Arcania: Fall of Setarrif

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Arcania: Fall of Setarrif
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Developer(s) Spellbound Entertainment
Publisher(s) Nordic Games [lower-alpha 1]
Director(s) Jean-Marc Haessig
Producer(s) Daniel Miller
Designer(s) André Beccu
Programmer(s) Johannes Conradie, Daniel Miller
Artist(s) Jean-Marc Haessig, Eric Urocki
Writer(s) Hans-Jörg Knabel, Dietrich Limper, David Sallmann
Composer(s) Dynamedion
Series Gothic
Engine Vision [1]
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows
25 October 2011

PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360
31 May 2013

PlayStation 4
12 May 2015
Genre(s) Role-playing video game
Mode(s) Single-player

Arcania: Fall of Setarrif is an action role-playing video game and the standalone expansion for Arcania: Gothic 4 . It was released on 25 October 2011 after a long period of silence from both publishers and after being delayed indefinitely in March 2011. [2]

Contents

It was announced by Spellbound Entertainment and JoWooD on 9 December 2010.

Plot

Arcania: Fall of Setarrif ties up the loose ends of the main game's story and adds yet another chapter to the epic tale. After the demon that possessed King Rhobar III was exorcised, it made its way to Setarrif to find a new host. In Setarrif, which is cut off from the rest of the island, chaos and anarchy spread rapidly.

King Rhobar III is troubled by these facts and is afraid of losing the city and some of his companions, which are in Setarrif at that very moment. The nameless hero therefore is sent by the king and must journey to Setarrif but he has no idea of what lies before him.

Development

The development of the addon started around mid 2010, although it was planned earlier in the development of Arcania: Gothic 4 . With the financial problems of the publisher at the time, no other details were revealed regarding the development of the game. JoWooD's community manager announced on one of the fansites that the debut trailer would be available in March 2011.

On 3 March 2011, JoWooD released the official website and first trailer for the add-on. [3]

On 22 March 2011, JoWooD announced that the expansion had been delayed indefinitely because of legal issues with BVT Games Fund III.

However, on 21 September 2011, new publisher Nordic Games announced that the add-on would be available on 25 October 2011 for Microsoft Windows. [4]

Notes

  1. Published under the JoWooD brand name

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