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September 19, 2005

It's easy to see that the industry is getting out of its summer time hibernation, and preparing to release a glut of new games onto the market.  That being said, we have a trio of gone gold announcements today, with Black and White II (PC), Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes (XB), as well as The Suffering: Ties that Bind (PC, PS2, XB) having been completed.

Black and White II is Lionhead Studio's sequel to their giant animal-oriented god game where players tried to nurture their bestial avatar into a good, upstanding deity that local tribes could look up to.  Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes continues the series' attempts at combining strategy with action gaming on the Xbox, while this latest edition of The Suffering continues to follow series protagonist, Torque, who has now gotten out of prison, and discovers that the creepy demons he had to deal with in prison are now roaming the streets of Baltimore.

On top of this we also have a few ship dates that have been 

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confirmed with Rag Doll Kung Fu being available for download via Steam in mid-October.  This game is a tongue in cheek martial arts game paying homage to the cheesy kung fu films of times past, created by Lionhead Studios Lead Artist, Mark Healy.