Square Enix has has released its bi-annual financial report, and it has been revealed via the report that Deus Ex: Human Revolution has sols 2.18 million units worldwide- 800,000 in North America and 1.38 million in Europe.

The Obsidian developed RPG Dungeon Siege III has also performed well, selling a total of 820,000 units, with 20,000 selling in Japan, 320,000 in North America and 480,000 in Europe.

The Japan only release Dragon Quest 25th Anniversary Collection has also sold 350,000 to date.

The net sales for the publisher between April and September fell 15 per cent year-on-year to ¥57,516 billion- approximately £458 million- but the net profit for the period was up 115 per cent to ¥3704 billion- approximately £29.3 million.

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Square Enix today announced Dungeon Siege III: Treasures Of The Sun  is now available in North America for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC platforms via GameStop PC Download, Steam and other participating online retailers.

Obsidian Entertainment has introduced several refinements to the systems and mechanics of Dungeon Siege III:

• New abilities: Players are now able to attain mastery of the arcane through powerful new attack, defense and healing abilities.
• Level up to 35: DUNGEON SIEGE III: TREASURES OF THE SUN raises DUNGEON SIEGE III’s existing level cap from 30 to 35.
• More monsters and items: Players will encounter new monsters in the Aranoi Desert—including mummies and giant skeletons—and will find more powerful items, adding to the thousands already available in DUNGEON SIEGE III.
• Reallocate Talent & Proficiency Points: Players can reallocate points spent in Proficiencies and Talents, enabling changes to character customization throughout the campaign.
• New Enchanting System: Transmuting items now gives players chances at gaining powerful new Vials that allow them to enhance their weapons and armor through the DLC’s new enchanting system.

Square Enix  announced today a DLC pack for Dungeon Siege III will be available in October. The DLC pack, called Treasures of the Sun, will introduce several additional hours of gameplay, a brand new plot arc, additional quests, new enemies and tons more loot.

In Treasures of the Sun, players will “extend their journey and travel beyond the borders of Ehb to an all-new environment: the Aranoi Desert. On their search for a lost Legion hero, players will fight through hordes of new villains only to find a forgotten abbey hiding a long-lost secret: the greatest treasure of the Azunite faith.”

Obsidian will also be making some updates to the game. Have a look at the full list, as given by the devs, below:

•  New abilities: Players will be able to attain mastery of the arcane through powerful new attack, defense and healing abilities.
• Level up to 35: Dungeon Siege III: Treasures of the Sun will further power up players by raising Dungeon Siege III’s existing level cap from 30 to 35.
• More monsters and items: Players will encounter new monsters in the Aranoi Desert—including mummies and giant skeletons—and will find more powerful items, adding to the thousands already available in Dungeon Siege III.
• Reallocate Talent & Proficiency Points:  Players can reallocate points spent in Proficiencies and Talents, enabling changes to character customization throughout the campaign.
• New Enchanting System: Transmuting items now gives players chances at gaining powerful new Vials that allow them to enhance their weapons and armor through the DLC’s new enchanting system.

Treasures of the Sun will release in October for $9.99. Players can download the DLC via Steam, Xbox LIVE or PlayStation Network.

Depending on what characters you choose you might have different scenarios especially once  you come across different AI characters that you can choose as companions to come along with you for the journey.  Depending on which companions you choose can change and alter the story along the way.  There is a huge amount of story in the game itself, with the altered story option and different endings.  Unfortunately the story is kind of a boring one no matter which way you play it and having characters seem emotionless when you speak to them doesn’t help at all.  The story in in-depth though so if you are a fan of the franchise you might like that fact.  The down side is that you might not feel like playing through the game again as another character class if the story was that rough to get through the first time for you.

The games graphics are actually fairly impressive especially when you can use powerful spells and some of the enemies you face are very detailed.  Navigating could not be more easy in the game, which is nice in an RPG, if you ever get confused on where to go next, which is a rarity, you can always create bread crumb looking trail to your path.  You can still explore as there is loot everywhere, while some of it are items you will be constantly upgrading to or changing the other half is usually just crap.  The game is also fairly short when it comes to RPG’s, easily beating the in 8 hours is nothing too difficult for any kind of gamer.  As far as the interface and menus, they are very easy to use as well as flowing enough to not slow down your gamplay.

The combat system is probably the best part of the game.  Each character has two different styles or stances of fighting, where depending on the battle scenario, one will benefit you more than the other.  A character may have one stance that does heavy damage up close and another that does less damage from afar as this can be switched around depending on the character you are using.  There is a lot of hack and slash style of fighting even when you have character that use primarily spells, but the dodging technique is very helpful in the game.  All the abilities for each character are very straight forward, how ever there are not very many for each character.  However you can upgrade these abilities, with quite a few choices.

Now you would think with the addition of online co-op that it would really add to the game.  Unfortunately is does not, as when you join a game, you will not join using your own character from your singleplayer game.  All the loot and items you gain while in another persons game will not be brought back to your game or character upon leaving.  This was a huge disappointment once learning this, making it seem almost worthless to play co-op online, which is also the only way to have all four character classes in the game at once.  There is two player couch co-op that you can play with up to two player which actually lets each of your characters keep the loots and items you obtain.  The downside to both these modes though is the camera angles, as no matter what you must all be on the same screen which is understandable with the two player local co-op, but online does not seem necessary.

Dungeon Siege 3 is not a bad game but, I see it as best being played alone or in two player local co-op.  Fans from the older games might not like a lot of the changes made in the game, but bringing it to consoles has brought a whole new base of gamers that play on consoles only and love RPG’s.  So between the well working combat system and the very easy RPG elements to jump into the game if definitely fun for a playthrough, but with there being four character classes that expect you to play through as all of them to get the most our of the game, I would expect a much more interesting story, where the depth of it, is new to the franchise with Obsidian adding their style to it.  The game is really hard to match up with other console RPG’s  that are being released now a days like Dragon Age among others.

This game was reviewed on the Xbox 360.

Square Enix announced today that Dungeon Siege III is now available.  Developed by Obsidian Entertainment Dungeon Siege III presents the next exciting chapter in the classic role-playing franchise, which, for the first time, is available for the Xbox 360 the PlayStation 3 and Steam.

In Dungeon Siege III, players assume the role of one of four heroes, fighting for the sake of their fallen comrades to restore the kingdom of Ehb.  Conflict is constant in this action-RPG and decisions have lasting consequences, allowing players to alter the epic storyline. Fight to restore the 10^th Legion with up to three friends via online co-op play. Dungeon Siege III allows for two players to experience the story from start to finish in local co-op mode. Thanks to robust cooperative AI, Dungeon Siege III allows players to seamlessly drop in and out of battle without interrupting the action or impacting the campaign.

Stay tuned for the full PS3 and Xbox 360 review of Dungeon Siege 3 right here on GamingBolt.com.

Those looking forward to the next Dungeon Siege game may want to know it releases this friday (the 17th) on 360 and PS3.

According to the press release “players assume the role of one of four heroes, fighting for the sake of their fallen comrades to restore the land of Ehb. Conflict is constant in this action-RPG and decisions have lasting consequences, allowing players to alter the storyline. Choose to battle along with a companion or fight for honour with up to three friends via online co-op play. DUNGEON SIEGE III allows for two players to experience the story from start to finish in local co-op mode. Thanks to the robust AI, DUNGEON SIEGE III’s co-op multiplayer mode allows players to seamlessly drop in and out of battle without interrupting the action or impacting the campaign.” Local co-op for the win.

Check out the launch trailer above.

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Square Enix have announced that the demo of Dungeon Siege 3 has been released on Xbox Live.

In Dungeon Siege III, players assume the role of one of four heroes, fighting for the sake of their fallen comrades to restore the land of Ehb. Conflict is constant in this action-RPG and decisions have lasting consequences, allowing players to alter the storyline. Choose to battle along with a companion or fight for honor with up to four friends via online co-op play. Dungeon Siege III allows for two players to experience the story from start to finish in local co-op mode. Thanks to the robust AI, Dungeon Siege III’s co-op multiplayer mode allows players to seamlessly drop in and out of battle without interrupting the action or impacting the campaign.

The PS3 and PC demo (via steam) will be available on June 7.

Stay tuned to GamingBolt.com for more news and updates.

A new trailer for Dungeon Siege III shows off the magical powers of Anjali.

The official blurb says that “Anjali is an Archon – a literal legend, come to life. In the stories of old. However, Anjali was raised by those who were sympathetic to the plight of the Legion. As such, Anjali does not know how she came to this world, what happened to the others of her kind or the true extent of her awesome power.”

For all the delays that have befallen Dungeon siege lately, this trailer is at least some kind of recompense for series fans.