It's been a long journey for Sacred II: Fallen Angel, but ten months after its PC release, and with the assistance of several comprehensive patches, the sadly bug-riddled RPG is delivering a much more rewarding experience. Those who stuck loyally by their platform of choice now have something to look forward to lording over their console buddies with: a PC-exclusive add-on, Ice & Blood. We have a chilly, gore-splattered trailer and some equally intemperate screenshots to gloat over!

Download Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel: Ice & Blood PC Trailer


The expansion, which is due before the end of the year, includes a new protagonist - the Dragon Mage - as well as two brand new locations, a handful of additional quests, items for each of the protagonists and even new enemies to beat up, preferably messily, while complaining about the unseasonal cool change.


More Ice & Blood screenshots on the mirror
The expansion is particularly exciting given the near collapse of Sacred II developers Ascaron Entertainment and the removal of a large proportion of their former staff to new studio Gaming Minds; Ice & Blood is the first indication that things might be ticking along nicely again - or perhaps it has more to do with the financial backing of publisher Koch Media? While the PC version of Scared II was largely self-published by Ascaron (possibly biting off a little more than they could chew), Ice & Blood will appear world-wide under Koch's Deep Silver label, with Ascaron relegated to "co-publishing partner" status.

Ascaron's CEO Heiko tom Felde doesn't seem to mind the loss of autonomy:

"As a leading publisher and distributor, Deep Silver has shown what is possible in a good partnership, and thus made a major contribution to the success of Sacred 2 on all platforms. Therefore, it makes sense to continue the successful cooperation, and market the Sacred 2 add-on 'Ice & Blood' together with Koch Media,"

Well, as long as it gets here, something Koch Media's Georg Larch is confident of:

"We are very pleased that, together with Ascaron, we now get to publish the expansion of the extremely successful 'SACRED 2 – Fallen Angel' for PC as well. We know how fervently the fan community is yearning for new adventures, and we are confident that we will be able to release 'Ice & Blood' within a matter of months,"

Don't say "months" as if you weren't twisting my soul with impatience!