Korea's G-Star gaming expo shed some more light on the development of Kingdom Under Fire 2. First up, a meager three years after the announcement that it would be coming to the Playstation 3, developer Blue Side announced a version for the PS4 is also in the works. While South East Asia will see the release of KUF2 sometime next year, North America, Europe, and the rest of Asia are all planned for some time beyond that.
Good news, PlayStation 3 owners. Kingdom Under Fire II developer Blueside has confirmed that the Action/RTS game is coming to the PS3 at the same time as the Xbox 360 and PC versions. The exact release date has been hard to pin down, mainly due to problems with Xbox LIVE's closed content policy.
Bad news everyone! According to Eurogamer.net MMO Kingdom Under Fire II will not be released on Xbox 360 until Christmas of 2011 due to Xbox LIVE's closed policy. KUFII game director Sang Youn-Lee told Eurogamer.net:
An action RTS sequel to a standard RTS game, Kingdom Under Fire 2 is shaping up to be a quality, albeit different co-op game. Kingdom Under Fire 2 looks to be on a massive scale, with massive battles, somewhat resembling a controlled MMO (that is to say, limiting the co-op to 15 players, as opposed to World of Warcrafts numbers around 6million subscribers.) This new gameplay trailer released for Kingdom Under Fire 2 shows some impressive cut scenes, as well as the actual gameplay we can expect from such an epic title.
Kingdom Under Fire is getting a true sequel. Even though there are other games that share the same name, none have captured the original scale and strategy of Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders. Some new media has just popped up, and now the game has the full attention of this Co-Optimus writer.
