Puzzle Quest 2 Coming to 360 and DS in Spring
We got our first look at Puzzle Quest 2 a few days ago, but now D3 Publisher has made the announcement official. Puzzle Quest 2 is due out for Xbox Live Arcade and the Nintendo DS sometime next spring. The game features the same match-3 puzzle system that made the first popular, and lets players choose from one of four classes: War Mage, Inquisitor, Barbarian, or Assassin. The press release seems to indicate separate stories for each of the classes, though they all focus on fighting the demon Gorgon.
The first game was a critical hit and eventually rolled out to just about every system. Its follow-up, Galactrix wasn't as popular, and fans didn't seem to connect as much with its more complex puzzle type. D3 seems to be returning to the well of a simpler match-3 system that fans seem to want, with a few new twists for returning questers. We're likely to see this initial 360 and DS launch expand to PSN and PSP, but there's no word on those versions yet.