Soldiers of the Wasteland

Things aren’t looking too good for Ascaron right now. While administration doesn’t seem to be quite as final as bankruptcy, it is still not the best of situations for a company to be in.

The official announcement made by Ascaron stated that they are already in discussions with several parties regarding a friendly takeover. Assuming that all goes well, Sacred 2 might not be disappearing from our computers just yet.

Ascaron also said that their developers were currently working on the expansion to Sacred 2 as well as the next installment of the game, Sacred 3, so perhaps there is still a good chance that development and support for the game will continue.

While we wait for further news on the matter, feel free to read the official announcement below and share your thoughts on the forums.

17th april 2009: Ascaron Entertainment GmbH announces the finalization of the sacred 2 console versions and also presents itself under the protection of insolvency law.

“On tuesday, the 14th april 2009, the Ascaron Entertainment GmbH went into administration at the regional court in Bielefeld, Germany.
Because of this Ascaron is now protected by german administration right.
Ascaron Entertainment GmbH wants to use this chance to save the company and of course the jobs involved.

The famous action roleplaying game sacred2 has a huge potential on all international platforms.
Sacred 2 pc-version hold place 1 in the german gamecharts for five weeks during october 2008 and was granted several awards. By the end of 2008 over 100.000 copies were sold in germany, as well as over 400.000 copies worldwide, along with several top places in international pc charts.
The development of the sacred 2 playstation3 and xbox 360 versions were finished a few days ago. The necessary approvals have been given by sony and microsoft.
Both versions of sacred 2 Fallen Angel will hit the shelf by the end of may 2009.
At the moment the developers are working on a Sacred 2 PC Addon and on the development of the followup product Sacred3.

After four years of developing Sacred 2 Fallen Angel, Ascaron had to go into administration because further delays in development made it necessary .
Even with very high personal commitment of all Ascaron employees it was not possible to make up for this delay.
Ascaron Management already started negotiations with several well-known interested parties to discuss a friendly takeover.