Overlord II is a direct sequel to the 2007 game Overlord. Overlord II will be a third person action-adventure game. The game is developed by Triumph Studios, and will be published by Codemasters, oldest gaming developers of United Kingdom. Overlord II will be released on the platforms of Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Just like Overlord, this game is also written by the famous Computer games scriptwriter Rhianna Pratchett. Release dates are confirmed by the developers are June 23, 2009 for North America and June 26 for Europe. The game will be released under the genre of action adventure, with two confirmed modes of single and multiplayer mode.

The game events follows that of the previous Overlord title. Players will take control of the role of previous overlord’s son who is known as Overlad. He was shown in the end of the Overlord: Raising Hell. Then an infant he has been smuggled to the frozen mountain lands known as Nordberg from a Roman-inspired civilization, which is currently known as ‘Glorious Empire’. This kingdom wants to eliminate all magical creatures. There will be other races in the game like Elves who are environmental activist and are motivated by nature. Gnomes are shown as Thieves in the game. Including these races with such qualities will give the game other elements beside fantasy such as environmental issues, politics and several other real-world problems to be parodied within the game.

Lennart Sas, who is director and Overlord lead at Triumph Studios, stated that Overlord II increases the scope of the original concept massively. Environment of the game is designed to allow more diversity. New locations confirmed for the game so far are “Nordberg” translated from various Germanic languages as North Mountain. Other locations is a Magic Sanctuary Domain and the cities and territories of Glorious empire are cited as new locations. Basic gameplay of the series in which player will control the Overlord and he will issue orders to his minions to do most of his work. This will continue in Overlord II but with greatly expanded limits. Minions will be more dangerous, intelligent and destructible. New AI in the game can do more things than the previous one. He will be able to ‘riding mounts, sailing ships and using war ships’. Controls and visuals are also improved, according to Sas these enhancements are made in order to attract a broader spectrum of audience. To make minions more attached to the players Sas has involved a new feature with that minions can be named. If a minion you are fond of dies, he can be resurrected at a Minion Graveyard. So get ready for the summer and let your minions do a service for you.

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