
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