English Gothic II Add-on in Doubt?

A post to the JoWooD Gothic Forums by Iomar Eisenwolf, one of the board moderators, follows-up on a post to that thread translating a German interview that states the developers at Piranha Bytes are currently solely concentrating on Gothic III. Concerned about the implications this news holds for the English version of the Night of the Raven add-on for Gothic II, Iomar's inquiries have lead to discouraging news: "Bad news concerning the addon. I've talked with Plex if there will be an english [sic] version of the addon (Nacht des Raben), and he said that's a very difficult question. Many political problems are here within and it's not sure if there will be ever an english addon. this is out of the hands of JoWooD and Atari doesn't respond. Seems that the addon is temporary on ice or it died long before." Thanks RPGDot.
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"English voice acting was done in London"

You are breaking my heart man. I did not need to hear that.

I hadn't realized so many people also bought it overseas after waiting so long. I wonder if that impacted US sales that much and caused Atari to think it wasn't a good seller (I am not certain of sales #s on this, so it might have not been a good seller anyways, if that's possible).

Foolish, foolish publisher. If we don't get the third game because of this I'd go balistic. Here's hoping for the best...

And to those guys who were not happy with the controls in the series. Generally the displeasure from that comes from misunderstanding. When I first played it as well I though "Where the hell is my WASD and strafing, hacking, action?" The developers wanted to eliminate the circle running and jumping around, and bring the combat down to a face to face fight. (Because people in a sword fight don't really try to run circles around each other). Once I realize that a developer is trying to do something different, I can mentally abandon my preconceived expectations and go with thier flow. If you try the game again with an open mind, don't try to play it like your general third-person action game and see what I'm talking about. You definitely won't regret it.

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