DreamCatcher Games, JoWooD Entertainment and Spellbound Entertainment have announced that and add-on for ArcaniA: Gothic 4 will be launched on March 25th 2011. Called Fall of Setarrif, it brings an all new adventure to the ArcaniA universe. For the very first time players can experience the storyline from a different character’s point of view.

Here are the features, as listed by the devs themselves:

·         10+ hours of new compelling game play

·         Experience and fight as each of your famous allies, utilising their unique skillset

·         Battle all new enemies & monsters and hone your combat skills with new items & weapons

·         Discover new environments such as jungles, the volcanic mountains, Setarrif & the coastal regions

·         Import your character from ArcaniA – Gothic 4 or choose a predefined archetype

·         Standalone Add-On

“We will be releasing some exclusive assets earlier on our Facebook page over the next few weeks“, says Manuel Karl, Community Manager JoWooD. “Fans on our page will get a sneak preview and can provide me with direct feedback or ask me any questions they have. Experiencing the story from the point of view of up to four of your allies makes it an exciting experience and has already caused many fans to get intrigued by the Add-On.”

Here’s some info on the game released by the devs:

“A new threat casts its shadow over the Southern Isles. A mysterious demon, consumed by hatred, terrifies the population and pools his force against the coastal city of Setarrif. The dramatic situation exacerbates after a volcanic eruption in the mountains nearby. The nameless hero joins forces with his strongest allies and courageously faces the new menace.”

DreamCatcher Games, Spellbound Entertainment and JoWood Group have announced a new add-on for their game ArcaniA- Gothic 4, and it’s called ArcaniA – Fall of Setarrif. The developers describe the add-on as an “action filled add-on” in which “our nameless hero will continue his journey and encounter fierce new enemies, all new items and more exotic areas to explore. For the first time in the history of the franchise, gamers will be able to experience the story from a different perspective and play as different characters.”

“This add-on gives us the opportunity to tell the story of the city Setarrif. Besides the story, which is an extension of the story of ArcaniA – Gothic 4, players will be provided with diversified regions, quests and dungeons,” says André Beccu, Lead Designer Spellbound Entertainment.  “Players will be able to import their Gothic 4 character and they will meet the old fellows again. But this time, we came up with something very new!”

Here are some of the features of the upcoming add-on:

·         10 hours of gameplay with a multitude of new quests and missions

·         Experience the story from another characters’ point of view – for the very first time in the franchise

·         Import your character from ArcaniA – Gothic 4 or choose one from a set of archetypes

·         A broad variety of new items for a even more character variations

·         New enemies! Prove your fighting techniques against countless hordes of monsters

·         New environments like cities, coastal regions, jungle and mountains with volcanic activity!

We will have more updates and details in 2011.

DreamCatcher Games, Spellbound Entertainment, BVT Group and JoWooD have together released a patch for the recently released ArcaniA: Gothica 4. This patch will “slightly alter specific gameplay dynamics, increase the overall performance and get rid of rare crashes.”

Here are the things the patch will be fixing:

FIXED: Interruption of interactions with sword strikes

FIXED: Acknowledgements playback after loading a save game

FIXED: Jump interrupted by FMV character freeze

FIXED: Cool down in the inventory screen

FIXED: Reduced ocean clipping problem for Stereoscopic 3D

FIXED: Arrows stick on already disintegrated Demon

FIXED: Stamina consumption while sprinting with equipped spells added

FIXED: SLI issues & optimizations

FIXED: Crash on vista machines when starting the game on the second adapter while the first adapter was disabled

FIXED: Stereoscopic 3D can be deactivated from the NVIDIA control panel before launching game

FIXED: Pickable item restoration

FIXED: Multiple CPU profiles in process manager

FIXED: Clouds use dynamic vertex buffer for frequent locking

FIXED: Performance problem with terrain tile generation

FIXED: Performance bug in trails

FIXED: Rare crash when arrows stuck in players vanished

FIXED: Additional unnecessary loading screen when using a teleport stone-need